Does Mastercard pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mastercard employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mastercard. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mastercard?

82% of Mastercard employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mastercard 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Mastercard?

Senior Software Engineer (398) , Director (360) , Software Engineer (357) , Consultant (350) , Manager (205) , Associate Consultant (201) , Associate Managing Consultant (199) , Vice President (198) , Product Manager (171) , Analyst (127) , Intern (119) , Software Engineer II (117) , Senior Analyst (109) , Project Manager (83) , Business Leader (81)

What are the pros of working at Mastercard according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and if willing to learn new thing you will have ample scope." ((in 1003 reviews)); "Many companies talk about have a great culture while Mastercard walks the talk on this." ((in 860 reviews)); "Not only are the benefits really good but I don't just come to work and do my day job!" ((in 755 reviews)); "Some people are great and helpful" ((in 543 reviews)); "People become very content here because the pay is good and you don't have to work that hard." ((in 298 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Mastercard according to real employee reviews?

"Career progression can be slow and challenging." ((in 62 reviews)); "Long hours depending on department; such a large company that you may feel like a small fish in a big pond" ((in 59 reviews)); "Senior management is not transparent." ((in 57 reviews)); "The office politics is a major issue when it comes to prioritizing projects." ((in 40 reviews)); "Obvious favoritism at an all" ((in 31 reviews))

What are employees saying about Mastercard layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Mastercard layoffs and their outlook for job security at Mastercard in 2026.

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4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(7,701 total reviews)

Michael Miebach

87% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

Mastercard has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 7,701 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Mastercard employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

5.0

Mar 15, 2013

Hungry to innovate and win in the payments globally

Business leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people. Focus and investment in innovation and merging payments. Great brand and the opportunity to be the center of a broad industry working with startups, merchants, and banks.

Cons

Big company culture and politics - but Ajay Banga the current CEO is pushing hard to change this Average age skews older, but again, there is a big drive to balance that

4.0

Feb 28, 2013

Use to have Good Pay for an IT company in St Louis Area

Technical consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Over compensation, 401k, healthcare, vacations, and opportunities to move around with in a company

Cons

lots of push to meet the deadline, inflexible hours when I worked there. I've hear it had changed.

4.0

Feb 20, 2013

Value Added Services - Sr. Analyst

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-CEO brings in a new and energizing perspective -CEO also pushes for diversity, change, and innovation -Company is going through a culture change inviting new ideas, perspectives, innovations, millennial employees -Educational assistance for undergrad and grad school is great -Stock prices continue to prosper in reflection of the embraced changes (cultural, technological, innovations)

Cons

-Many old school employees (those before IPO) are resistant to change -Many prefer the status quo -Bureaucracy is a problem causing delays in time to market initiatives and embracing new process improvement ideas -Politics at times play major deterrents impacting project and human resource advancements -Employees feel overbooked with tasks and this is considered 'the MasterCard way' . This causes burnouts and employees seek other positions

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