Citadel quant salary and jobs
The hedge-fund side of the Citadel name: a multi-strategy fund posting $235,000–$300,000 for every campus quant role.
Quant roles at Citadel
Citadel is a multi-strategy hedge fund headquartered in Miami, with its largest quant hiring in New York. It is a separate firm from Citadel Securities, the market maker, though the two interview campus candidates together: their interview pages say you talk with “two firms at once”. Campus hiring runs through four listings — Quantitative Research Analyst, Quantitative Trader in Equity Quantitative Research, Software Engineer and PhD-level researcher roles — and every one posts the same range. Its Global Quantitative Strategies business posts experienced researcher bands of $300,000–$350,000.
Built In listed 39 open Citadel roles in New York and 64 across all locations on Nov 11, 2026; 27 of the US quant, research and engineering listings named New York.
Citadel quant salary
Base: “In accordance with applicable law, the base salary range for this role is $235,000 to $300,000” on Quantitative Research Analyst – University Graduate (US), Quantitative Trader: Equity Quantitative Research – University Graduate (US), Software Engineer – University Graduate (US) and the PhD Graduate researcher listings. Internships post $4,500–$5,800 a week, and the Fixed Income & Macro rotational trader internship $4,000–$4,500. Experienced listings post $200,000–$300,000 for Quantitative Researcher – Data Strategies Group and $300,000–$350,000 for Global Quantitative Strategies researchers. The $4,500–$5,800 internship figure and the $235,000–$300,000 graduate range on the Quantitative Research Analyst listing were confirmed on Citadel’s own postings on Nov 11, 2026. Citadel’s careers site blocks automated reads, so the other graduate listings and the experienced figures were read the same day from the firm’s postings as syndicated on Built In.
Citadel pay by track
| Track | Role title | New-grad base | Summer 2027 internship | Experienced base | Open now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quant trader | Quantitative Trader: Equity Quantitative Research | $235k–$300k | $4,500–$5,800 a week | Not posted | Yes |
| Quant researcher | Quantitative Research Analyst | $235k–$300k | $4,500–$5,800 a week | $200k–$350k | Yes |
| Quant developer | Software Engineer | $235k–$300k | $4,500–$5,800 a week | $150k–$350k | Yes |
Posted base pay, except figures marked “package”, which are the firm’s estimated annual compensation package. Bonuses, sign-on payments and housing are extra to base pay.
What Citadel employees report
Self-reported total compensation from Levels.fyi. These are not posted figures and play no part in the ranking. They cover every office and all years of experience, and the site does not show how many reports are behind each one.
| Title on Levels.fyi | Total compensation |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | Median $412K |
| Trader | Median $369K |
Only figures the site labels a median or breaks out by level are shown. Source: Levels.fyi, read November 11, 2026.
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