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Infrastructure, IT, & Security salaries in NYC

What companies building the future pay, straight from their own job postings.

415 openings with posted pay · Updated Oct 31, 2026

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Infrastructure, IT, & Security · NYC

415 matching openings with posted pay
1$500k–$850k / year
2
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$500k–$850k / year
3
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$350k–$850k / year
4
Performance Engineer

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$280k–$850k / year
5
Engineering Manager, Inference Infrastructure

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$405k–$625k / year
6
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

OpenAI · Remote · Staff / Principal

$401k–$510k / year
7
Technical Threat Investigator, Threat Intel Engineering

OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$347k–$510k / year
8$350k–$500k / year

Median base salary

$235k

415 openings with posted pay

Typical range

$186k–$300k

25th to 75th percentile

Across all 26,320 openings with posted pay, the median is $175k. Annual base salary. Equity and bonus excluded. Methodology

Infrastructure, IT, & Security by sector

Bar shows 25th to 75th percentile

AI Research277 openings
Typical range $231k–$373k
$318k
AI App357 openings
Typical range $173k–$264k
$225k
Typical range $172k–$261k
$220k
Transportation87 openings
Typical range $160k–$243k
$201k
Robotics62 openings
Typical range $158k–$220k
$200k
Defense317 openings
Typical range $150k–$215k
$175k
Energy & Climate105 openings
Typical range $148k–$203k
$173k

Infrastructure, IT, & Security by location

Bar shows 25th to 75th percentile

SF Bay Area1,084 openings
Typical range $198k–$290k
$236k
NYC415 openings
Typical range $186k–$300k
$235k
Seattle359 openings
Typical range $182k–$285k
$222k
Austin65 openings
Typical range $179k–$250k
$206k
Remote330 openings
Typical range $166k–$250k
$206k
Boston53 openings
Typical range $150k–$213k
$193k

Methodology

All figures come from salary ranges companies publish on their own job postings, pulled from their applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Pay in other currencies is converted at fixed recent exchange rates. Hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Everything is base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded because postings rarely quantify them.

Stats are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by open roles. Groups with fewer than 30 openings (8 for a single company) are not shown.

Numbers reflect currently open roles, not historical offers. About 56% of tracked openings post pay. US pay-transparency laws drive most disclosure, so coverage skews to US roles. Explore hiring patterns in the hiring report.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median salary at companies building the future?
The median posted base salary is $175k per year, across 26,320 live openings at 530 companies. The middle half of postings falls between $135k and $225k.
Which startup roles pay the most?
AI & Autonomy roles lead at a $230k median, followed by Software & Data ($214k) and Infrastructure, IT, & Security ($200k), based on the ranges companies post on live openings.
Which companies building the future pay the highest salaries?
MatX tops the list with a $394k median posted base salary, ahead of Aaru ($353k) and Anthropic ($345k), among companies with eight or more openings that post pay.
Do startup job postings include salary?
About 56% of the openings BuildList tracks post a pay range. Disclosure is highest at US companies covered by pay-transparency laws, so coverage skews to US roles.
Where does this salary data come from?
From the pay ranges companies publish on their own job postings, pulled hourly from their applicant tracking systems and normalized to annual base salary. Equity and bonus are excluded. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

These numbers come from 26,320 live openings. Browse the roles behind them.