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AI & Autonomy in Robotics Salaries

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

155 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$198k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$140k–$230k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

155

60% of 260 live openings

Companies disclosing

24

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Director of AI

Agility Robotics · Remote · Director

$257k–$402k
2
Helix AI Engineer, Perception

Figure · San Jose, CA · Senior

$200k–$400k
3
Helix AI Engineer, Reinforcement Learning

Figure · San Jose, CA · Senior

$200k–$400k
4
Helix AI Engineer, Generative AI

Figure · San Jose, CA · Senior

$200k–$400k
5
Helix AI Engineer, Robot Learning

Figure · San Jose, CA · Mid-Level

$200k–$400k
6
Helix AI Engineer, Pretraining

Figure · San Jose, CA · Senior

$200k–$400k
7
Helix AI Engineer, Modeling

Figure · San Jose, CA · Senior

$200k–$400k
8
Helix AI Engineer, Localization and Mapping

Figure · San Jose, CA · Senior

$200k–$400k
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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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