Carta salary: $166K median
The median advertised Carta salary is $166K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $145K to $218K: counted from 62 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $80 an hour or $13,875 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $275K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Carta jobs
$166Kmedian advertised salary
$145K – $218Kmiddle half of roles
$186Kaverage advertised salary
62roles counted
Carta salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $216K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸California | $195K | 31 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $182K | 49 |
Skills that pay more for Carta roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law degree | $244K | +$78K | 8 |
| Revenue recognition | $220K | +$53K | 8 |
| Bar admission | $218K | +$52K | 7 |
| ERP | $215K | +$48K | 10 |
| Audit | $215K | +$48K | 11 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Carta roles
All Carta jobs- General CounselFirecrawl · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$310K - $392KHybridGoLLMSOC 2
- Legal CounselRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$330K - $380KCIPPCartaLaw degree
- People LeadRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $380KLead and abovePayrollCartaHRIS
- Principal Counsel, CorporatePerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $350KLead and aboveReconciliationsAuditM&A
- Vice President Finance - Corporate Controller1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$320K - $335KLead and aboveSAPNetSuiteWorkday
- Associate General Counsel, CorporateDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$300K - $325KM&ACartaCompensation
- Senior Director, Corporate Legal (AGC)Snorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$220K - $320KHybridLead and aboveLLM evaluationM&ACarta
- Global Equity Programs LeadBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $300KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningReconciliationsAudit
- Associate General Counsel CorporateDeepgram · 🇺🇸USA - Remote$250K - $300KRemoteSpeech AIM&ACarta
- ⚙️ Engineering ManagerRunway · North America$240K - $280KRemoteTypeScriptReactFigma
- Total Rewards LeadDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $280KLead and aboveWorkdayAI agentsCarta
- ControllerEudia · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$230K - $275KCPAERPAudit
- GrowthColumn · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$140K - $250KGoCartaProject management
- Compensation PartnerSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$210K - $250KWorkdayCartaHRIS
- Counsel, Corporate TransactionsTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA; Washington, DC$140K - $250KSecurity clearanceM&ACarta
- ControllerCampus · 🇺🇸Campus NYC$200K - $250KHybrid.NETERPReconciliations
- ⚙️ Senior/Staff Product EngineerRunway · North America$190K - $245KRemoteLead and aboveTypeScriptReactFigma
- Senior Corporate CounselArmada · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California Office (HQ)$194K - $242KSeniorM&ACartaLaw degree
- ControllerGreptile · 🇺🇸San Francisco$190K - $240KHybridSQLERPReconciliations
- People and Talent Senior ManagerParaform · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $240KSeniorGoogle SheetsHightouchSOC 2
Questions about Carta pay
- What is the average Carta salary?
- $186K a year on average and $166K at the median, across 62 open Carta postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $145K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Carta pay?
- Runway ($218K), Overflow ($140K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a carta a high-paying job?
- The median Carta posting advertises $166K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 4% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a carta?
- A tenth of the postings offer $275K a year or more; the highest open Carta role advertises up to $392K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Carta salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $166K a year is about $80 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,875 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $70 to $105 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Carta roles?
- Postings that ask for Law degree (+$78K, 8 postings), Revenue recognition (+$53K, 8 postings), Bar admission (+$52K, 7 postings) advertise more than the $166K median of all Carta postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Carta roles at companies is $166K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $145K to $218K. Counted from 62 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/carta/
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