$150,000–$200,000
FDE salary for people managers
122 postings · 93 companies · 96 with pay · median $240,000 · middle half $208,000–$293,000 · read
These postings against the US
The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings.
By responsibility level
The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings.
$193K
Senior
$183K$283K24 postingsStaff+
$219K$305K71 postings
CrossCountry ConsultingBuilds what the customer runs
Forward Deployed Engineer & Agentic Workflow Engineer
US · city not listedHybrid
$150,000–$285,000
$180,000–$400,000
$155,600–$306,800
$302,000–$385,000
Forward Deployed Engineering Manager II, Data Cloud, Google Cloud
New York, NY · Sunnyvale, CA · +1 moreNew York, NY +2
$262,000–$364,000
$163,100–$286,900
$250,000–$315,000
$170,000–$190,000
$300,000–$415,000
$160,000–$190,000
$236,000–$339,200
86 of these 96 jobs lead deployment teams.
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People manager means managing people is part of the stated responsibility. The label does not say how many reports the role has or how much of the week is coding, so compare scope before comparing with an individual-contributor range.
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