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IC SWE-Sr Staff, coach (EM) track, large design org. Private - but regular tender offers make equity more realizable than most private grants.
Ranges aggregated from publicly-available sources. Treat the median (p50) as roughly representative; quartile bands reflect negotiation range. Have specific data points or corrections? Send them in.
Canva is private (secondary sales and employee tenders have valued the company in the $32-40B range across 2024-2025). Equity is illiquid private-company stock at the last tender valuation, but Canva is notable for running regular, well-publicized tender offers / secondary sales that let employees sell vested equity - a meaningfully better liquidity story than most private peers, though still not cash. US ranges shown (Austin / SF / Seattle); Sydney-anchored AU bands run materially lower. Managers are called 'coaches' internally.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $140K | $155K | $170K | $185K |
| Equity (annualized) | $30K | $45K | $65K | $90K |
| Total comp | $170K | $200K | $235K | $275K |
Early-career IC (US offices: Austin, SF, Seattle). Equity is illiquid private-company stock, but Canva's regular tender offers give it more realizable value than most private grants.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $175K | $192K | $210K | $228K |
| Equity (annualized) | $60K | $90K | $130K | $180K |
| Total comp | $235K | $282K | $340K | $408K |
Senior IC. Most-common external hire level. US bands run below US big tech but well above Canva's Sydney-anchored AU bands.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $205K | $225K | $245K | $265K |
| Equity (annualized) | $100K | $150K | $215K | $295K |
| Total comp | $305K | $375K | $460K | $560K |
Staff IC. Editor performance, ML/GenAI features, and infra roles pull the top of band.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $235K | $255K | $278K | $300K |
| Equity (annualized) | $150K | $225K | $320K | $440K |
| Total comp | $385K | $480K | $598K | $740K |
Senior staff. Small US population; offers are bespoke.
Cross-referenced against public reporting, state pay-transparency postings, and triangulated where source ranges disagreed. Last refresh: June 2026.
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