Kong Salary

💰 $147K–$204K salary range

Median: $164K  ·  Based on 28 public Kong job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026

This Kong 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 Kong

• Enterprise Account Executive, Southeast — $320K–$400K · All Cost Center
• Enterprise Account Executive, Northwest — $320K–$400K · All Cost Center
• Director, Global Scaled CS — $250K–$300K · All Cost Center
• Staff Solutions Engineer - Northeast — $220K–$260K · All Cost Center
• Staff Solutions Engineer - Commercial — $220K–$260K · All Cost Center
• Staff Solutions Engineer - New York — $200K–$260K · All Cost Center
• Staff Engineer - Agent Marketplace — $200K–$250K · All Cost Center
• Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager- AI — $171K–$250K · All Cost Center
• Commercial Account Executive — $180K–$220K · All Cost Center
• Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Field Applications) — $153K–$215K · All Cost Center

Kong salary by department

• all cost center: $164K median · $400K top base — Enterprise Account Executive, Southeast (view JD) (28 roles)

Kong salary by seniority

• Senior: $166K median · $250K top base — Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager- AI (view JD) (7)
• Staff: $182K median · $400K top base — Enterprise Account Executive, Southeast (view JD) (13)

Kong salary — lead & management

• Manager: $145K median · $163K top base — Professional Services Strategy & Operations Manager (view JD) (5)

Kong salary by location

• San Francisco: $203K median · $260K top base — Staff Solutions Engineer - Commercial (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Kong

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

What Kong looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Kubernetes (6) · CI/CD (5) · AWS (4) · GCP (4) · Azure (4) · Python (3) · Java (3) · Docker (3) · Team Leadership (2) · JavaScript (2).

About Kong

Kong is Series E stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2017 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Kong

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 5 that do, Bachelor's and Master'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; 79% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Kong total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Kong hiring activity

Kong has 28 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 28 public job postings with disclosed pay. 13 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (28 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Kong pay?
The median pay is $164K, with a typical range of $147K–$204K, based on 28 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Kong?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Enterprise Account Executive, Southeast, at $320K–$400K base.

Which team pays the most at Kong?
The all cost center team, at a $164K 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 28 public Kong 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 July 1, 2026.

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