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Business Development & Customer Ops in AI Research Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for business development & customer ops roles at ai research companies.

243 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$270k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$215k–$333k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

243

43% of 566 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
Head of National Security Sales (DoW/IC)

Anthropic · Washington, D.C. · Director

$550k–$700k
2
Head of State and Local Government Sales

Anthropic · Austin, TX · Director

$550k–$700k
3
Head of Partner Account Management & Ecosystem BD

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Director

$425k–$580k
4
Manager, Account Executive - GSIs

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$450k–$550k
5
Manager, Strategic Sales

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$435k–$550k
6
Head of GovTech Sales

Anthropic · Washington, D.C. · Director

$435k–$550k
7
Account Director, Tech

OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$430k–$480k
8$380k–$450k
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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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