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Series A Salaries

Live base-salary benchmarks from job postings at Series A companies building the future.

1,355 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$158k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$125k–$190k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

1,355

63% of 2,142 live openings

Companies disclosing

79

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Principal Research Engineer, Post-Training

Character.AI · Redwood City, CA · Staff / Principal

$275k–$400k
2
Research Engineer, Post-Training (All Industry Levels)

Character.AI · Redwood City, CA · Senior

$225k–$400k
3
Research Engineer, AI Safety & Alignment

Character.AI · Redwood City, CA · Senior

$225k–$400k
4
Senior AI Engineer - Fury Team

Scout AI · Remote · Senior

$200k–$400k
5
Senior AI Researcher

Scout AI · Remote · Senior

$200k–$400k
6
Research Engineer/ Scientist

Dyna Robotics · Redwood City, CA · Senior

$200k–$400k
7
Chief Designer

Foundation · San Francisco, CA · Director

$180k–$400k
8
Exceptional Software Engineer

Dyna Robotics · Redwood City, CA · Senior

$180k–$400k
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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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