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Wex Salary

Wex Salary

Wex pays a median of $174K ($138K–$201K) across 51 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $138K–$201K salary range

Median: $174K  ·  Based on 51 public Wex job postings  ·  Updated September 16, 2026


This Wex salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Wex · pay benchmark · updated September 16, 2026
$174K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$138K–$201K
Typical range
Highest base
51
Open roles
~8 yrs
Typical exp.
+33
41 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 10% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$128K (23)
Staff
$201K (9)
Highest-paying skills
Java $201KRAG $201KTerraform $185KLLMs $184KPython $176KAzure $176KAWS $165KKafka $157K

Highest-paying open roles at Wex

Wex salary by seniority

  • Senior: $128K median (23)
  • Staff: $201K median (9)

Wex salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $105K median (9)
  • Director: $211K median · $250K top base — VP, Payments Engineering (view JD) (6)

Wex salary by location

  • Remote: $132K median (30 roles)

Remote work at Wex

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

What Wex looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: AWS (8) · CI/CD (7) · Product Roadmap (6) · Azure (6) · SQL (6) · Python (6) · Kubernetes (5) · Agile (4) · Kafka (4) · Terraform (4).

Benefits & perks at Wex

Commonly listed: dental (48) · hsa-fsa (48) · 401k (48) · life-ins (48) · pto (48) · learning (48) · bonus (47).

About Wex

Wex is Public stage · 3,403–3,403 employees · founded 1983 · HQ Portland, Maine. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Wex

Roles typically ask for around 8 years of experience (up to 20+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 14 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; 10% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Wex total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 96% of roles list a bonus; 98% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Wex hiring activity

Wex has 51 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 51 public job postings with disclosed pay. 33 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (41 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 9 contract roles in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs WexStage
Stripe$221K↑ +27%Series I
Navan$150K↓ -14%Public
Flywire$159K↓ -9%Public
Paxos$201K↑ +16%Series D
Billtrust$176K↑ +1%Acquired
Coast$188K↑ +8%Series B

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Common questions

What does Wex pay?
The median pay is $174K, with a typical range of $138K–$201K, based on 51 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Wex?
One of the highest-paying open roles is AI Principal Engineer, at $250K–$289K base.

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 51 public Wex 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 September 16, 2026.

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