Mastercard Salary

💰 $150K–$226K salary range

Median: $186K  ·  Based on 235 public Mastercard job postings  ·  Updated November 9, 2026

This Mastercard 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

Highest-paying open roles at Mastercard

• Vice President, Software Engineering — $254K–$407K
• VP, Publisher Experience and Platform, Commerce Media — $245K–$391K
• Vice President, Data Scientist (Open Finance) — $244K–$390K
• VP, Senior Managing Counsel, Global Competition Law, Compliance and Policy — $239K–$383K
• Vice President, Global Public Sector, Tolling and Parking — $235K–$375K
• Vice President, Digital Partnerships, Fintechs & Enablers- Global Money Movement & Digital Assets — $235K–$375K
• Vice President, Digital Asset Payment Solutions — $230K–$368K
• Vice President, Process Excellence & Standardization — $221K–$353K
• Vice President, Total Rewards, Executive Compensation — $221K–$353K
• Vice President, Enterprise Order Management — $200K–$330K

Mastercard engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $120K median · $265K top base — Product Manager - B2B Payments (view JD) (23)
• Senior: $150K median · $277K top base — Lead AI Platform Engineer (view JD) (64)
• Staff: $226K median · $323K top base — Principal Software Engineer (view JD) (9)

Mastercard engineering & product management salary

• Manager: $186K median · $266K top base — Manager, Software Engineering (view JD) (12)
• Director: $239K median · $323K top base — Director, AI Engineering, Transformation Team (view JD) (20)
• VP: $318K median · $407K top base — Vice President, Software Engineering (view JD) (6)

Mastercard salary by location

• New York: $211K median · $407K top base — Vice President, Software Engineering (view JD) (17 roles)
• Miami: $188K median · $265K top base — Director, Cardholder Services, Global Servicing (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Mastercard

1% of Mastercard's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Mastercard looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: CI/CD (61) · Java (51) · Spring (36) · AWS (36) · Azure (31) · SQL (30) · Kubernetes (26) · Python (20) · Kafka (18) · Docker (18).

Benefits & perks at Mastercard

Commonly listed: dental (186) · hsa-fsa (186) · 401k (186) · bonus (186) · life-ins (186) · pto (186) · learning (186) · parental (2).

About Mastercard

Mastercard is Public stage · 10,001+ employees · founded 1966 · HQ Harrison, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Mastercard

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 38 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; 8% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Mastercard total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 88% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Mastercard hiring activity

Mastercard has 235 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 235 public job postings with disclosed pay. 54 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (181 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Mastercard pay?
The median pay is $186K, with a typical range of $150K–$226K, based on 235 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Mastercard?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Vice President, Software Engineering, at $254K–$407K 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 235 public Mastercard 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 November 9, 2026.

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