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1,424 openings with posted pay · Updated Oct 24, 2026

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Nvidia

1,424 matching openings with posted pay
1
Senior Director, Reliability Engineering

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Director

$332k–$500k / year
2
Senior Director, Board Product Development Engineering

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Director

$332k–$500k / year
3
Distinguished Engineer - Wireless Infrastructure

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Staff / Principal

$320k–$489k / year
4
Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Director

$320k–$489k / year
5
Distinguished Engineer, Power Architecture

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Staff / Principal

$320k–$489k / year
6
Quantum Product Architect

Nvidia · United States · Staff / Principal

$320k–$489k / year
7
Director, Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Director

$320k–$489k / year
8
Distinguished Engineer, Production Engineering, Cluster Management

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Staff / Principal

$320k–$489k / year

Median base salary

$236k

1,424 openings with posted pay

Typical range

$197k–$270k

25th to 75th percentile

Across all 24,409 openings with posted pay, the median is $175k. Annual base salary. Equity and bonus excluded. Methodology

Nvidia by role

Bar shows 25th to 75th percentile

Typical range $226k–$290k
$270k
Typical range $216k–$343k
$261k
Typical range $213k–$290k
$245k
Typical range $216k–$290k
$239k
Software & Data332 openings
Typical range $207k–$270k
$236k
Typical range $213k–$270k
$236k
AI & Autonomy149 openings
Typical range $216k–$274k
$236k
Typical range $157k–$253k
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Typical range $177k–$239k
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Typical range $177k–$239k
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Typical range $180k–$236k
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Typical range $156k–$242k
$174k

Top-paying companies

All openings · Median pay · 8+ openings each

1Aaru20 roles$353k
2Anthropic445 roles$345k
3Thinking Machines Lab36 roles$330k
4OpenAI631 roles$308k
5Simile9 roles$300k
6Goodfire13 roles$300k
7World Labs8 roles$288k
8MatX41 roles$288k
9Wispr Flow31 roles$285k
10Lambda96 roles$285k
11Wayve75 roles$285k
12Periodic Labs26 roles$281k
13Whop19 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 53% 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 24,409 live openings at 513 companies. The middle half of postings falls between $133k and $225k.
Which startup roles pay the most?
AI & Autonomy roles lead at a $232k median, followed by Software & Data ($210k) and Infrastructure, IT, & Security ($202k), based on the ranges companies post on live openings.
Which companies building the future pay the highest salaries?
Aaru tops the list with a $353k median posted base salary, ahead of Anthropic ($345k) and Thinking Machines Lab ($330k), among companies with eight or more openings that post pay.
Do startup job postings include salary?
About 53% 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 24,409 live openings. Browse the roles behind them.