Carta Salary

💰 $185K–$280K salary range

Median: $238K  ·  Based on 21 public Carta job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Carta 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

Highest-paying open roles at Carta

• Director of Sales, Private Equity, Fund Admin — $400K–$460K · Account Executive
• Senior Account Executive, Private Equity, Fund Administration — $332K–$355K · Account Executive
• Staff Software Engineer — $228K–$285K · Engineering
• Director of Strategic Finance - GTM — $218K–$290K · Strategic Finance
• Chief of Staff to the Chief Product Officer — $224K–$280K · Product
• Business Development Manager, Venture Capital — $225K–$245K · Business Development

Carta salary by department

• Account Executive: $355K median (3 roles)
• Engineering: $250K median (4 roles)
• Marketing: $200K median (3 roles)
• Tax: $106K median (3 roles)

Carta salary by seniority

• Senior: $238K median (9)
• Manager: $190K median (5)

Carta salary by location

• San Francisco: $245K median (12 roles)
• New York: $218K median (6 roles)
• Seattle: $106K median (3 roles)

What Carta looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (2) · Java (2) · AWS (2) · Kubernetes (2) · Docker (2) · Terraform (2) · GraphQL (1) · PostgreSQL (1) · GCP (1) · Azure (1).

About Carta

Carta is Series G stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2012 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Carta

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, Bachelor's is most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 38% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Carta total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 100% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Carta hiring activity

Carta has 18 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 21 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (21 in the last 90).

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Compare Carta's pay with other Series G companies:

• Anthropic — median $380K
• Harvey — median $250K
• Airwallex — median $251K
• WHOOP — median $175K
• Faire — median $226K
• Addepar — median $171K

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Common questions

What does Carta pay?
The median base salary is $238K, with a typical range of $185K–$280K, based on 21 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Carta?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director of Sales, Private Equity, Fund Admin, at $400K–$460K base.

Which team pays the most at Carta?
The Account Executive team, at a $355K 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

USD base salary aggregated from 21 public Carta 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 10, 2026.

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