Airwallex Salary

💰 $185K–$239K salary range

Median: $205K  ·  Based on 155 public Airwallex job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026

This Airwallex salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Airwallex

• Head of Corporate Legal — $330K–$450K · Legal & Licensing
• VP, Global Risk — $300K–$400K · Regulatory & Compliance
• Senior Account Executive, Enterprise — $300K–$400K · Enterprise Business
• General Manager, North America — $250K–$360K · Strategy & Operations
• Engineering Manager, Global Treasury and Payment Network — $250K–$350K · Engineering
• Director of Solutions Engineering - US — $250K–$350K · Merchant Services
• Product GM, Spend — $250K–$350K · Product
• Product Director, Embedded Finance — $240K–$340K · Product
• Sales Manager, SME & Growth — $280K–$340K · SME & Growth Business
• Director, Corporate Legal — $250K–$340K · Legal & Licensing

Airwallex salary by department

• regulatory & compliance: $250K median · $400K top base — VP, Global Risk (view JD) (11 roles)
• sme & growth business: $230K median (11 roles)
• product: $230K median · $350K top base — Product GM, Spend (view JD) (20 roles)
• engineering: $223K median · $350K top base — Engineering Manager, Global Treasury and Payment Network (view JD) (35 roles)
• financial & strategic partnerships: $210K median · $330K top base — Head of Strategic Partnerships, Americas (view JD) (5 roles)
• merchant services: $200K median · $350K top base — Director of Solutions Engineering - US (view JD) (5 roles)
• strategy & operations: $194K median · $320K top base — Associate Director, Revenue Strategy, Enterprise, Americas (view JD) (15 roles)
• finance & corporate development: $185K median · $270K top base — Director, Corporate Development & Investor Relations (view JD) (5 roles)

Airwallex salary by seniority

• Junior: $125K median · $250K top base — Associate Corporate Counsel (view JD) (7)
• Mid: $196K median · $260K top base — Account Executive, Startups (view JD) (5)
• Senior: $195K median · $320K top base — Senior Director, Global Controls and Obligations Management (view JD) (53)
• Staff: $230K median · $350K top base — Product GM, Spend (view JD) (21)

Airwallex salary — lead & management

• Manager: $165K median · $350K top base — Engineering Manager, Global Treasury and Payment Network (view JD) (32)
• Director: $243K median · $450K top base — Head of Corporate Legal (view JD) (33)

Airwallex salary by location

• San Francisco: $205K median · $350K top base — Engineering Manager, Global Treasury and Payment Network (view JD) (133 roles)
• New York: $200K median · $450K top base — Head of Corporate Legal (view JD) (15 roles)
• Seattle: $196K median · $275K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Productivity (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Airwallex

0% of Airwallex's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Airwallex looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (21) · GCP (12) · Go (9) · Kubernetes (9) · SQL (9) · Tableau (8) · Looker (8) · CI/CD (6) · Java (6) · Kotlin (6).

About Airwallex

Airwallex is Series G stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2015 · HQ Singapore, Central Region. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Airwallex

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 58 that do, Bachelor's and Associate's and Master's and PhD are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 95% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Airwallex total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission; common structures: hourly, salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Airwallex hiring activity

Airwallex has 155 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 155 public job postings with disclosed pay. 33 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (155 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Airwallex pay?
The median pay is $205K, with a typical range of $185K–$239K, based on 155 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Airwallex?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Corporate Legal, at $330K–$450K base.

Which team pays the most at Airwallex?
The regulatory & compliance team, at a $250K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 155 public Airwallex job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 1, 2026.

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