Elastic Salary

💰 $124K–$193K salary range

Median: $154K  ·  Based on 58 public Elastic job postings  ·  Updated June 25, 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, Field Technology and AI — $212K–$403K · Sales Strategy & Operations
• Sr. Director, Global Public Sector Marketing — $200K–$380K · Regional Marketing - USPS
• Principal Product Marketing Manager - Observability — $170K–$323K · Product Marketing - Eng
• Global PR Director, US — $160K–$304K · Communications & Customer Advocacy
• Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch — $160K–$304K · Platform - Elasticsearch
• Principal Search Consulting Architect — $160K–$304K · Consulting - AMER
• Principal Product Manager, AI agents - Search — $160K–$304K · Enterprise Search - Product Management
• Principal Product Manager Infrastructure, Observability — $160K–$304K · Obs - Actionable Observability
• Sr. Manager, Regional Sales - TOLA - General Business (Commercial) — $113K–$269K · Sales - AMER General Business
• Regional Vice President - Enterprise Expand East — $113K–$269K · Sales - AMER East

Elastic salary by department

• product marketing - eng: $197K median · $323K top base — Principal Product Marketing Manager - Observability (view JD) (5 roles)
• sales - usps civ: $146K median · $203K top base — Federal Civilian Program Manager (view JD) (6 roles)
• sales - amer general business: $119K median · $269K top base — Sr. Manager, Regional Sales - TOLA - General Business (Commercial) (view JD) (8 roles)
• sa - usps sled: $108K median · $170K top base — Senior Solutions Architect - SLED (view JD) (5 roles)

Elastic salary by seniority

• Junior: $85K median · $215K top base — Technical Instructor (view JD) (5)
• Mid: $137K median · $179K top base — Elastic AI Engineer (view JD) (13)
• Senior: $158K median · $403K top base — Sr. Director, Field Technology and AI (view JD) (24)
• Staff: $214K median · $323K top base — Principal Product Marketing Manager - Observability (view JD) (10)

Elastic salary — lead & management

• Manager: $155K median · $203K top base — Federal Civilian Program Manager (view JD) (5)

Elastic salary by location

• New York: $96K median · $170K top base — Senior Solutions Architect - SLED (view JD) (4 roles)

What Elastic looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Elasticsearch (40) · MEDDPICC (6) · AWS (5) · GCP (5) · Azure (5) · Java (5) · JavaScript (3) · Python (3) · PostgreSQL (2) · Terraform (2).

About Elastic

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

Experience & background at Elastic

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 6 that do, Bachelor'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; 74% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Elastic total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 28% include commission; on-target earnings run about $299K where stated (33 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 58 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 58 public job postings with disclosed pay. 26 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (58 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 6 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Elastic pay?
The median pay is $154K, with a typical range of $124K–$193K, based on 58 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, Field Technology and AI, at $212K–$403K base.

Which team pays the most at Elastic?
The product marketing - eng team, at a $197K 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 58 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 June 25, 2026.

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