1. Business development representative
National average salary: $60,108 per year
A business development representative (BDR) is a sales specialist who acquires new business contacts and develops relationships with customers on behalf of an organization. Their duties include locating potential clients and developing long-term relationships with them, using marketing campaign analytics and leads to identify sales opportunities, identifying client requirements and suggesting products or services for them. Organizations working with cryptocurrencies employ BDRs to increase their client base and encourage interest in new crypto products.
2. Technical writer
National average salary: $62,042 per year
Technical writers create content about complex topics and condense highly technical information into a format that people who aren't experts can understand. They create content guides about technology, including cryptocurrency concepts, and write brochures, manuals and journal articles. They may conduct research about different cryptocurrencies and crypto tools and work with technical experts to ensure their writing is accurate and comprehensive.
3. Marketing manager
National average salary: $73,484 per year
A marketing manager establishes promotional policies for an organization and oversees its marketing campaigns. They may collaborate with advertising and promotional managers to plan events, analyze marketing data, establish new campaign strategies, create estimates for campaign costs and evaluate the success of marketing campaigns. When working with cryptocurrency, marketing managers may also collaborate with technical and financial teams to develop strategies for advertising the currency.
4. Financial analyst
National average salary: $74,631 per year
A financial analyst makes predictions about the performance of an investment by collecting and analyzing data about the current industry and the wider financial environment. They make recommendations about investments, compile and analyze financial reports, meet with management and executives to assess an organization's prospects, evaluate financial data to identify trends and present financial reports. Financial analysts who work with cryptocurrency also monitor market trends and currency values and incorporate that data into their analyses.
5. Web developer
National average salary: $82,404 per year
A web developer writes code for both the user-facing front end and the information-supplying back end of a website. They construct new websites while also maintaining and updating existing ones. In the cryptocurrency sector, they may work for crypto companies and update their websites to collect and analyze user feedback while also improving the physical appearance of the site and overall site security.
6. Project manager
National average salary: $86,015 per year
A project manager is responsible for the daily management of a project and the individuals working on it. They create project schedules and timelines, delegate tasks, plan the project budget, manage its resources and handle constraints. In the crypto sector, they manage the creation of new cryptocurrency tokens and coins and assist with the design of new exchanges. They also report the progress of the project to company executives and investors and ensure client satisfaction.
7. Cryptocurrency trader
National average salary: $95,077 per year
A cryptocurrency trader is a finance specialist who uses cryptocurrencies to enhance investments. They research crypto market trends, use data analysis and trading metrics to identify market inefficiencies and opportunities, determine how to improve risk management techniques and develop, maintain and improve crypto trading models and systems. Traders often work with other industry specialists to identify trading opportunities and assess market data.
8. Blockchain developer
National average salary: $104,686 per year
A blockchain developer designs, builds and maintains blockchains, which are databases used in cryptocurrency to secure digital transactions. Blockchain developers may design this architecture, or they may build additional applications for existing blockchains. Their duties might include writing and testing code, troubleshooting issues and collaborating with software engineers. They also stay updated on changing blockchain technologies to make updates and optimize applications.
9. Information technology (IT) security specialist
National average salary: $107,688 per year
An IT security specialist detects potential security breaches and works to prevent information security incidents from affecting systems. Security can be especially important for the crypto industry, and security specialists working in this field manage the security of cryptocurrency exchanges to prevent hackers from infiltrating them. They protect user data and information by tracking threats and fraudulent transactions.
10. Product manager
National average salary: $111,989 per year
A product manager oversees the entire product development process and supervises sales or product teams to ensure they accomplish all their tasks efficiently. In the cryptocurrency industry, their duties might involve creating, reviewing and updating product roadmaps to assist with the creation of new crypto products and coins, prioritizing and assigning tasks for the development team and brainstorming ideas with executives and other relevant parties. They might also write feature descriptions for the design and technical teams and lead the product prototype development process.
11. Software engineer
National average salary: $114,680 per year
A software engineer designs and develops mobile and web applications and software systems for businesses. In the cryptocurrency industry, they may use programming languages like C++ and Python to work on blockchains, substacks and analytical programs. Their other duties may include testing systems and adapting them to new specifications, documenting system issues for future maintenance, performing regular updates, recommending upgrades and collaborating with other engineers and developers.
12. Data scientist
National average salary: $123,927 per year
Data scientists examine and translate data into comprehensive information and write computer algorithms and code to better understand data sets. They evaluate how to best model data, identify solutions to complex problems using raw data and machine learning, collaborate with data engineers and communicate analytical results to an organization's executives. In the cryptocurrency sector, they may use blockchain technology to assess the performance of a cryptocurrency, identify future price movements and compile relevant data.
13. Machine learning engineer
National average salary: $155,591 per year
A machine learning (ML) engineer creates artificial intelligence systems to optimize and automate processes. They use statistics, programming, data science and software engineering to design predictive models and programs that allow machines to identify patterns and perform tasks automatically. The automated predictive models, machine learning systems and other tools they design often assist with large-scale crypto projects and mining activities.
