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Perplexity Salaries

Live base-salary benchmarks from Perplexity's currently open roles.

95 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 4, 2026

Median base salary

$253k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$195k–$313k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

95

85% of 112 live openings

Companies disclosing

1

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
AI Inference Engineer

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$220k–$485k
2
AI Researcher

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$220k–$485k
3
Engineering Manager (API Platform)

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$300k–$405k
4
Engineering Manager (TLM, Agents)

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$300k–$405k
5
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Acceleration)

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$250k–$405k
6
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform)

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$220k–$405k
7
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Models)

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$220k–$405k
8
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$220k–$405k
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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