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Stellar Labs Salary

Stellar Labs Salary

Stellar Labs pays a median of $215K ($186K–$245K) across 23 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $186K–$245K salary range

Median: $215K  ·  Based on 23 public Stellar Labs job postings  ·  Updated October 16, 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 October 16, 2026
$215K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$186K–$245K
Typical range
$350K view JD
Highest base · Director, Research
23
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+4
10 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 9% of roles mention equity
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$245K · $350K top (13)
partnerships
$170K · $258K top (6)
Pay by location
San Francisco $215K (11)New York $215K (11)
Highest-paying skills
Rust $230K

Highest-paying open roles at Stellar Labs

Stellar Labs salary by department

  • engineering: $245K median · $350K top base — Director, Research (view JD) (13 roles)
  • partnerships: $170K median · $258K top base — Manager, Solutions Engineering (view JD) (6 roles)

Stellar Labs engineering & product management salary

  • Director: $273K median · $350K top base — Director, Research (view JD) (5)

Stellar Labs salary by location

  • San Francisco: $215K median · $320K top base — Director, Ecosystem & Product Security (view JD) (11 roles)
  • New York: $215K median · $320K top base — Director, Ecosystem & Product Security (view JD) (11 roles)

Remote work at Stellar Labs

4% of Stellar Labs's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Stellar Labs looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Rust (6) · Product Roadmap (4) · AWS (2) · GCP (2) · Kubernetes (2) · CI/CD (2) · Team Leadership (2) · Python (2) · Java (2) · Swift (2).

Benefits & perks at Stellar Labs

Commonly listed: dental (23) · vision (23) · hsa-fsa (23) · 401k (23) · commuter (23) · parental (23) · gym (23) · childcare (23).

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 7 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; 9% of these postings reference equity. 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 23 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 23 public job postings with disclosed pay. 4 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (10 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Stellar Labs's pay with companies in the same space:

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Rocket Lab$139K↓ -35%Public
Fluidstack$222K↑ +3%Late Stage
Peregrine Technologies$171K↓ -20%Series D
IonQ$168K↓ -22%Public
Western Digital$163K↓ -24%Public
Arista Networks$157K↓ -27%Public

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Common questions

What does Stellar Labs pay?
The median pay is $215K, with a typical range of $186K–$245K, based on 23 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 Director, Research, at $210K–$350K base.

Which team pays the most at Stellar Labs?
The engineering team, at a $245K 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 23 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 October 16, 2026.

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