Cartesia Salary

💰 $250K–$300K salary range

Median: $250K  ·  Based on 29 public Cartesia job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Cartesia 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 Cartesia

• Tech Lead Manager, Data Infrastructure — $250K–$375K · Research
• Researcher, Evals — $220K–$350K · Research
• Research Engineer, Data — $200K–$350K · Research
• Applied Researcher, Audio Understanding — $200K–$350K · Research
• Account Executive — $240K–$300K · GTM
• Head of Accounting — $230K–$300K · G&A

Cartesia salary by department

• Research: $350K median (7 roles)
• Product: $250K median (5 roles)
• GTM: $250K median (7 roles)
• Engineering: $250K median (7 roles)

Cartesia salary by seniority

• Mid: $250K median (19)
• Manager: $250K median (7)

Cartesia salary by location

• San Francisco: $250K median (29 roles)

Remote work at Cartesia

0% of Cartesia's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Cartesia looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Databricks (27) · Python (6) · Kubernetes (3) · TypeScript (3) · Go (3) · AWS (2) · GCP (2) · Docker (1) · React (1) · PyTorch (1).

Benefits & perks at Cartesia

Commonly listed: medical (28) · dental (28) · 401k (28) · pto (28) · vision (1).

About Cartesia

Cartesia is Series A stage · 51–100 employees · founded 1992 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Cartesia

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 8+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 1 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; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Cartesia total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: common structures: stipend. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Cartesia hiring activity

Cartesia has 29 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 29 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (29 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Cartesia pay?
The median base salary is $250K, with a typical range of $250K–$300K, based on 29 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Cartesia?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Tech Lead Manager, Data Infrastructure, at $250K–$375K base.

Which team pays the most at Cartesia?
The Research team, at a $350K 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 29 public Cartesia 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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