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AI & Autonomy in Seattle Salaries

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

76 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$238k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$198k–$278k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

76

79% of 96 live openings

Companies disclosing

26

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Research Engineer, Computer Use

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$500k–$850k
2
Engineering Manager, ML Acceleration

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$500k–$850k
3
Research Engineer, Universes

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$500k–$850k
4
Research Engineer, RL Engineering

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$500k–$850k
5
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Vision

Anthropic · New York City, NY · Senior

$350k–$850k
6
Research Engineer, Pre-training

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$350k–$850k
7
Member of Technical Staff - Model Training

SpaceXAI · Austin, TX · Staff / Principal

$180k–$600k
8
Research Engineer, Production Model Post Training

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$350k–$500k
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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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