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Cresta Salary

Cresta Salary

Cresta pays a median of $190K ($173K–$233K) across 38 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $173K–$233K salary range

Median: $190K  ·  Based on 38 public Cresta job postings  ·  Updated October 23, 2026


This Cresta 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

Cresta · pay benchmark · updated October 23, 2026
$190K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$173K–$233K
Typical range
$300K view JD
Highest base · Senior Developer Relations Engineer
38
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+6
15 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 100% of roles mention equity
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$190K (7)
Senior
$235K (9)
Management pay by function
Customer Success
$160K (2)
Marketing
$149K (4)
Salary by department · median & top base
sales
$249K (10)
engineering
$236K · $300K top (8)
marketing
$175K · $280K top (12)
customer success
$148K · $245K top (5)
Highest-paying skills
Machine Learning $238KLLMs $238KPython $236KRAG $235KGo $235KVertex Ai $225K

Highest-paying open roles at Cresta

Cresta salary by department

  • sales: $249K median (10 roles)
  • engineering: $236K median · $300K top base — Senior Developer Relations Engineer (view JD) (8 roles)
  • marketing: $175K median · $280K top base — Growth Engineer (view JD) (12 roles)
  • customer success: $148K median · $245K top base — Director of Enterprise AI Success. (view JD) (5 roles)

Cresta engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $190K median · $280K top base — Growth Engineer (view JD) (7)
  • Senior: $235K median · $300K top base — Senior Developer Relations Engineer (view JD) (9)

Cresta salary by location

  • Remote: $213K median · $300K top base — Senior Developer Relations Engineer (view JD) (32 roles)

Remote work at Cresta

84% of Cresta's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Cresta looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (6) · PyTorch (3) · TensorFlow (3) · Go (3) · Project Management (3) · AWS (3) · Hugging Face (2) · TypeScript (2) · Demand Generation (2) · CI/CD (2).

Benefits & perks at Cresta

Commonly listed: dental (36) · parental (36) · pto (31) · vision (30) · commuter (30) · 401k (27) · home-office (5) · retirement (3).

About Cresta

Cresta is Series D stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2017 · HQ Sunnyvale, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Cresta

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 5 that do, PhD and Bachelor's and Master'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; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Cresta total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 5% of roles list a bonus; 56% include commission; on-target earnings run about $250K where stated (19 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Cresta hiring activity

Cresta has 38 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 38 public job postings with disclosed pay. 6 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (15 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Cresta's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs CrestaStage
OpenAI$308K↑ +62%Late Stage
Perplexity$240K↑ +26%Series E
Deepgram$200K↑ +5%Series C
BeyondRisk AI-6$108K↓ -43%Seed
Striveworks$180K↓ -5%Series B
Retell AI$230K↑ +21%Seed

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Common questions

What does Cresta pay?
The median pay is $190K, with a typical range of $173K–$233K, based on 38 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Cresta?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director, Enterprise Sales, West, at $330K–$380K base.

Which team pays the most at Cresta?
The sales team, at a $249K 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 38 public Cresta 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 October 23, 2026.

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