Forge Salary

💰 $165K–$230K salary range

Median: $200K  ·  Based on 93 public Forge job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Forge 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 Forge

• Senior Director, Private Securities — $250K–$450K · Forge Securities
• Director, Private Securities — $200K–$350K · Forge Securities
• Director Private Securities — $200K–$350K · Forge Securities
• Director of Platform & Reliability Engineering — $235K–$245K · Engineering
• Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead), Customer Domain Engineering — $209K–$240K · Engineering
• Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead), Marketplace Middleware Engineering — $209K–$240K · Engineering

Forge salary by department

• Forge Securities: $350K median (16 roles)
• Research: $220K median (4 roles)
• Engineering: $205K median (47 roles)
• Product & Content Marketing: $200K median (7 roles)
• Data: $165K median (6 roles)
• Operations: $115K median (3 roles)
• Market Operations: $100K median (9 roles)

Forge salary by seniority

• Mid: $200K median (20)
• Senior: $210K median (44)
• Staff: $190K median (10)
• Director: $350K median (13)

Forge salary by location

• San Francisco: $215K median (42 roles)
• New York: $210K median (33 roles)

Remote work at Forge

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

What Forge looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: CI/CD (15) · Kafka (12) · AWS (9) · Azure (9) · Python (8) · TypeScript (6) · Java (6) · PostgreSQL (6) · GCP (6) · Kubernetes (3).

About Forge

Forge is Public stage · 500–500 employees · founded 2014 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Forge

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 23 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and Associate's 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; 52% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Forge total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 90% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Forge hiring activity

Forge has 42 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 93 public job postings with disclosed pay. 86 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (93 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 4 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Forge pay?
The median base salary is $200K, with a typical range of $165K–$230K, based on 93 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Forge?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Director, Private Securities, at $250K–$450K base.

Which team pays the most at Forge?
The Forge Securities team, at a $350K 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 93 public Forge 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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