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Capital One Salary

Capital One Salary

Capital One pays a median of $192K ($159K–$230K) across 416 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $159K–$230K salary range

Median: $192K  ·  Based on 416 public Capital One job postings  ·  Updated July 21, 2026


This Capital One 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

Capital One · pay benchmark · updated July 21, 2026
$192K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$159K–$230K
Typical range
$427K view JD
Highest base · Sr. Distinguished Applied Researcher
416
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+184
416 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 18% of roles mention equity
Pay by location
Remote $192K (10)New York $230K (9)Chicago $224K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Swift $288KHuggingface $269KHugging Face $269KCI/CD $269KDatabricks $269KLLMs $262KNLP $248KScikit-Learn $246K

Highest-paying open roles at Capital One

Capital One salary by location

  • Remote: $192K median · $392K top base — Senior Distinguished Engineer, AI Compute (Remote Eligible) (view JD) (10 roles)
  • New York: $230K median · $286K top base — Senior Lead Data Engineer (view JD) (9 roles)
  • Chicago: $224K median · $239K top base — Senior Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Java, Angular, AWS) (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Capital One

30% of Capital One's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $192K median vs $148K onsite.

What Capital One looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Docker (51) · Kubernetes (50) · Scala (39) · AWS (32) · SQL (28) · Python (25) · GCP (25) · Azure (25) · Java (24) · Team Leadership (14).

About Capital One

Capital One is Public stage · 10,001–10,001 employees · founded 1994 · HQ Mclean, Virginia. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Capital One

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 101 that do, Associate's and Master's and Bachelor'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; 18% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Capital One total compensation signals

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

Capital One hiring activity

Capital One has 416 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 416 public job postings with disclosed pay. 184 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (416 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Capital One pay?
The median pay is $192K, with a typical range of $159K–$230K, based on 416 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Capital One?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sr. Distinguished Applied Researcher, at $374K–$427K base.

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 416 public Capital One 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 21, 2026.

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