CoreWeave Salary

💰 $168K–$242K salary range

Median: $210K  ·  Based on 382 public CoreWeave job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This CoreWeave 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 CoreWeave

• Senior Business Systems Engineer- Data Center Systems II — $242K–$1650K · Information Technology
• Software Enablement Specialist — $110K–$750K · Global Field Organization
• AI Native Account Executive — $330K–$400K · Global Field Organization
• Enterprise Account Executive — $320K–$380K · Global Field Organization
• Global Vice President, Revenue Operations — $300K–$385K · Global Field Organization
• Vice President, Americas Sales — $310K–$345K · Global Field Organization

CoreWeave salary by department

• Technology: $242K median (141 roles)
• Information Technology: $242K median (42 roles)
• Operations: $237K median (3 roles)
• Legal & Government Affairs: $224K median (8 roles)
• Global Field Organization - T&I: $220K median (7 roles)
• Global Field Organization: $210K median (30 roles)
• Strategic Financing: $210K median (6 roles)
• Supply Chain & Capacity Operations - G&A: $210K median (8 roles)

CoreWeave salary by seniority

• Junior: $155K median (5)
• Mid: $160K median (114)
• Senior: $218K median (132)
• Staff: $275K median (51)
• Lead: $210K median (6)
• Manager: $179K median (66)
• Director: $242K median (24)

CoreWeave salary by location

• New York: $220K median (51 roles)
• San Francisco: $224K median (12 roles)
• Remote: $275K median (4 roles)

Remote work at CoreWeave

1% of CoreWeave's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $275K median vs $163K onsite.

What CoreWeave looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Spring (152) · Kubernetes (52) · Python (50) · Go (35) · GCP (16) · AWS (15) · Azure (15) · CI/CD (13) · Terraform (11) · Rust (6).

Benefits & perks at CoreWeave

Commonly listed: dental (186) · vision (186) · hsa-fsa (186) · 401k (186) · life-ins (186) · pto (186) · parental (186) · food (186).

About CoreWeave

CoreWeave is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2017 · HQ Livingston, New Jersey. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at CoreWeave

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 74 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and Associate's and PhD are 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; 47% of these postings reference equity (espp, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

CoreWeave total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 99% of roles list a bonus; 1% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

CoreWeave hiring activity

CoreWeave has 258 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 398 public job postings with disclosed pay. 70 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (298 in the last 90).

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2026) for CoreWeave show a median of $203K, ranging $160K–$246K, across 12 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does CoreWeave pay?
The median base salary is $210K, with a typical range of $168K–$242K, based on 398 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at CoreWeave?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Business Systems Engineer- Data Center Systems II, at $242K–$1650K base.

Which team pays the most at CoreWeave?
The Technology team, at a $242K 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 398 public CoreWeave 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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