Mastercard Salary

💰 $150K–$214K salary range

Median: $183K  ·  Based on 206 public Mastercard job postings  ·  Updated July 28, 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

• Senior Managing Counsel, Regulatory — $250K–$400K
• Vice President, Product Management, Agentic Commerce — $245K–$391K
• Vice President, Product - AI Center of Excellence — $245K–$391K
• Senior Principal, Data Engineering — $244K–$390K
• Senior Managing Counsel, Blockchain & Digital Assets — $239K–$383K
• Vice President, Global Public Sector, Tolling and Parking — $235K–$375K
• VP, North American B2B Secular Shift — $235K–$375K
• Vice President, Product Management — $235K–$375K
• Vice President, Product Management – Portfolio Intelligence — $235K–$375K
• Vice President, Enterprise Strategy — $230K–$368K

Mastercard salary by seniority

• Junior: $118K median · $147K top base — Software Engineer II (view JD) (5)
• Mid: $115K median · $265K top base — Partner Sourcing & Management – Global SME Partnerships (view JD) (18)
• Senior: $150K median · $400K top base — Senior Managing Counsel, Regulatory (view JD) (52)
• Staff: $276K median · $391K top base — Vice President, Product Management, Agentic Commerce (view JD) (23)

Mastercard salary — lead & management

• Lead: $186K median · $266K top base — Lead, Cryptographic Security Engineer (view JD) (20)
• Manager: $178K median · $266K top base — Manager, Forward-Deployed AI Engineer — AI Mobilization & Transformation (view JD) (48)
• Director: $216K median · $375K top base — VP, North American B2B Secular Shift (view JD) (40)

Mastercard salary by location

• New York: $211K median · $391K top base — Vice President, Product - AI Center of Excellence (view JD) (8 roles)
• Atlanta: $197K median · $281K top base — Principal Software Engineer (view JD) (4 roles)
• Miami: $211K median · $326K top base — VP, Strategy & Market Development - LAC (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Mastercard

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

What Mastercard looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: CI/CD (28) · Java (20) · Spring (15) · Azure (12) · AWS (12) · Python (11) · Team Leadership (11) · Kubernetes (9) · SQL (9) · Kafka (9).

Benefits & perks at Mastercard

Commonly listed: dental (119) · hsa-fsa (119) · 401k (119) · bonus (119) · life-ins (119) · pto (119) · learning (119) · mental-health (1).

About Mastercard

Mastercard is Public stage · 10,001–10,001 employees · founded 1966 · HQ Purchase, 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 8 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 26 that do, Bachelor's and PhD 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; 6% 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: 64% 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 206 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 206 public job postings with disclosed pay. 130 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (206 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Mastercard pay?
The median pay is $183K, with a typical range of $150K–$214K, based on 206 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 Senior Managing Counsel, Regulatory, at $250K–$400K 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 206 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 July 28, 2026.

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