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What companies building the future pay, straight from their own job postings.

20 openings with posted pay · Updated Oct 27, 2026

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20 matching openings with posted pay
1
Data Engineer, Infrastructure

Aaru · New York, NY · Mid-Level

$200k–$600k / year
2
Researcher, Evaluation

Aaru · New York, NY · Mid-Level

$200k–$600k / year
3
Software Engineer, Platform

Aaru · New York, NY · Mid-Level

$200k–$600k / year
4
Research Engineer

Aaru · New York, NY · Senior

$200k–$600k / year
5
Software Engineer, Product

Aaru · New York, NY · Mid-Level

$200k–$600k / year
6
Researcher, Prediction

Aaru · New York, NY · Mid-Level

$200k–$600k / year
7
Researcher, Population Simulation

Aaru · New York, NY · Senior

$200k–$600k / year
8
Engineering Manager, Platform

Aaru · New York, NY · Manager

$280k–$425k / year

Median base salary

$353k

20 openings with posted pay

Typical range

$263k–$400k

25th to 75th percentile

Across all 26,108 openings with posted pay, the median is $175k. Annual base salary. Equity and bonus excluded. Methodology

Top-paying companies

All openings · Median pay · 8+ openings each

1MatX25 roles$363k
2Aaru20 roles$353k
3Anthropic587 roles$345k
4Thinking Machines Lab38 roles$330k
5OpenAI633 roles$308k
6Simile9 roles$300k
7Periodic Labs24 roles$294k
8World Labs8 roles$288k
9Goodfire17 roles$288k
10Wispr Flow31 roles$285k
11Wayve77 roles$285k
12Lambda96 roles$283k
13Whop21 roles$275k
14Oxide14 roles$275k
15Generalist AI10 roles$275k

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Methodology

All figures come from salary ranges companies publish on their own job postings, pulled from their applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Pay in other currencies is converted at fixed recent exchange rates. Hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Everything is base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded because postings rarely quantify them.

Stats are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by open roles. Groups with fewer than 30 openings (8 for a single company) are not shown.

Numbers reflect currently open roles, not historical offers. About 56% of tracked openings post pay. US pay-transparency laws drive most disclosure, so coverage skews to US roles. Explore hiring patterns in the hiring report.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median salary at companies building the future?
The median posted base salary is $175k per year, across 26,108 live openings at 528 companies. The middle half of postings falls between $135k and $225k.
Which startup roles pay the most?
AI & Autonomy roles lead at a $228k median, followed by Software & Data ($214k) and Infrastructure, IT, & Security ($200k), based on the ranges companies post on live openings.
Which companies building the future pay the highest salaries?
MatX tops the list with a $363k median posted base salary, ahead of Aaru ($353k) and Anthropic ($345k), among companies with eight or more openings that post pay.
Do startup job postings include salary?
About 56% of the openings BuildList tracks post a pay range. Disclosure is highest at US companies covered by pay-transparency laws, so coverage skews to US roles.
Where does this salary data come from?
From the pay ranges companies publish on their own job postings, pulled hourly from their applicant tracking systems and normalized to annual base salary. Equity and bonus are excluded. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

These numbers come from 26,108 live openings. Browse the roles behind them.