What is the average Derivatives salary?

$166K a year on average and $152K at the median, across 111 open Derivatives 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 $128K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Derivatives pay?

OKX ($250K), Soros Fund Management ($225K), Coinbase ($196K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a derivatives a high-paying job?

The median Derivatives posting advertises $152K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% below the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a derivatives?

A tenth of the postings offer $230K a year or more; the highest open Derivatives role advertises up to $451K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Derivatives salary per hour and per month?

The median of $152K a year is about $73 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,708 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $61 to $96 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Derivatives roles?

Postings that ask for Generative AI (+$44K, 15 postings), CFTC (+$12K, 26 postings), Audit (+$12K, 18 postings) advertise more than the $152K median of all Derivatives 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.

Derivatives Salary: $166K Average, $152K Median (Nov 2026)

Derivatives salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $189K, 20% more than senior roles ($158K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$158K	$136K–$200K	23
Lead and above	$189K	$156K–$238K	32
No level in the title	$144K	$119K–$175K	55

Derivatives salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸California	$165K	16
🇺🇸United States	$158K	105
🇺🇸New York, NY	$152K	58

Skills that pay more for Derivatives roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Generative AI	$196K	+$44K	15
CFTC	$165K	+$12K	26
Audit	$164K	+$12K	18
Risk management	$162K	+$10K	26
SEC regulations	$161K	+$9K	14

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
OKX	$250K	3
Soros Fund Management	$225K	3
Coinbase	$196K	13
Crypto.com	$160K	15
Kalshi	$158K	6
iCapital	$158K	5
Ripple	$153K	4
Mizuho	$148K	28
Kraken	$144K	5
CoreWeave	$143K	4
Fortitude Re	$125K	5

Highest-paying open Derivatives roles

All Derivatives jobs

Head of U.S. Derivatives Trading TechnologyOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$313K - $451KLead and aboveTradingIncident responseReconciliations2mo
Chief Financial Officer ,North AmericaCrypto.com · 🇺🇸Chicago,IL$300K - $400KLead and aboveTableauNetSuiteCPA5w
Head of Exchange InfrastructureKraken · 🇺🇸United States$177K - $395KRemoteLead and aboveDerivativesStaking8w
Senior Product Counsel, CryptoFigure Lending · 🇺🇸Remote; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA$213K - $319KRemoteSeniorSmart contractsDerivativesLaw degree6mo
Head of Marketing ComplianceOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$200K - $300KLead and aboveSmart contractsDerivativesKYC5w
Director, Infrastructure Lease AccountingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $300KLead and aboveSQLCPAContract negotiation4w
Director, Technical Accounting – InvestmentsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$230K - $300KLead and aboveExcelWorkdayCPA5w
Sr. Staff Technical Risk Architect, Unified TradingCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$254K - $299KRemoteLead and aboveJavaTradingGenerative AI2mo
Enterprise Architecture Process LeadMizuho · 🇺🇸NYC (1285)$200K - $260KLead and aboveSQLTableauPower BI3w
Senior Product Manager, Simple TradingCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$218K - $256KRemoteSeniorSQLTradingGenerative AI5d
Risk Manager (Risk and Operations), United StatesCrypto.com · 🇺🇸New York$100K - $250KPythonSQLCFA5mo
VP, FCM, Tokenization & Stablecoin Compliance OfficerDriveWealth · 🇺🇸Office - Chicago; Office - NYC$225K - $250KLead and aboveAuditDerivativesFixed income2mo
Legal (Market Contracts)Kalshi · 🇺🇸New York or Remote$100K - $250KRemoteContract negotiationDerivativesRegulatory compliance14mo
Quantitative Developer (Kalshi Trading LLC)Kalshi · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$150K - $250KSQLMachine LearningLLM70mo
Technology – Technical ArchitectSoros Fund Management · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $250KReactDockerLLM2mo
Tech – Quant Strategist (Derivatives)Soros Fund Management · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $250KPythonC++SQL6w
Markets Data StewardMizuho · 🇺🇸NYC (1285)$200K - $250KData qualityData governanceM&A13d
CounselBitGo · 🇺🇸New York, United States$220K - $240KDerivativesEmployment lawGDPR4d
ControllerPylon · 🇺🇸New York, NY$205K - $235KRailsSOC 2Reconciliations7w
Staff Product Designer, DeFiSui / Mysten Labs · 🇺🇸USA (Remote)$150K - $225KRemoteLead and aboveDeFiDesign systemsVisual design8w

Questions about Derivatives pay

What is the average Derivatives salary?: $166K a year on average and $152K at the median, across 111 open Derivatives 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 $128K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Derivatives pay?: OKX ($250K), Soros Fund Management ($225K), Coinbase ($196K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a derivatives a high-paying job?: The median Derivatives posting advertises $152K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a derivatives?: A tenth of the postings offer $230K a year or more; the highest open Derivatives role advertises up to $451K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Derivatives salary per hour and per month?: The median of $152K a year is about $73 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,708 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $61 to $96 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Derivatives roles?: Postings that ask for Generative AI (+$44K, 15 postings), CFTC (+$12K, 26 postings), Audit (+$12K, 18 postings) advertise more than the $152K median of all Derivatives 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.

Derivatives salary: $152K median