Salaries / Entry-Level

Entry-Level Salaries

Live base-salary benchmarks for entry-level roles at companies building the future.

992 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$91k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$62k–$121k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

992

50% of 1,997 live openings

Companies disclosing

228

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Data Scientist

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Entry-Level

$130k–$500k
2
Software Engineer, Ads Product

SpaceXAI · Palo Alto, CA · Entry-Level

$150k–$350k
3
Mobile Engineer, Android

Ramp · New York, NY · Entry-Level

$189k–$330k
4
Mobile Engineer, iOS

Ramp · New York, NY · Entry-Level

$189k–$330k
5
Turbomachinery Engineer

Stoke Space · Kent, WA · Entry-Level

$129k–$328k
6
Early Career Research Engineer

Parallel · Palo Alto, CA · Entry-Level

$150k–$300k
7
US External Affairs Associate, Global Affairs

OpenAI · Washington, D.C. · Entry-Level

$171k–$280k
8
Product Designer

Kalshi · New York, NY · Entry-Level

$180k–$270k
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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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