Trading salary: $200K median
From 39 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$200Kmedian advertised salary
$146K – $237Kmiddle half of roles
$195Kaverage advertised salary
39roles counted
Trading salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | $200K | 37 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $190K | 15 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Coinbase | $237K | 8 |
| Kalshi | $200K | 3 |
| Crypto.com | $115K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Trading roles
All Trading jobs- Head of U.S. Derivatives Trading TechnologyOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$313K - $451KLeadTrading
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Mobile TradingOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$224K - $322KLeadReactKotlinSwift
- VP, Managed Trading ServicesFanatics Betting & Gaming · 🇺🇸Denver, CO, United States$250K - $314KLeadTrading
- Senior/ Principal Product Manager, Trading(Crypto.com App)Crypto.com · 🇺🇸California$170K - $300KLeadTradingRails
- Trading Systems Engineer (Kalshi Trading LLC)Kalshi · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$200K - $300KRustGoC++
- Trading Systems EngineerQube Research & Technologies · 🇺🇸New York$180K - $300KGoPythonNode.js
- Sr. Staff Technical Architect, Unified TradingCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$254K - $299KRemoteLeadJavaTrading
- Sr. Staff Technical Risk Architect, Unified TradingCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$254K - $299KRemoteLeadJavaTrading
- Senior Backend Engineer, Core Trading SystemsNovig · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $260KSeniorRustGoC++
- Senior Software Engineer, Trading InfrastructureAptos Labs · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, New York City, New York$150K - $250KSeniorRustGoPython
- Software Engineer, Trading ProductAptos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, New York City$150K - $250KTypeScriptTrading
- Software Engineer, Backend (Trading)Phantom · Remote$200K - $250KRemoteTrading
- Quantitative Developer (Kalshi Trading LLC)Kalshi · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$150K - $250KSQLMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Quant Research Engineer, Trading & Portfolio OptimizationArtafinance · 🇺🇸Bay Area$150K - $250KSeniorTrading
- Member of Technical Staff | Production & Trading PlatformPoesis · 🇺🇸Menlo Park$200K - $250KLLMTrading
- VP, Algo Trading / SOR DeveloperGalaxy · 🇺🇸New York, NY$180K - $230KLeadJavaGCPLinux
- C++ Software Engineer - Core Trading TechnologyQube Research & Technologies · 🇺🇸Chicago$150K - $220KPythonC++Linux
- Quantitative Trader (Associate/VP) - Onchain TradingGalaxy · 🇺🇸New York, NY$150K - $200KLeadPythonTrading
- Outcome Driven Strategies, Trading and Portfolio Operations - Vice President / Senior Vice PresidentiCapital · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$155K - $200KLeadExcelTrading
- Forward Deployed, Sales & TradingRogo · 🇺🇸New York City or San Francisco$115K - $200KLLMTrading
Questions about Trading pay
- What is the average Trading salary?
- $195K a year on average and $200K at the median, across 39 open Trading postings at tech 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 $146K to $237K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Trading pay?
- Coinbase ($237K), Kalshi ($200K), Crypto.com ($115K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- 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 Trading roles at tech companies is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $146K to $237K. Counted from 39 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/trading/
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