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C3 AI Salary

C3 AI Salary

C3 AI pays a median of $197K ($175K–$230K) across 31 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $175K–$230K salary range

Median: $197K  ·  Based on 31 public C3 AI job postings  ·  Updated June 20, 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

C3 AI · pay benchmark · updated June 20, 2026
$197K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$175K–$230K
Typical range
$400K view JD
Highest base · Chief of Staff to the CEO
31
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+12
31 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 97% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$198K (19)
Staff
$256K (6)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$210K · $219K top (7)
Highest-paying skills
Go $197KJava $197KAWS $197KAzure $197KKubernetes $197KGCP $197KJavaScript $197KPython $187K

Highest-paying open roles at C3 AI

C3 AI salary by department

  • engineering: $210K median · $219K top base — Lead Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Applications (view JD) (7 roles)

C3 AI salary by seniority

  • Senior: $198K median · $310K top base — Senior Director, Product Management - C3 AI Defense and Intelligence (view JD) (19)
  • Staff: $256K median · $400K top base — Chief of Staff to the CEO (view JD) (6)

C3 AI salary by location

  • New York: $168K median · $197K top base — Forward Deployed Team Lead (view JD) (3 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 (11) · Python (8) · React (7) · Vue (7) · Angular (7) · Java (5) · TypeScript (3) · Go (3) · AWS (3) · Azure (3).

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 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 16 that do, Bachelor's and Master's 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 (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

C3 AI total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 4% 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 31 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 31 public job postings with disclosed pay. 12 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (31 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare C3 AI's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs C3 AIStage
Google$200K↑ +2%Public
SpaceX$135K↓ -31%Series D
Accenture Federal Services$154K↓ -22%Venture-backed
OpenAI$308K↑ +56%Late Stage
Esri$126K↓ -36%
Databricks$215K↑ +9%Series J

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Common questions

What does C3 AI pay?
The median pay is $197K, with a typical range of $175K–$230K, based on 31 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 of Staff to the CEO, at $400K base.

Which team pays the most at C3 AI?
The engineering team, at a $210K 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 31 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 June 20, 2026.

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