Salaries / Mechanical & Physical Systems

Mechanical & Physical Systems Salaries

Live base-salary benchmarks for mechanical & physical systems roles at companies building the future.

1,990 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$160k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$130k–$187k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

1,990

61% of 3,288 live openings

Companies disclosing

209

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Mechanical Engineering Lead - AI Rack Scale Systems

MatX · Mountain View, CA · Senior

$250k–$600k
2
Data Center Infrastructure Architect

OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$360k–$530k
3
Lead Thermal Simulation Engineer

OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$342k–$445k
4
Actuator Design Engineer

OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$342k–$445k
5
Data Center Architect, CSA

Anthropic · Remote · Staff / Principal

$320k–$405k
6
Data Center Mechanical Engineer

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$320k–$405k
7
Mechanical Engineer - AI Rack Scale Systems

MatX · Mountain View, CA · Mid-Level

$175k–$400k
8
Actuator Gear Design Engineer

OpenAI · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$266k–$380k
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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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