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Confluent Salary

Confluent pays a median of $243K ($214K–$277K) across 22 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $214K–$277K salary range

Median: $243K  ·  Based on 22 public Confluent job postings  ·  Updated June 24, 2026


This Confluent 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

Confluent · pay benchmark · updated June 24, 2026
$243K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$214K–$277K
Typical range
$357K view JD
Highest base · Director Engineering, Traffic & Networking
22
Open roles
~8 yrs
Typical exp.
+6
22 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 91% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$212K (10)
Staff
$254K (8)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$244K · $357K top (13)
product
$242K · $339K top (9)
Highest-paying skills
Flink $252KReact $243KAWS $226KGCP $226KAzure $226KGo $224KKafka $224KJava $215K

Highest-paying open roles at Confluent

Confluent salary by department

  • engineering: $244K median · $357K top base — Director Engineering, Traffic & Networking (view JD) (13 roles)
  • product: $242K median · $339K top base — Head of Product Led Growth Marketing (view JD) (9 roles)

Confluent salary by seniority

  • Senior: $212K median · $319K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Flink Control Plane (view JD) (10)
  • Staff: $254K median · $342K top base — Principal Engineer, Engineering AI Productivity (view JD) (8)

Remote work at Confluent

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

What Confluent looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: AWS (11) · GCP (11) · Azure (11) · Java (7) · Kubernetes (7) · Go (6) · Product Roadmap (4) · Python (4) · Scala (4) · Kafka (4).

About Confluent

Confluent is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2014 · HQ Mountain View, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Confluent

Roles typically ask for around 8 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 14 that do, PhD and Master's and Bachelor'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; 91% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Confluent total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Confluent hiring activity

Confluent has 22 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 22 public job postings with disclosed pay. 6 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (22 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Confluent pay?
The median pay is $243K, with a typical range of $214K–$277K, based on 22 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Confluent?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director Engineering, Traffic & Networking, at $298K–$357K base.

Which team pays the most at Confluent?
The engineering team, at a $244K 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 Confluent 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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