Elastic Salary

💰 $155K–$232K salary range

Median: $189K  ·  Based on 83 public Elastic job postings  ·  Updated August 9, 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

• VP, Threat Research - Security Intelligence — $312K–$593K · Security - Cross Team
• Sr. Director, Field Technology and AI — $212K–$403K · Sales Strategy & Operations
• Sr. Director, Global Public Sector Marketing — $200K–$380K · Regional Marketing - USPS
• Sr. Director, Enablement, Strategy & Partner Operations — $200K–$380K · Sales Strategy & Operations
• Sr. Director, Demand and Digital Marketing — $200K–$380K · Campaigns and Digital Marketing
• Global PR Director, US — $160K–$304K · Corporate Communications
• Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch — $160K–$304K · Platform - Elasticsearch
• Tech Lead, Agent Framework - Observability — $160K–$304K · Obs - Logs
• Principal, Platform Specialization — $160K–$304K · Consulting - Global
• Principal Software Engineer - Security - Elasticsearch — $160K–$304K · Platform - Data and Compute

Elastic salary by department

• platform - elasticsearch: $193K median · $304K top base — Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch (view JD) (9 roles)
• sales strategy & operations: $186K median · $403K top base — Sr. Director, Field Technology and AI (view JD) (5 roles)
• sales - usps civ: $146K median · $179K top base — Federal Account Executive - Dept of Commerce (view JD) (5 roles)
• it: $137K median · $179K top base — Sr. Business Systems Analyst (view JD) (5 roles)

Elastic salary by seniority

• Junior: $131K median · $203K top base — Corporate Counsel - Legal Product, IP, and Marketing (view JD) (6)
• Mid: $146K median · $179K top base — Federal Account Executive - Dept of Commerce (view JD) (18)
• Senior: $193K median · $403K top base — Sr. Director, Field Technology and AI (view JD) (31)
• Staff: $232K median · $304K top base — Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch (view JD) (13)

Elastic salary — lead & management

• Manager: $155K median · $215K top base — Program Manager, Revenue Journey Office (view JD) (9)

Elastic salary by location

• Remote: $212K median · $304K top base — Tech Lead, Agent Framework - Observability (view JD) (6 roles)
• San Francisco: $238K median · $291K top base — Principal AI Ecosystem Architect - OpenAI/Anthropic (view JD) (4 roles)
• New York: $108K median (3 roles)

Remote work at Elastic

55% of Elastic's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Elastic looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Elasticsearch (74) · MEDDPICC (15) · Java (11) · GCP (6) · PostgreSQL (5) · MongoDB (5) · AWS (5) · Azure (5) · Product Roadmap (5) · Terraform (4).

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 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 3 that do, PhD and Master's and Bachelor'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; 99% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Elastic total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 71% include commission; on-target earnings run about $274K where stated (36 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 83 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 83 public job postings with disclosed pay. 58 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (73 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 8 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Elastic pay?
The median pay is $189K, with a typical range of $155K–$232K, based on 83 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 VP, Threat Research - Security Intelligence, at $312K–$593K base.

Which team pays the most at Elastic?
The platform - elasticsearch team, at a $193K 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 83 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 August 9, 2026.

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