Crusoe Salary

💰 $145K–$215K salary range

Median: $173K  ·  Based on 290 public Crusoe job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 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 — $300K–$400K · Cloud Go-To-Market (GTM)
• Senior Director, AI Model Lifecycle — $302K–$355K · Cloud Engineering
• Principal Systems Software Engineer — $260K–$340K · Cloud Engineering
• Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer — $280K–$330K · IT, Compliance, and Security
• Principal Production Engineer — $261K–$326K · Cloud Engineering
• Principal Software Engineer, Crusoe Cloud — $256K–$320K · Cloud Go-To-Market (GTM)
• Senior Director, Real Estate Strategy & Acquisitions — $270K–$320K · Real Estate (DIG)
• Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Model Lifecycle — $238K–$318K · Cloud Engineering
• Principal Network Architect — $265K–$310K · Cloud Engineering

Crusoe salary by department

• legal: $246K median · $275K top base — Director, Legal Counsel, Corporate & Securities (view JD) (9 roles)
• cloud engineering: $233K median · $355K top base — Senior Director, AI Model Lifecycle (view JD) (53 roles)
• cto office: $210K median · $253K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience (view JD) (5 roles)
• real estate (dig): $205K median · $320K top base — Senior Director, Real Estate Strategy & Acquisitions (view JD) (11 roles)
• it, compliance, and security: $200K median · $330K top base — Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer (view JD) (18 roles)
• accounting and finance: $170K median · $259K top base — Senior Director, Technical Accounting (view JD) (19 roles)
• procurement and sourcing: $168K median · $214K top base — Senior Category Manager - Mechanical (view JD) (15 roles)
• digital infrastructure group (dig): $168K median · $250K top base — Area Project Controls Manager (SF) (view JD) (50 roles)

Crusoe salary by seniority

• Junior: $108K median · $170K top base — Associate, Investor Relations (view JD) (18)
• Mid: $123K median · $168K top base — Early Careers Recruiter (view JD) (24)
• Senior: $178K median · $500K top base — Senior Sales Director (view JD) (107)
• Staff: $218K median · $400K top base — Enterprise Account Executive (view JD) (70)

Crusoe salary — lead & management

• Manager: $151K median · $255K top base — Engineering Manager, Billing Platform (view JD) (44)
• Director: $213K median · $275K top base — Director, Legal Counsel, Corporate & Securities (view JD) (25)

Crusoe salary by location

• San Francisco: $208K median · $500K top base — Senior Sales Director (view JD) (135 roles)
• Denver: $157K median · $270K top base — Senior Director, Energy Partnerships (view JD) (48 roles)
• Dallas: $159K median · $305K top base — Senior Director, Acquisitions (view JD) (17 roles)
• New York: $165K median · $275K top base — Director, Legal Counsel, Corporate & Securities (view JD) (9 roles)
• Seattle: $168K median · $214K top base — Senior Category Manager - Mechanical (view JD) (7 roles)

Remote work at Crusoe

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

What Crusoe looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Go (28) · Python (26) · Kubernetes (26) · Rust (23) · GCP (20) · CI/CD (20) · AWS (17) · Azure (14) · Java (12) · Terraform (11).

Benefits & perks at Crusoe

Commonly listed: dental (253) · hsa-fsa (253) · 401k (253) · life-ins (253) · pto (253) · parental (253) · learning (253) · commuter (252).

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 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 93 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Crusoe total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 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 290 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 290 public job postings with disclosed pay. 81 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (290 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Crusoe pay?
The median pay is $173K, with a typical range of $145K–$215K, based on 290 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 290 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 July 1, 2026.

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