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AI & Autonomy in AI App Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for ai & autonomy roles at ai app companies.

122 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

122

62% of 196 live openings

Companies disclosing

31

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
VP, Research

Scale AI · San Francisco, CA · Executive

$454k–$567k
2
Research Scientist, APEX Benchmarks

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$200k–$500k
3
Research Engineer, Environments

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$180k–$500k
4
Member of Technical Staff, Agentic Systems

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$130k–$500k
5
Research Engineer – Benchmarking

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$130k–$500k
6$130k–$500k
7
AI Researcher

Perplexity · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$220k–$485k
8
Agent Engineer, TLM

Sierra · United Kingdom · Director

$322k–$429k
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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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