#3 by score · #10 editorially · Management and Business
CTO (Chief Technology Officer)
Tier 1 · AI-era winnersCareer goalAI risk: lowEstimate
The top of the technical path; strategy + people; takes years of experience
Overall scoreDerived
8.00/ 10
#3 of 73 by score with the default weights. #10 in the editorial ranking.- Salary 30% × 10.03.00
- AI resistance 35% × 9.03.15
- Demand 20% × 6.01.20
- Remote work 10% × 6.00.60
- Low stress 5% × 1.00.05
Salary, k PLN per month
Estimateestimate MID → SENIORmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)
- Range MID → SENIOR
- ≈35–70
- Range midpoint
- ≈52.5
- Junior Derived
- ≈26.3
- Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
- ≈35.7
- Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
- ≈43.1
NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.
Easiest transitions
EstimateCEO/FounderBoard/AdvisoryVC
2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)
Key certifications
Estimatedorobek > certyew. MBA
Scores 1–10
Estimate- AI resistance9/1010 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
- Demand6/1010 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
- Remote work6/1010 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
- Stress9/1010 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
- Entry barrier10/1010 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
- Prestige10/1010 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula
The market in job ads
From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 13/11/2026This is a career goal: C-level positions are rarely advertised on job boards, so this role's salary range and ratings are estimates based on articles on the web. Below are statistics for the IT Management category (139 offers), labelled as category data, not role data.
139offers in the category · 44 employers
19.3kcategory B2B median
20koverall median · 18.9–22.7k
17%remote in the category