Trace3 Salary

💰 $120K–$193K salary range

Median: $170K  ·  Based on 68 public Trace3 job postings  ·  Updated October 23, 2026

This Trace3 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 Trace3

• VP, Infrastructure & Ops — $250K–$350K · Modern Infrastructure
• VP, Security — $250K–$350K · Security
• Managing Director — $300K–$325K · Sales
• Sales Director — $200K–$320K · Sales
• VP, Managed Services — $250K–$300K · Managed Services
• Regional Principal Solutions Architect — $212K–$255K
• Regional Principal Security Solutions Architect — $225K–$250K · Security
• Practice Director — $230K–$250K · Data & Analytics
• Network Engineer SME — $223K–$243K · T3 Government
• Innovation Principal — $220K–$240K · Innovation and Research

Trace3 salary by department

• security: $194K median · $350K top base — VP, Security (view JD) (5 roles)
• modern infrastructure: $190K median · $350K top base — VP, Infrastructure & Ops (view JD) (8 roles)
• management consulting: $179K median · $200K top base — Senior Manager, Management Consulting (view JD) (5 roles)
• sales: $164K median · $325K top base — Managing Director (view JD) (9 roles)
• t3 government: $125K median · $243K top base — Network Engineer SME (view JD) (25 roles)
• managed services: $91K median · $300K top base — VP, Managed Services (view JD) (6 roles)

Trace3 engineering & product salary by seniority

• Mid: $120K median · $243K top base — Network Engineer SME (view JD) (12)
• Senior: $185K median · $210K top base — Regional Senior Solutions Architect (view JD) (15)

Trace3 salary by location

• Remote: $153K median · $209K top base — Dynatrace/Observability (Remote) (view JD) (10 roles)
• Denver: $191K median · $210K top base — Regional Senior Solutions Architect (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Trace3

24% of Trace3's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $153K median vs $125K onsite.

What Trace3 looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (12) · AWS (12) · Azure (11) · CI/CD (8) · Kubernetes (7) · Docker (6) · Change Management (5) · Java (5) · GCP (5) · SQL (2).

Benefits & perks at Trace3

Commonly listed: dental (65) · hsa-fsa (65) · 401k (65) · life-ins (65) · pto (65) · retirement (2).

About Trace3

Trace3 is 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2002 · HQ Irvine, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Trace3

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 18 that do, Bachelor's and Associate's and Master's 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; 15% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Trace3 total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Trace3 hiring activity

Trace3 has 68 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 68 public job postings with disclosed pay. 20 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (53 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 16 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Trace3 pay?
The median pay is $170K, with a typical range of $120K–$193K, based on 68 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Trace3?
One of the highest-paying open roles is VP, Infrastructure & Ops, at $250K–$350K base.

Which team pays the most at Trace3?
The security team, at a $194K 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 68 public Trace3 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 23, 2026.

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