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Candid Health Salary

Candid Health Salary

Candid Health pays a median of $179K ($156K–$213K) across 31 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $156K–$213K salary range

Median: $179K  ·  Based on 31 public Candid Health job postings  ·  Updated October 23, 2026


This Candid Health 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

Candid Health · pay benchmark · updated October 23, 2026
$179K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$156K–$213K
Typical range
$322K view JD
Highest base · Engineering Manager - Product
31
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
ⓘ Base salary only — 97% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$181K (10)
Senior
$219K (5)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$219K · $322K top (13)
Pay by location
San Francisco $180K (23)New York $168K (6)
Highest-paying skills
GCP $221KPython $219KTypeScript $219KKubernetes $219KTerraform $219KSQL $189K

Highest-paying open roles at Candid Health

Candid Health salary by department

  • engineering: $219K median · $322K top base — Engineering Manager - Product (view JD) (13 roles)

Candid Health engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $181K median · $258K top base — Application Security Engineer (view JD) (10)
  • Senior: $219K median · $258K top base — Security GRC Lead (view JD) (5)

Candid Health salary by location

  • San Francisco: $180K median · $310K top base — Principal Security Engineer (view JD) (23 roles)
  • New York: $168K median · $322K top base — Engineering Manager - Product (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Candid Health

7% of Candid Health's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Candid Health looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (7) · GCP (6) · SQL (6) · Kubernetes (5) · Terraform (5) · React (4) · Docker (4) · Logistics (3) · PostgreSQL (3) · Project Management (2).

About Candid Health

Candid Health is Series D stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2019 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Candid Health

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 8 that do, Bachelor's is 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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Candid Health total compensation signals

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

Candid Health hiring activity

Candid Health has 31 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 31 public job postings with disclosed pay.

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Crosby$221K↑ +24%Series B
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StackAI$181K↑ +1%Series A

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Common questions

What does Candid Health pay?
The median pay is $179K, with a typical range of $156K–$213K, based on 31 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Candid Health?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Enterprise Account Executive, at $350K–$375K base.

Which team pays the most at Candid Health?
The engineering team, at a $219K 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 Candid Health 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 23, 2026.

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