Median base salary
$265k
Posted range midpoint
Typical range
$228k–$308k
25th to 75th percentile
Openings with pay
145
76% of 191 live openings
Companies disclosing
7
From their own postings
Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.
Highest-paying live openings
Sorted by posted rangeAnthropic · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal
OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Director
OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Senior
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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