Salaries

Salaries in Princeton.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 1.15x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$391,000

Senior VP of Product

Median of All Roles

$159,000

Telecom Platform Engineer

Entry Level

$39,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Princeton, NJ has a cost-of-living index of 1.15x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Product at $391,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $159,000. Princeton's economy is driven by the university, pharmaceutical companies, and research institutions.

About the Princeton market

Princeton's economy is driven by the university, pharmaceutical companies, and research institutions. Bristol-Myers Squibb, NRG Energy, and numerous biotech firms create strong demand for research and engineering talent. The academic environment fosters a unique mix of research and commercial technology roles.

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Top 50 salaries in Princeton

#RoleMedianRange
1Senior VP of Product$391,000$305,000 – $508,000
2Chief Security Officer$391,000$304,000 – $508,000
3SVP of Engineering$384,000$326,000 – $499,000
4SVP of Technology$384,000$326,000 – $499,000
5SVP of Product$376,000$319,000 – $489,000
6SVP of Data$369,000$313,000 – $479,000
7Senior VP of Security$368,000$312,000 – $478,000
8VP of Mobile$362,000$309,000 – $471,000
9VP of Developer Experience$362,000$309,000 – $471,000
10VP of Privacy$362,000$309,000 – $471,000
11VP of Security$362,000$309,000 – $471,000
12VP of Network Engineering$362,000$309,000 – $471,000
13VP of Database Engineering$362,000$309,000 – $471,000
14VP of Data Science$359,000$306,000 – $467,000
15CTO$359,000$280,000 – $466,000
16VP of Technical Support$359,000$306,000 – $467,000
17SVP of AI Innovation$358,000$304,000 – $465,000
18SVP of Finance$358,000$305,000 – $465,000
19VP of Engineering$355,000$303,000 – $462,000
20VP of Machine Learning$355,000$303,000 – $462,000
21VP of Finance$355,000$302,000 – $462,000
22VP of Platform Engineering$355,000$303,000 – $462,000
23VP of Cloud$355,000$303,000 – $462,000
24Chief Legal Officer$355,000$277,000 – $462,000
25VP of Information Security$355,000$303,000 – $462,000
26VP of Reliability Engineering$355,000$303,000 – $462,000
27VP of Core Engineering$355,000$303,000 – $462,000
28VP of Quality$355,000$303,000 – $462,000
29VP of Infrastructure$352,000$300,000 – $458,000
30Chief AI Officer$349,000$259,000 – $451,000
31Chief Design Officer$349,000$272,000 – $455,000
32Chief Strategy Officer$349,000$273,000 – $454,000
33VP of IT$348,000$297,000 – $453,000
34VP of Analytics$348,000$297,000 – $453,000
35VP of Partner Engineering$348,000$297,000 – $453,000
36SVP of Sales$348,000$272,000 – $453,000
37Chief Science Officer$346,000$270,000 – $450,000
38VP of AI Product$345,000$294,000 – $449,000
39VP of AI Engineering$345,000$294,000 – $449,000
40Senior Head of Product$345,000$270,000 – $449,000
41Chief Architect$345,000$293,000 – $448,000
42VP of Support Engineering$345,000$294,000 – $449,000
43VP of Site Reliability Engineering$345,000$294,000 – $449,000
44VP of Cybersecurity$345,000$294,000 – $449,000
45Senior Head of Security$343,000$291,000 – $445,000
46Chief Machine Learning Officer$342,000$266,000 – $444,000
47Senior VP of Design$342,000$268,000 – $445,000
48VP of AI$341,000$291,000 – $444,000
49VP of AI Research$341,000$291,000 – $444,000
50Chief Digital Officer$341,000$266,000 – $444,000

Tax considerations

New Jersey's 10.75% top rate applies. Princeton has no additional city income tax. The pharma corridor offers competitive compensation that partially offsets the high state tax burden.

Negotiating in Princeton

Highlight research publications and advanced degrees. Princeton-area employers value academic credentials more heavily than most metro areas.

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