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8 openings with posted pay · Updated Nov 11, 2026

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8 matching openings with posted pay
1
Research Engineer / Scientist (Robot Learning)

World Labs · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$250k–$350k / year
2
Research Engineer / Scientist (SLAM)

World Labs · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$250k–$350k / year
3
Research Engineer / Scientist (3D Tech Lead)

World Labs · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$250k–$350k / year
4
Rendering Systems Engineer - Simulation & Synthetic Data

World Labs · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$250k–$325k / year
5
Research Scientist (Generative Modeling)

World Labs · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$250k–$325k / year
6
Pipeline Engineer (Graphics/3D)

World Labs · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$200k–$325k / year
7
Performance Engineer (Inference, Training & GPU)

World Labs · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$200k–$300k / year
8
Executive Business Partner (Office of the CEO)

World Labs · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$200k–$250k / year

Median base salary

$288k

8 openings with posted pay

Typical range

$250k–$300k

25th to 75th percentile

Across all 27,040 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

1MatX29 roles$363k
2Aaru19 roles$353k
3Anthropic573 roles$345k
4Thinking Machines Lab45 roles$325k
5OpenAI651 roles$308k
6Goodfire17 roles$300k
7Periodic Labs24 roles$294k
8World Labs8 roles$288k
9Wispr Flow29 roles$285k
10Wayve67 roles$285k
11Simile12 roles$275k
12Oxide16 roles$275k
13Generalist AI17 roles$275k
14Lambda91 roles$271k
15Suno62 roles$270k

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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 58% 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 27,040 live openings at 536 companies. The middle half of postings falls between $133k and $225k.
Which startup roles pay the most?
AI & Autonomy roles lead at a $234k median, followed by Software & Data ($214k) and Infrastructure, IT, & Security ($201k), 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 58% 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 27,040 live openings. Browse the roles behind them.