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AI & Autonomy in Boston Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for ai & autonomy roles in Boston.

61 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$225k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$200k–$256k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

61

74% of 82 live openings

Companies disclosing

10

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Director, AI Core Software

Merlin Labs · Boston, MA · Director

$252k–$360k
2$234k–$351k
3$234k–$351k
4$234k–$351k
5
Research Scientist: Post-Training

Generalist AI · San Mateo, CA · Mid-Level

$240k–$350k
6
Software Engineer: ML Robotics Systems

Generalist AI · San Mateo, CA · Senior

$200k–$350k
7
Research Scientist: Pretraining

Generalist AI · San Mateo, CA · Senior

$200k–$350k
8
Software Engineer: Robotics Controls

Generalist AI · San Mateo, CA · Mid-Level

$200k–$350k
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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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