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

1,844 openings with posted pay · Updated Oct 31, 2026

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1,844 matching openings with posted pay
1
Finance associate, US

Bending Spoons · Atlanta, GA · Entry-Level

$204k–$522k / year
2
Performance Modeling Engineer ~2

OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Entry-Level

$347k–$445k / year
3
Growth manager, US

Bending Spoons · Atlanta, GA · Entry-Level

$165k–$426k / year
4
Member of Technical Staff (AI Policy and Strategic Initiatives)

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Entry-Level

$220k–$405k / year
5
Software Engineer, Ads Product

SpaceXAI · Palo Alto, CA · Entry-Level

$150k–$350k / year
6
Member of Technical Staff, Research (2026 PhD New Grad) - Seattle

Fireworks AI · Seattle, WA · Entry-Level

$200k–$300k / year
7
Finance

Long Lake · New York, NY · Entry-Level

$200k–$300k / year
8
Early Career Research Engineer

Parallel · Palo Alto, CA · Entry-Level

$150k–$300k / year

Median base salary

$90k

1,844 openings with posted pay

Typical range

$63k–$123k

25th to 75th percentile

Across all 26,324 openings with posted pay, the median is $175k. Annual base salary. Equity and bonus excluded. Methodology

By experience level

All openings

Intern938 openings
Typical range $62k–$112k
$77k
Entry-Level1,844 openings
Typical range $63k–$123k
$90k
Mid-Level5,967 openings
Typical range $116k–$174k
$145k
Senior11,157 openings
Typical range $160k–$230k
$191k
Staff / Principal2,536 openings
Typical range $193k–$267k
$226k
Manager2,450 openings
Typical range $149k–$238k
$190k
Director1,310 openings
Typical range $213k–$290k
$250k
Executive122 openings
Typical range $258k–$325k
$300k

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 57% 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 26,324 live openings at 530 companies. The middle half of postings falls between $135k and $225k.
Which startup roles pay the most?
AI & Autonomy roles lead at a $230k 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 $394k 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 57% 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 26,324 live openings. Browse the roles behind them.

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