KYC salary: $170K median
The median advertised KYC salary is $170K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $124K to $225K: counted from 188 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $81 an hour or $14,125 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $270K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll KYC jobs
$170Kmedian advertised salary
$124K – $225Kmiddle half of roles
$173Kaverage advertised salary
188roles counted
KYC salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $236K, 47% more than senior roles ($161K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $161K | $56K–$195K | 59 |
| Lead and above | $236K | $200K–$270K | 46 |
| No level in the title | $146K | $106K–$190K | 82 |
KYC salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $207K | 45 |
| 🇺🇸California | $200K | 52 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $172K | 64 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $170K | 167 |
Skills that pay more for KYC roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | $237K | +$68K | 21 |
| AWS | $226K | +$56K | 18 |
| Go | $201K | +$31K | 18 |
| Fraud prevention | $172K | +$3K | 28 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $402K | 5 |
| EarnIn | $290K | 3 |
| Plaid | $239K | 3 |
| Coinbase | $237K | 8 |
| Middesk | $215K | 4 |
| Gemini | $204K | 3 |
| Crypto.com | $200K | 3 |
| Block | $190K | 3 |
| Socure | $179K | 10 |
| OKX | $178K | 3 |
| Adyen | $176K | 4 |
| Airwallex | $176K | 10 |
| Paxos | $167K | 5 |
| Ripple | $162K | 5 |
| Fanatics Betting & Gaming | $162K | 3 |
| Alloy | $160K | 3 |
| Credal | $158K | 6 |
| ComplyAdvantage | $135K | 5 |
| iCapital | $128K | 5 |
| xAI | $118K | 3 |
| Mizuho | $98K | 4 |
| Pathward, N.A. | $80K | 7 |
| AML RightSource | $56K | 16 |
Highest-paying open KYC roles
All KYC jobs- Staff+ Software Engineer, Access ProgramsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveThreat intelligenceKYCControl systems
- Staff+ Software Engineer, BackendAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and aboveLLMRailsAI agents
- Chief Risk Officer - Managing DirectoriCapital · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$350K - $400KLead and aboveCPACFAFRM
- Manager, EngineeringTwenty · 🇺🇸New York, NY$197K - $354KGoPythonTypeScript
- Account Director, CryptoTrm Labs · 🇺🇸United States$277K - $343KRemoteLead and aboveContract negotiationRegulatory complianceKYC
- Senior Staff Software EngineerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US$279K - $341KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - Identity & TrustEarnIn · 🇺🇸Remote, US$239K - $341KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Product Manager - Agent TrustPlaid · 🇺🇸New York City Office$208K - $340KHybridLead and aboveLinuxOAuthOKRs
- Senior Engineering Manager, Fortary PlatformAva Labs · Remote (Global)$225K - $338KRemote, anywhereSeniorCI/CDKubernetesInfrastructure as code
- Enterprise Account ExecutiveMiddesk · 🇺🇸New York$300K - $330KHybridSolution sellingPayrollKYC
- Deputy General CounselBitGo · 🇺🇸New York, United States$275K - $320KContract negotiationRegulatory complianceKYC
- Senior/Principal Product Manager, User Onboarding & Growth (Crypto.com App)Crypto.com · 🇺🇸California$170K - $300KLead and aboveCustomer onboardingRegulatory complianceKYC
- Head of Marketing ComplianceOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$200K - $300KLead and aboveSmart contractsDerivativesKYC
- Global Lead, Commercial Risk StrategyAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$190K - $300KHybridLead and aboveLoad testingCard paymentsKYC
- Staff Software Engineer, InvestorsCarta · 🇺🇸New York, NY$240K - $300KLead and abovePythonReactPostgreSQL
- Head of Data Science, Identity GraphSocure · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, CA$250K - $300KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Head of Data Science, Compliance ProductsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$250K - $300KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Staff Software Engineer - FraudMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$201K - $299KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningHaskellKYC
- Head of KYCCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$253K - $297KRemoteLead and aboveAML/KYCGenerative AIRegulatory compliance
- Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Identity Decisioning)Affirm · 🇺🇸Remote US$230K - $290KRemoteLead and abovePythonKotlinMySQL
Questions about KYC pay
- What is the average KYC salary?
- $173K a year on average and $170K at the median, across 188 open KYC 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 $124K to $225K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest KYC pay?
- Anthropic ($402K), EarnIn ($290K), Plaid ($239K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a kyc a high-paying job?
- The median KYC posting advertises $170K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 3% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a kyc?
- A tenth of the postings offer $270K a year or more; the highest open KYC role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the KYC salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $170K a year is about $81 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,125 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $60 to $108 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for KYC roles?
- Postings that ask for Python (+$68K, 21 postings), AWS (+$56K, 18 postings), Go (+$31K, 18 postings) advertise more than the $170K median of all KYC 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 KYC roles at companies is $170K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $124K to $225K. Counted from 188 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/kyc/
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