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Salesforce new grad / entry level salary 2026: what I got and what I've seen

finance_faye · 4 replies

Got my Salesforce offer last month for a new grad MTS (Member of Technical Staff) role. Been lurking here forever so posting the data.

My offer, San Francisco, Software Engineering, MTS: Base: $155,000 RSU: $120,000 over 4 years Signing bonus: $20,000 Target bonus: 12% Year 1 TC with signing: ~$193,600 (rough, before tax)

Talked to two classmates who also got Salesforce new grad offers in early 2026:

Person A (Commerce Cloud, SF): $150k base, $110k RSU/4yr, $18k signing. Person B (Tableau, remote): $140k base, $100k RSU/4yr, $15k signing. Lower base makes sense for remote.

One thing I didn't expect: the recruiter explicitly told me this was "the standard package" but when I came back with a competing offer from a mid-size SaaS at $165k base, they bumped me from $150k to $155k and added $5k to signing. So they do have room, not a lot but some.

For reference my FAANG offer (Amazon) was $185k base but the RSU vesting schedule is back-weighted and the L4 starting point is weird. Salesforce felt more straightforward.

The coding rounds for new grad are LC medium, 2 of them in a 75-min slot with a 45-minute behavioral after. I didn't get any LC hard. Focus on arrays, trees, and one graph problem I saw. Not too exotic.

Happy to answer questions. This was stressful and I'm glad it's done.

4 replies

jp_newgrad

Congrats. Did you negotiate with just one competing offer or did you have multiple? Worried I only have one.

mobile_mara

Just one. You don't need to have multiple. Showing a real written offer from a legitimate company is enough. Don't bluff or invent numbers though, they sometimes ask to see the letter.

apm_aisha

Is the Tableau sub-brand treated differently for compensation purposes or is it the same Salesforce band?

market_realist

Person B's Tableau remote number tracks. Tableau historically paid a little below core SF. Still a good new grad offer for remote.