What is the average Staking salary?

$185K a year on average and $190K at the median, across 107 open Staking 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 $158K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Staking pay?

OKX ($250K), Galaxy ($225K), Coinbase ($202K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a staking a high-paying job?

The median Staking posting advertises $190K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a staking?

A tenth of the postings offer $250K a year or more; the highest open Staking role advertises up to $395K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Staking salary per hour and per month?

The median of $190K a year is about $91 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,833 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $76 to $105 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Staking roles?

Postings that ask for High-performance computing (+$35K, 11 postings), Incident response (+$29K, 10 postings), Data centers (+$29K, 12 postings) advertise more than the $190K median of all Staking 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.

Staking Salary: $185K Average, $190K Median (Nov 2026)

Staking salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $218K, 15% more than senior roles ($190K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$190K	$166K–$200K	32
Lead and above	$218K	$190K–$245K	36
No level in the title	$164K	$138K–$188K	38

Staking salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸New York, NY	$219K	30
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$197K	16
🇺🇸United States	$188K	105
🇺🇸California	$172K	27

Skills that pay more for Staking roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
High-performance computing	$225K	+$35K	11
Incident response	$219K	+$29K	10
Data centers	$219K	+$29K	12
Crypto custody	$219K	+$29K	16
Go	$205K	+$15K	10

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
OKX	$250K	3
Galaxy	$225K	11
Coinbase	$202K	3
BitGo	$200K	23
SpaceX	$198K	4
Jito	$190K	3
Abnormal Security	$171K	6
Kraken	$166K	31
Apex Technology	$158K	3

Highest-paying open Staking roles

All Staking jobs

Head of Exchange InfrastructureKraken · 🇺🇸United States$177K - $395KRemoteLead and aboveDerivativesStaking8w
Deal Lead, Corporate DevelopmentKraken · 🇺🇸United States$161K - $359KRemoteLead and aboveFinancial modelingM&ADCF4mo
Senior Engineering Manager, Fortary PlatformAva Labs · Remote (Global)$225K - $338KRemote, anywhereSeniorCI/CDKubernetesInfrastructure as code4mo
Deputy General CounselBitGo · 🇺🇸New York, United States$275K - $320KContract negotiationRegulatory complianceKYC4d
Deputy General Counsel, Strategic Partnerships & InstitutionsOKX · 🇺🇸New York, United States; San Jose, California, United Sta…$200K - $301KRegulatory complianceLaw degreeStaking7w
Director, Product Manager - Institutional PlatformGalaxy · 🇺🇸New York, NY$275K - $300KLead and aboveData centersTechnical writingReconciliations7mo
Head of Marketing ComplianceOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$200K - $300KLead and aboveSmart contractsDerivativesKYC5w
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Blockchain PlatformCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$254K - $299KRemoteLead and aboveSolanaEthereumGenerative AI5mo
Senior and Staff Data Scientist - Credit and Lending MLMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$167K - $299KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLLLM11d
VP, Forward Deployed LeadGalaxy · 🇺🇸New York, NY$215K - $285KLead and aboveLLMRailsGenerative AI5mo
Engineering Manager - InfrastructureBitGo · 🇺🇸New York, United States$220K - $280KGoTerraformLinux5w
US External Affairs Manager, Global AffairsOpenAI · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$171K - $280KHybridStakingProject management4d
Account Executive (TradFi Segment)Allium · 🇺🇸New York$180K - $280KSQLSmart contractsRails19mo
Lead Electrical Hardware Reliability Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $230KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceStakingTest equipment4mo
Sr. Hardware Reliability Engineer, Electrical (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $230KSeniorPythonC++SQL4mo
Solutions Architect, USBlockdaemon · 🇺🇸East Coast US$190K - $225KRemoteSolidityRustGo5w
Senior Software Engineer - JTXJito · 🇺🇸USA$180K - $225KSeniorRustGoC++6mo
Staff Product Manager, TokenizationRipple · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States$180K - $225KLead and aboveCryptographyStaking11d
Senior Security Engineer, DeFiSui / Mysten Labs · 🇺🇸USA (Remote)$165K - $225KRemoteSeniorSolidityRustPython7w
Staff Materials Engineer (Organics)Apex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$170K - $225KLead and aboveTest planningSalesforce administrationStaking2w

Questions about Staking pay

What is the average Staking salary?: $185K a year on average and $190K at the median, across 107 open Staking 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 $158K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Staking pay?: OKX ($250K), Galaxy ($225K), Coinbase ($202K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a staking a high-paying job?: The median Staking posting advertises $190K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a staking?: A tenth of the postings offer $250K a year or more; the highest open Staking role advertises up to $395K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Staking salary per hour and per month?: The median of $190K a year is about $91 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,833 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $76 to $105 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Staking roles?: Postings that ask for High-performance computing (+$35K, 11 postings), Incident response (+$29K, 10 postings), Data centers (+$29K, 12 postings) advertise more than the $190K median of all Staking 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.

Staking salary: $190K median