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Clear Street Salary

Clear Street Salary

Clear Street pays a median of $205K ($178K–$234K) across 22 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $178K–$234K salary range

Median: $205K  ·  Based on 22 public Clear Street job postings  ·  Updated August 4, 2026


This Clear Street 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

Clear Street · pay benchmark · updated August 4, 2026
$205K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$178K–$234K
Typical range
$400K view JD
Highest base · Application Security Engineer / Architect (DevSecOps)
22
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+9
22 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 95% of roles mention equity
Salary by department · median & top base
active engineering
$275K · $350K top (5)
Pay by location
New York $193K (13)Remote $275K (5)Chicago $225K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Rust $275KTypeScript $275KReact $275KGo $225KPostgreSQL $225KDocker $225KJava $215KPython $205K

Highest-paying open roles at Clear Street

Clear Street salary by department

  • active engineering: $275K median · $350K top base — Senior / Staff AI Platform Engineer (view JD) (5 roles)

Clear Street salary — lead & management

  • Director: $188K median · $250K top base — Director - Credit Risk (view JD) (5)

Clear Street salary by location

  • New York: $193K median · $250K top base — Software Engineer - Market Data (view JD) (13 roles)
  • Remote: $275K median · $350K top base — Senior / Staff AI Platform Engineer (view JD) (5 roles)
  • Chicago: $225K median · $275K top base — Software Engineer - Low Touch Desk (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Clear Street

24% of Clear Street's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $275K median vs $125K onsite.

What Clear Street looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (7) · Java (6) · PostgreSQL (6) · Go (4) · Kubernetes (4) · Rust (4) · React (4) · TypeScript (3) · Terraform (2) · CI/CD (2).

Benefits & perks at Clear Street

Commonly listed: dental (21) · vision (21) · 401k (21) · parental (21).

About Clear Street

Clear Street is Public stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2018 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Clear Street

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 3 that do, Bachelor's and Associate's 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; 95% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Clear Street 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.

Clear Street hiring activity

Clear Street has 22 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 22 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (22 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Clear Street's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs Clear StreetStage
BILL$164K↓ -20%Public
DailyPay$143K↓ -30%Series D
Pico$130K↓ -37%Series C
Airwallex$205K≈ sameSeries H
Stripe$212K↑ +3%Series I
Ramp$221K↑ +8%Series F

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Common questions

What does Clear Street pay?
The median pay is $205K, with a typical range of $178K–$234K, based on 22 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Clear Street?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Application Security Engineer / Architect (DevSecOps), at $130K–$400K base.

Which team pays the most at Clear Street?
The active engineering team, at a $275K 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 22 public Clear Street 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 August 4, 2026.

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