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Cantina Salary

Cantina Salary

Cantina pays a median of $185K ($161K–$209K) across 10 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $161K–$209K salary range

Median: $185K  ·  Based on 10 public Cantina job postings  ·  Updated June 24, 2026


This Cantina 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

Cantina · pay benchmark · updated June 24, 2026
$185K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$161K–$209K
Typical range
$265K view JD
Highest base · Machine Learning Engineer, Images
10
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+1
10 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — equity is separate
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$205K · $265K top (6)
Pay by location
San Francisco $205K (6)Los Angeles $160K (3)

Highest-paying open roles at Cantina

Cantina salary by department

  • engineering: $205K median · $265K top base — Machine Learning Engineer, Images (view JD) (6 roles)

Cantina salary by location

  • San Francisco: $205K median · $260K top base — Product Director, Video Products (view JD) (6 roles)
  • Los Angeles: $160K median · $180K top base — Prompt Engineer (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Cantina

10% of Cantina's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Cantina looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Kotlin (2) · Swift (2) · Python (2) · JavaScript (1) · PyTorch (1) · AWS (1) · GCP (1) · Azure (1) · Node.js (1).

Benefits & perks at Cantina

Commonly listed: dental (10) · vision (10) · 401k (10) · pto (10) · parental (10).

About Cantina

Cantina is 51–100 employees · HQ Boston, Massachusetts. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Cantina

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 8+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 that do, Master'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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Cantina total compensation signals

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

Cantina hiring activity

Cantina has 10 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 10 public job postings with disclosed pay. 1 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (10 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Cantina's pay with companies in the same space:

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ICF$121K↓ -35%
Blackstone Group$159K↓ -14%Public
Samsung Electronics$125K↓ -33%Public
Figma$236K↑ +28%Public

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Common questions

What does Cantina pay?
The median pay is $185K, with a typical range of $161K–$209K, based on 10 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Cantina?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Machine Learning Engineer, Images, at $200K–$265K base.

Which team pays the most at Cantina?
The engineering team, at a $205K 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 10 public Cantina 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 24, 2026.

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