Elastic Salary

💰 $164K–$232K salary range

Median: $193K  ·  Based on 125 public Elastic job postings  ·  Updated October 7, 2026

This Elastic 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 Elastic

• Sr. Director, Enterprise Data — $212K–$403K · IT
• Sr. Director, Demand and Digital Marketing — $200K–$380K · Campaigns and Digital Marketing
• Principal Product Manager II, AI/Vectors — $200K–$379K · Enterprise Search - Product Management
• Senior Director of Product Management, Endpoint Security & XDR — $200K–$379K · Security - Cross Team
• Director of Software Engineering - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch — $200K–$379K · Platform - Elasticsearch
• Director, Corporate Development — $192K–$365K · Corporate
• Head of Growth Marketing, Self-Service — $160K–$304K · Web and Localization
• Director, Marketing Analytics — $160K–$304K · Marketing Analytics
• Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch — $160K–$304K · Platform - Elasticsearch
• Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch — $160K–$304K · Platform - Elasticsearch

Elastic salary by department

• platform - elasticsearch: $232K median · $379K top base — Director of Software Engineering - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch (view JD) (16 roles)
• sales - amer east: $191K median (6 roles)
• sales - amer strat: $183K median (5 roles)
• sales - amer midmarket: $153K median (11 roles)
• sales - amer west: $146K median (12 roles)
• sales - usps civ: $146K median · $179K top base — Federal Account Executive - Dept of Commerce (view JD) (5 roles)
• it: $137K median · $403K top base — Sr. Director, Enterprise Data (view JD) (13 roles)
• sales - amer general business: $85K median (6 roles)

Elastic engineering & product salary by seniority

• Senior: $193K median · $304K top base — Tech Lead, Agent Framework - Observability (view JD) (27)
• Staff: $232K median · $379K top base — Principal Product Manager II, AI/Vectors (view JD) (16)

Elastic salary by location

• Remote: $232K median · $304K top base — Tech Lead, Agent Framework - Observability (view JD) (9 roles)
• New York: $183K median (5 roles)
• San Francisco: $258K median · $365K top base — Director, Corporate Development (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Elastic

45% of Elastic's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $232K median vs $92K onsite.

What Elastic looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Elasticsearch (115) · MEDDPICC (17) · Java (12) · AWS (11) · GCP (10) · Azure (10) · CI/CD (9) · PostgreSQL (9) · MongoDB (9) · Product Roadmap (9).

About Elastic

Elastic is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2012 · HQ Amsterdam, Noord-Holland. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Elastic

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 8 that do, 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.

Elastic total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 90% include commission; on-target earnings run about $358K where stated (58 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Elastic hiring activity

Elastic has 125 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 125 public job postings with disclosed pay. 53 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (109 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 20 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Elastic pay?
The median pay is $193K, with a typical range of $164K–$232K, based on 125 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Elastic?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sr. Director, Enterprise Data, at $212K–$403K base.

Which team pays the most at Elastic?
The platform - elasticsearch team, at a $232K 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 125 public Elastic 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 7, 2026.

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