Cresta Salary

💰 $148K–$196K salary range

Median: $155K  ·  Based on 42 public Cresta job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 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

Highest-paying open roles at Cresta

• Director, Enterprise Sales, West — $330K–$380K · Sales
• Strategic Sales Director, East — $320K–$360K · Sales
• Strategic Sales Director, West — $320K–$360K · Sales
• Head of Global Talent Acquisition — $220K–$300K · HR
• Enterprise Account Executive — $240K–$300K · Sales
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer — $230K–$300K · Engineering
• Forward Deployed Product Manager, AI Agent — $170K–$280K · Product
• Senior Full Stack Engineer - Conversation Intelligence — $205K–$270K · Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer — $205K–$270K · Engineering
• Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Voice Experience — $205K–$270K · Engineering

Cresta salary by department

• engineering: $238K median · $270K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (7 roles)
• sales: $180K median · $245K top base — Strategic Solutions Engineering Director (view JD) (10 roles)
• marketing: $150K median · $240K top base — Head of Demand Generation & Growth (view JD) (13 roles)

Cresta salary by seniority

• Junior: $84K median · $110K top base — Cresta AI Administrator (view JD) (5)
• Senior: $210K median · $270K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (10)

Cresta salary — lead & management

• Manager: $150K median · $190K top base — Platform Product Manager (view JD) (15)
• Director: $220K median · $245K top base — Strategic Solutions Engineering Director (view JD) (7)

Cresta salary by location

• Remote: $155K median · $270K top base — Senior Machine Learning Engineer (view JD) (33 roles)
• New York: $158K median · $180K top base — Senior Brand & Integrated Campaigns Manager (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Cresta

83% of Cresta's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Cresta looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (5) · Go (3) · PyTorch (3) · TensorFlow (3) · Demand Generation (3) · Looker (3) · AWS (3) · Hugging Face (2) · Product Roadmap (2) · CI/CD (2).

Benefits & perks at Cresta

Commonly listed: dental (38) · parental (37) · pto (32) · vision (29) · 401k (28) · commuter (28) · home-office (8) · gym (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 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, PhD 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; 95% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Cresta total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 3% of roles list a bonus; 8% include commission; on-target earnings run about $270K where stated (15 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 42 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 42 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (42 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Cresta pay?
The median pay is $155K, with a typical range of $148K–$196K, based on 42 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 engineering team, at a $238K 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 42 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 July 1, 2026.

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