Etched Salary

💰 $250K–$275K salary range

Median: $275K  ·  Based on 49 public Etched job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Etched 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 Etched

• Head of Performance Visibility — $200K–$300K · Software
• Supercomputing Engineer — $200K–$275K · Software
• ASIC Architect — $200K–$265K · Architecture
• Inference Software Engineer — $175K–$275K · Architecture
• Sr. Thermal Engineer, Liquid Cooling Systems — $200K–$250K · Platform
• Performance Modeling Engineer — $175K–$275K · Architecture

Etched salary by department

• Architecture: $275K median (4 roles)
• Software: $275K median (13 roles)
• Platform: $275K median (5 roles)
• ASIC: $275K median (11 roles)
• Production: $248K median (8 roles)
• Operations: $225K median (3 roles)
• People: $220K median (3 roles)

Etched salary by location

• Austin: $275K median (4 roles)

Remote work at Etched

8% of Etched's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Etched looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · R (1) · Go (1).

Benefits & perks at Etched

Commonly listed: dental (19) · medical (18) · mental-health (18) · gym (18).

About Etched

Etched is Series A stage · 1–10 employees · HQ Kansas City, Missouri. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Etched

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 7 that do, Bachelor's and Associate's and Master's and PhD are most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 6% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Etched hiring activity

Etched has 48 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 49 public job postings with disclosed pay. 15 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (49 in the last 90).

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2025) for Etched show a median of $265K, ranging $260K–$265K, across 5 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Etched pay?
The median base salary is $275K, with a typical range of $250K–$275K, based on 49 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Etched?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Performance Visibility, at $200K–$300K base.

Which team pays the most at Etched?
The Architecture team, at a $275K 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

USD base salary aggregated from 49 public Etched 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 10, 2026.

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