MiCA salary: $158K median
The median advertised MiCA salary is $158K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $139K to $193K: counted from 60 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $76 an hour or $13,125 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $237K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll MiCA jobs
$158Kmedian advertised salary
$139K – $193Kmiddle half of roles
$168Kaverage advertised salary
60roles counted
Skills that pay more for MiCA roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure as code | $205K | +$48K | 9 |
| IAM | $186K | +$28K | 8 |
| Cloud security | $168K | +$10K | 7 |
| AWS | $164K | +$6K | 12 |
| CI/CD | $164K | +$6K | 7 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Sandboxaq | $193K | 3 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | $152K | 6 |
| RAND | $152K | 3 |
| Avalore, LLC | $144K | 21 |
Highest-paying open MiCA roles
All MiCA jobs- Head of Finance OperationsOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$301K - $361KLead and aboveNetSuiteCPAACCA
- Principal Mission Cloud EngineerTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$230K - $340KLead and aboveAzureCI/CDAWS
- Senior Engineering Manager, Fortary PlatformAva Labs · Remote (Global)$225K - $338KRemote, anywhereSeniorCI/CDKubernetesInfrastructure as code
- Staff Mission Cloud EngineerTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$205K - $295KLead and aboveAzureCI/CDAWS
- Senior Information Systems Security OfficerCaptivation Software · 🇺🇸Annapolis Junction, MD$130K - $270KSeniorSecurity clearanceCISSPIAM
- Solutions Architect, AMERFireblocks · 🇺🇸New York; United States$147K - $268KPortugueseCryptographyMiCA
- Software Engineer, Payments Product LeadAptos Labs · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$160K - $260KLead and aboveRustRailsReconciliations
- Sr. Network Security EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$152K - $258KSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Staff Software Engineer, TRUST NetworkCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$218K - $256KRemoteLead and aboveGenerative AIData modelingInfrastructure as code
- Senior Research Scientist, MagnetsSandboxaq · 🇺🇸United States$134K - $252KRemoteSeniorPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- Computational Chemist - Machine Learned Force Fields, Material DiscoverySandboxaq · 🇺🇸United States$134K - $252KRemotePythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- VP, FCM, Tokenization & Stablecoin Compliance OfficerDriveWealth · 🇺🇸Office - Chicago; Office - NYC$225K - $250KLead and aboveAuditDerivativesFixed income
- Deputy Chief Compliance Officer / Deputy BSA Officer, Builders Bank & TrustBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$136K - $245KLead and aboveCAMSInternal controlsRegulatory compliance
- Senior Product Manager, Payments & TRUST NetworkCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$207K - $244KRemoteSeniorGenerative AIMiCA
- Systems Engineer (TS/SCI w/ Poly)SixGen, Inc. · 🇺🇸Columbia, MD$201K - $240KAgileAWSSecurity clearance
- Infrastructure EngineerAvalore, LLC · 🇺🇸Arlington, Virginia, United States$107K - $233KSecurity clearanceCISSPGIAC
- Senior Product Manager - Tokenization & Stablecoin InfrastructureBitGo · 🇺🇸New York, United States$200K - $230KSeniorSmart contractsPRDsMiCA
- Cybersecurity Architect, (TS/SCI), CI PolyK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$170K - $230KAzureAWSSecurity clearance
- API ArchitectAvalore, LLC · 🇺🇸Arlington, Virginia, United States$107K - $220KSecurity clearanceCISSPGIAC
- Software Engineer, Platform SecurityxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$100K - $198KRustGoPython
Questions about MiCA pay
- What is the average MiCA salary?
- $168K a year on average and $158K at the median, across 60 open MiCA 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 $139K to $193K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest MiCA pay?
- Sandboxaq ($193K), RAND ($152K), Dark Wolf Solutions ($152K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a mica a high-paying job?
- The median MiCA posting advertises $158K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a mica?
- A tenth of the postings offer $237K a year or more; the highest open MiCA role advertises up to $361K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the MiCA salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $158K a year is about $76 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,125 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $67 to $93 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for MiCA roles?
- Postings that ask for Infrastructure as code (+$48K, 9 postings), IAM (+$28K, 8 postings), Cloud security (+$10K, 7 postings) advertise more than the $158K median of all MiCA 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 MiCA roles at companies is $158K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $139K to $193K. Counted from 60 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/mica/
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