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Business & People Operations in AI Research Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for business & people operations roles at ai research companies.

79 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 4, 2026

Median base salary

$206k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$149k–$268k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

79

48% of 166 live openings

Companies disclosing

12

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Chief of Staff

Goodfire · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$300k–$500k
2
People Partner, G&A

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$310k–$380k
3$290k–$365k
4
Founding HR Leader

Periodic Labs · Menlo Park, CA · Director

$250k–$350k
6
Data Center Physical Security Systems Engineer

OpenAI · Remote · Staff / Principal

$205k–$335k
7
Strategy & Operations Lead, Enterprise Marketing

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$320k
8
People Partner, Research

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$255k–$310k
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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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