Roles we hire for

/

Companies

/

Orkes Salary

Orkes Salary

Orkes pays a median of $165K ($133K–$210K) across 14 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $133K–$210K salary range

Median: $165K  ·  Based on 14 public Orkes job postings  ·  Updated October 8, 2026


This Orkes 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

Orkes · pay benchmark · updated October 8, 2026
$165K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$133K–$210K
Typical range
$260K view JD
Highest base · Senior/Staff Software Engineer
14
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
ⓘ Base salary only — 43% of roles mention equity · options
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$195K · $260K top (8)
Highest-paying skills
Java $210KGo $188K

Highest-paying open roles at Orkes

Orkes salary by department

  • engineering: $195K median · $260K top base — Senior/Staff Software Engineer (view JD) (8 roles)

Orkes salary by location

  • Remote: $130K median · $200K top base — Solutions Architect (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Orkes

46% of Orkes's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $155K median vs $210K onsite.

What Orkes looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Java (4) · AWS (3) · GCP (3) · Azure (3) · Kafka (3) · MEDDPICC (2) · React (2) · Experimentation (1) · Go-To-Market (1) · Sourcing (1).

About Orkes

Orkes is Series B stage · 11–50 employees · founded 2020 · HQ Cupertino, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Orkes

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 7+ for the most senior).

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; 43% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Orkes total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 33% include commission; on-target earnings run about $200K where stated (3 roles); common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Orkes hiring activity

Orkes has 14 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 14 public job postings with disclosed pay. Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs OrkesStage
StackAI$181K↑ +9%Series A
Elastic$193K↑ +17%Public
MongoDB 🍃$160K↓ -3%Public
Kong$214K↑ +30%Series E
Salesforce$200K↑ +21%Public
Crusoe$181K↑ +10%Series E

💸 Companies that pay more than Orkes

Lambda · Wispr Flow · Suno · Crosby · Vapi

📚 Salary guides & rankings

Top-Paying Tech Companies for Engineers (2026) · Highest-Paying Cities for Software Engineers · Highest-Paying Engineering Roles

Browse all company salary pages →

Explore more salary data

All Sales salaries →  ·  Browse all tech salaries →

Common questions

What does Orkes pay?
The median pay is $165K, with a typical range of $133K–$210K, based on 14 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Orkes?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Enterprise Account Executive, at $200K–$400K base.

Which team pays the most at Orkes?
The engineering team, at a $195K 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 14 public Orkes 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 October 8, 2026.

Hiring like Orkes? Talk to Recruiting from Scratch →

Does this sound like a role you would be good for?

Check out all open jobs.

Find a job

Learn more from our blog

Visit our blog

Ready to hire?

Tell us about your open roles and we'll start sourcing within 48 hours.