Kalshi Salary

💰 $140K–$185K salary range

Median: $175K  ·  Based on 21 public Kalshi job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026

This Kalshi 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 Kalshi

• Product Manager — $150K–$300K · Product
• Product Designer — $120K–$250K · Product
• Software Engineer, Data — $100K–$250K · Engineering
• Legal (Market Contracts) — $100K–$250K · Compliance
• Infrastructure Engineer — $100K–$250K · Engineering
• Site Reliability Engineer — $100K–$250K · Engineering
• Software Engineer, Product — $100K–$250K · Engineering
• Linear/Streaming Lead — $130K–$250K · Growth
• Software Engineer, Trading Platform — $100K–$250K · Engineering
• Software Engineer, Growth — $120K–$250K · Engineering

Kalshi salary by department

• engineering: $175K median · $250K top base — Software Engineer, Data (view JD) (8 roles)

Kalshi salary by seniority

• Junior: $125K median · $250K top base — Legal (Market Contracts) (view JD) (5)
• Mid: $175K median · $250K top base — Software Engineer, Data (view JD) (9)

Kalshi salary by location

• New York: $175K median · $250K top base — Product Designer (view JD) (13 roles)
• Remote: $130K median · $300K top base — Product Manager (view JD) (8 roles)

Remote work at Kalshi

100% of Kalshi's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Kalshi looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: AWS (4) · Python (3) · SQL (3) · Go (2) · Java (2) · Airflow (2) · Kafka (2) · PostgreSQL (2) · Azure (2) · Forecasting (1).

About Kalshi

Kalshi is Series F stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2019 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Kalshi

Roles typically ask for around 3 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, Bachelor's is 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; 95% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Kalshi hiring activity

Kalshi has 21 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 21 public job postings with disclosed pay.

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Common questions

What does Kalshi pay?
The median pay is $175K, with a typical range of $140K–$185K, based on 21 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Kalshi?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Product Manager, at $150K–$300K base.

Which team pays the most at Kalshi?
The engineering team, at a $175K 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 21 public Kalshi 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 19, 2026.

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