Is this Ladders salary base pay or total compensation?

These figures are the midpoint of each posting's advertised range, from public job postings. Equity is a separate, often-large component of total compensation and is not included here.

Is this Ladders data from placements or job postings?

It is aggregated from public job postings on Ladders's career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

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Ladders Salary

Q: What does Ladders pay?

Ladders pays a median of $160K, with a range of $140K to $195K, based on 17 public job postings collected in 2025–2026. These are posted-range midpoints; equity is separate and not included.

Q: What is the highest-paying job at Ladders?

The highest observed base pay is $260K (Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core Cloud Compute), from a public job posting. Equity is separate.

Ladders pays a median of $160K ($140K–$195K) across 17 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $140K–$195K salary range

Median: $160K · Based on 17 public Ladders job postings · Updated June 23, 2026

This Ladders salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Ladders · pay benchmark · updated June 23, 2026

$160K

inc. eng · sales · ops

All-role median

$140K–$195K

Typical range

$260K view JD

Highest base · Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core Cloud Compute

17

Open roles

~6 yrs

Typical exp.

+17

17 last 90d

New last 30d

ⓘ Base salary only — equity is separate

IC salary by seniority

Senior

$150K (10)

Staff

$160K (5)

Highest-paying open roles at Ladders

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core Cloud Compute — $180K–$260K
Ladders hiring Engineering Manager in United States — $180K–$250K
Staff Machine Learning Engineer (REMOTE) — $180K–$230K
Ladders hiring Staff Data Scientist, Consumer in United States — $180K–$220K
Engineering Manager, Revenue Growth — $180K–$210K
Ladders hiring Forward Deployed Engineer, US in United States — $120K–$200K
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search & Recommendations — $180K–$190K
Ladders hiring Senior Backend Engineer in United States — $120K–$180K
Sr. Software Engineer, Full Stack (Remote) — $140K–$180K
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer — $120K–$180K

Ladders salary by seniority

Senior: $150K median · $260K top base — Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core Cloud Compute (view JD) (10)
Staff: $160K median · $230K top base — Staff Machine Learning Engineer (REMOTE) (view JD) (5)

What Ladders looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (1) · JavaScript (1) · Go (1) · React (1) · Next.js (1) · Kafka (1) · Elasticsearch (1) · AWS (1).

About Ladders

Ladders is Series A stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2003 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Ladders

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience.

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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Ladders hiring activity

Ladders has 17 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 17 public job postings with disclosed pay. 17 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (17 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Ladders's pay with companies in the same space:

Company	Median pay	vs Ladders	Stage
Rippling	$198K	↑ +24%	Series G
Mercor	$215K	↑ +34%	Series C
Clera	$185K	↑ +16%	Pre-Seed
Fenwick & West	$154K	↓ -4%	—
Boulevard	$161K	↑ +1%	Series D
HackerRank	$165K	↑ +3%	Series D

Common questions

What does Ladders pay?
The median pay is $160K, with a typical range of $140K–$195K, based on 17 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Ladders?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core Cloud Compute, at $180K–$260K base.

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 17 public Ladders 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 23, 2026.

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