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Pika Salaries

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

9 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$268k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$205k–$268k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

9

90% of 10 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
Research Scientist, Foundation Model

Pika · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal

$185k–$400k
2
Research Scientist, Data

Pika · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal

$185k–$400k
3
Software Engineer, Backend

Pika · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal

$185k–$350k
4
Software Engineer, Product

Pika · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal

$185k–$350k
5
ML Engineer, Inference & Optimization

Pika · Palo Alto, CA · Senior

$185k–$350k
6
Head of Finance

Pika · Palo Alto, CA · Director

$180k–$250k
7
Head of Growth

Pika · Palo Alto, CA · Director

$160k–$250k
8
GTM

Pika · Palo Alto, CA · Mid-Level

$160k–$225k
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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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