Protocol Engineer Salary

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The average Protocol Engineer salary (globally) is $102,886 per year.
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2 years ago
$XXX,000/yr+ XX,000 bonus

Protocol Engineer Salary

📍 Remote / Remote 12 years of experience🎂 42 years old

2 years ago
$XXX,000/yr+ XX,000 bonus

Junior protocol Engineer Salary

📍 London / Remote 🛠️ Skills: C#, Typescript, Java🕑 1 years at the company1 years of experience🎂 24 years old

3 years ago
$XXX,000/yr+ XX,000 bonus

Protocol Engineer Salary

✍️ CS grad, worked in corporate then moved to crypto startup📍 Bucharest, Romania / Remote 🛠️ Skills: Rust, Go, Docker, Docker-compose, Bash🕑 1 years at the company3 years of experience🎂 25 years old male

3 years ago
$XXX,000/yr+ XX,000 bonus

Protocol Engineer Salary

📍 Remote / Remote 🛠️ Skills: Rust, Docker, DevOps🕑 1 years at the company2 years of experience🎂 26 years old male

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Annual Web3 Salaries for Key Roles

RoleMean Annual SalaryMin Annual Salary. P10Max Annual Salary. P90
Legal$103,612$30,000$250,000
Solidity$100,326$22,000$180,000
Product$99,846$30,000$180,000
Sales$97,560$24,000$180,000
Finance$92,643$32,000$152,000
Developer$82,661$20,000$150,000
Marketing$74,332$18,000$150,000
Design$73,567$12,000$140,000
Community$44,748$8,000$100,000