Paxos Salary

💰 $170K–$239K salary range

Median: $209K  ·  Based on 36 public Paxos job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Paxos 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 Paxos

• Head of Public Policy — $255K–$300K · Marketing & Communications
• Engineering Manager, Product Security — $241K–$276K · Engineering & Data
• Staff Software Engineer, Asset Movement — $212K–$243K · Engineering & Data
• Staff Security Engineer — $208K–$239K · Engineering & Data
• Senior Software Engineer, Custody — $206K–$236K · Engineering & Data
• Controller — $200K–$240K · Finance & Accounting

Paxos salary by department

• Marketing & Communications: $266K median (4 roles)
• Engineering & Data: $239K median (10 roles)
• Product Management: $203K median (4 roles)
• Finance & Accounting: $176K median (6 roles)
• Risk & Compliance: $155K median (4 roles)

Paxos salary by seniority

• Mid: $174K median (8)
• Senior: $218K median (10)
• Manager: $186K median (8)

Paxos salary by location

• Remote: $218K median (34 roles)

Remote work at Paxos

94% of Paxos's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Paxos looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Go (8) · Kubernetes (8) · Python (6) · AWS (6) · Java (4) · Kotlin (4) · Kafka (4) · Docker (4) · Snowflake (2) · Terraform (2).

About Paxos

Paxos is Series D stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2012 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Paxos

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 8 that do, Bachelor's is most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 33% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Paxos hiring activity

Paxos has 36 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 36 public job postings with disclosed pay. 21 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (36 in the last 90).

Common questions

What does Paxos pay?
The median base salary is $209K, with a typical range of $170K–$239K, based on 36 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Paxos?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Public Policy, at $255K–$300K base.

Which team pays the most at Paxos?
The Marketing & Communications team, at a $266K 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

USD base salary aggregated from 36 public Paxos 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 9, 2026.

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