Crusoe Salary

💰 $145K–$233K salary range

Median: $180K  ·  Based on 306 public Crusoe job postings  ·  Updated September 8, 2026

This Crusoe 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 Crusoe

• Senior Sales Director — $420K–$500K · Cloud Go-To-Market (GTM)
• Enterprise Account Executive, NYC — $300K–$400K · Cloud Go-To-Market (GTM)
• Enterprise Account Executive — $300K–$400K · Cloud Go-To-Market (GTM)
• Principal Systems Software Engineer — $260K–$340K · Cloud Engineering
• Principal Product Manager, AI Infrastructure (Networking) — $285K–$335K · Product and Design
• Principal Product Manager, AI Infrastructure (Storage) — $285K–$335K · Product and Design
• Principal Engineer, Conductor Platform (CAPE) — $285K–$335K · Cloud Engineering
• Director, Infrastructure Security — $285K–$335K · IT, Compliance, and Security
• Director of Engineering, Flex Compute — $285K–$335K · Cloud Engineering
• Principal Production Engineer — $261K–$326K · Cloud Engineering

Crusoe salary by department

• legal: $246K median · $285K top base — Legal Counsel – Finance and Corporate Development (view JD) (9 roles)
• product and design: $238K median · $335K top base — Principal Product Manager, AI Infrastructure (Networking) (view JD) (9 roles)
• cloud engineering: $233K median · $340K top base — Principal Systems Software Engineer (view JD) (67 roles)
• real estate (dig): $233K median · $325K top base — Senior Director, Development (view JD) (8 roles)
• cto office: $213K median · $260K top base — Engineering Manager, Data Platform (view JD) (7 roles)
• accounting and finance: $188K median · $315K top base — Senior Director, Finance - Business Enablement (view JD) (25 roles)
• it, compliance, and security: $185K median · $335K top base — Director, Infrastructure Security (view JD) (22 roles)
• digital infrastructure group (dig): $178K median · $310K top base — Senior Director, Construction (view JD) (51 roles)

Crusoe salary by seniority

• Junior: $108K median · $165K top base — Mechanical Engineer (view JD) (16)
• Mid: $119K median · $210K top base — Automated Testing Engineer, Compute (view JD) (16)
• Senior: $183K median · $500K top base — Senior Sales Director (view JD) (119)
• Staff: $233K median · $400K top base — Enterprise Account Executive (view JD) (80)

Crusoe salary — lead & management

• Manager: $151K median · $300K top base — Group Product Manager, Edge Computing (view JD) (54)
• Director: $233K median · $335K top base — Director, Infrastructure Security (view JD) (20)

Crusoe salary by location

• San Francisco: $218K median · $500K top base — Senior Sales Director (view JD) (142 roles)
• Denver: $153K median · $290K top base — Senior Director, Finance - Business Enablement (view JD) (46 roles)
• Dallas: $156K median · $305K top base — Senior Director, Development (view JD) (18 roles)
• Seattle: $155K median · $300K top base — Senior Director, Developer Advocacy (view JD) (11 roles)
• New York: $178K median · $285K top base — Legal Counsel - Corporate (view JD) (8 roles)
• Remote: $154K median · $235K top base — Electrical Field Engineer - Data Center (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Crusoe

2% of Crusoe's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $154K median vs $183K onsite.

What Crusoe looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Kubernetes (51) · Go (45) · Python (35) · GCP (29) · Rust (28) · Terraform (27) · CI/CD (26) · Java (24) · AWS (23) · Azure (20).

Benefits & perks at Crusoe

Commonly listed: dental (289) · hsa-fsa (289) · 401k (289) · commuter (289) · life-ins (289) · pto (289) · parental (289) · learning (289).

About Crusoe

Crusoe is Series E stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2018 · HQ Denver, Colorado. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Crusoe

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 79 that do, Bachelor's and Master'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; 32% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Crusoe total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission; on-target earnings run about $215K where stated (7 roles); common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Crusoe hiring activity

Crusoe has 306 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 306 public job postings with disclosed pay. 89 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (194 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Crusoe pay?
The median pay is $180K, with a typical range of $145K–$233K, based on 306 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Crusoe?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Sales Director, at $420K–$500K base.

Which team pays the most at Crusoe?
The legal team, at a $246K 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 306 public Crusoe 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 September 8, 2026.

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