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Stellar Labs Salary

Stellar Labs Salary

Stellar Labs pays a median of $225K ($180K–$255K) across 33 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $180K–$255K salary range

Median: $225K  ·  Based on 33 public Stellar Labs job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Stellar Labs 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

Stellar Labs · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$225K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$180K–$255K
Typical range
$370K view JD
Highest base · Head of Payments, Business Development
33
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+33
33 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — equity is separate
Management pay by function
Product
$180K (2)
Marketing
$175K (2)
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$230K · $350K top (15)
product
$203K · $245K top (6)
Pay by location
San Francisco $225K (17)New York $216K (16)
Highest-paying skills
Go $249KRust $225K

Highest-paying open roles at Stellar Labs

Stellar Labs salary by department

  • engineering: $230K median · $350K top base — Director, Research (view JD) (15 roles)
  • product: $203K median · $245K top base — Product Operations Lead (view JD) (6 roles)

Stellar Labs salary — lead & management

  • Lead: $203K median · $245K top base — Product Operations Lead (view JD) (6)
  • Director: $273K median · $370K top base — Head of Payments, Business Development (view JD) (7)

Stellar Labs salary by location

  • San Francisco: $225K median · $370K top base — Head of Payments, Business Development (view JD) (17 roles)
  • New York: $216K median · $370K top base — Head of Payments, Business Development (view JD) (16 roles)

Remote work at Stellar Labs

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

What Stellar Labs looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Rust (10) · Python (4) · Go (4) · Java (4) · AWS (2) · GCP (2) · Kubernetes (2) · CI/CD (2) · BigQuery (2) · Litigation (1).

Benefits & perks at Stellar Labs

Commonly listed: dental (25) · vision (25) · hsa-fsa (25) · 401k (25) · commuter (25) · parental (25) · gym (25) · childcare (25).

About Stellar Labs

Stellar Labs is Series A stage · 51–100 employees · founded 2014 · HQ Burlingame, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Stellar Labs

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 5 that do, Master'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. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Stellar Labs total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Stellar Labs hiring activity

Stellar Labs has 33 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 33 public job postings with disclosed pay. 33 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (33 in the last 90).

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AvePoint$125K↓ -44%Public
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Oklo$138K↓ -39%Public

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Common questions

What does Stellar Labs pay?
The median pay is $225K, with a typical range of $180K–$255K, based on 33 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Stellar Labs?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Payments, Business Development, at $255K–$370K base.

Which team pays the most at Stellar Labs?
The engineering team, at a $230K 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 33 public Stellar Labs 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 1, 2026.

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