C3 AI Salary

💰 $162K–$197K salary range

Median: $167K  ·  Based on 72 public C3 AI job postings  ·  Updated October 8, 2026

This C3 AI salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at C3 AI

• Chief Marketing Officer — $350K–$500K · Marketing
• Vice President, Event Marketing – AI Accelerators — $270K–$355K · Marketing
• Vice President, Revenue Operations — $250K–$350K · Sales
• Vice President, Product Marketing — $250K–$350K · Product Management
• Vice President, Marketing — $250K–$350K · Marketing
• Senior Director, Product Management - C3 AI Defense and Intelligence — $245K–$310K · Product Management
• Senior Commercial Counsel — $252K–$310K · Legal
• Senior Corporate Counsel - Federal — $252K–$310K · Legal
• Senior Employment and Regulatory Counsel — $240K–$300K · Legal
• Executive Assistant to the CEO — $150K–$250K · Other

C3 AI salary by department

• marketing: $200K median · $500K top base — Chief Marketing Officer (view JD) (7 roles)
• engineering: $174K median · $230K top base — Director, Customer Support (view JD) (15 roles)
• product management: $174K median · $350K top base — Vice President, Product Marketing (view JD) (12 roles)
• sales: $173K median · $350K top base — Vice President, Revenue Operations (view JD) (9 roles)
• forward deployed engineering: $167K median · $247K top base — Director, Federal Solutions (view JD) (17 roles)

C3 AI engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $167K median · $203K top base — Industry Solution Leader - Healthcare / Life Sciences (Payer) (view JD) (17)
• Senior: $182K median · $230K top base — Senior/Lead Site Reliability Engineer – Federal (view JD) (14)

C3 AI salary by location

• New York: $167K median · $203K top base — Industry Solution Leader - Heavy Industrial (EAF / Mini-Mill Supply Chain and Asset Performance) (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at C3 AI

0% of C3 AI's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What C3 AI looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: JavaScript (10) · Python (8) · CI/CD (7) · Java (7) · React (6) · Vue (5) · Angular (5) · AWS (4) · GCP (4) · Azure (4).

Benefits & perks at C3 AI

Commonly listed: medical (1) · hsa-fsa (1) · 401k (1) · mental-health (1).

About C3 AI

C3 AI is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2009 · HQ Redwood City, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at C3 AI

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 37 that do, Bachelor'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; 97% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

C3 AI total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 17% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

C3 AI hiring activity

C3 AI has 72 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 72 public job postings with disclosed pay. 32 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (45 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does C3 AI pay?
The median pay is $167K, with a typical range of $162K–$197K, based on 72 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at C3 AI?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Chief Marketing Officer, at $350K–$500K base.

Which team pays the most at C3 AI?
The marketing team, at a $200K 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 72 public C3 AI 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 October 8, 2026.

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