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AI & Autonomy in SF Bay Area Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for ai & autonomy roles in SF Bay Area.

806 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$243k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$203k–$298k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

806

82% of 980 live openings

Companies disclosing

125

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Research Engineer, Chip Design RL (Reinforcement Learning)

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$500k–$850k
2
Research Engineer, Computer Use

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$500k–$850k
3
Engineering Manager, ML Acceleration

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$500k–$850k
4
Research Engineer, Universes

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$500k–$850k
5
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$500k–$850k
6
Research Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$500k–$850k
7
Research Engineer, RL Engineering

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$500k–$850k
8
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$500k–$850k
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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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