Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Cognition salaries 2026: posted ranges by role and level

12 open roles at Cognition publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $180k to $225k; the highest posted maximum is $300k. Ranges come from Cognition's own postings on its careers site, refreshed every 6 hours. All Cognition roles.

By function

Function	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Infrastructure	2	$260k	$300k	$280k	$300k
Engineering	5	$180k	$280k	$230k	$300k
Go-to-market	3	$160k	$180k	$170k	$220k
Operations	2	$80k	$110k	$95k	$110k

By level

Level	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Unspecified	11	$180k	$225k	$202k	$300k

By role

The most posted roles first.

Role	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Software Engineer	2	$260k	$300k	$280k	$300k
Applied AI Engineer	2	$180k	$225k	$202k	$225k
Account Director	2	$165k	$190k	$178k	$220k
Workplace & Engagement Coordinator	2	$80k	$110k	$95k	$110k

Highest posted ranges at Cognition

One row per role.

Role	Level	Range	Location
Software Engineer, Infrastructure	Unspecified	$260k to $300k	San Francisco; New York City
Site Reliability Engineer	Unspecified	$260k to $300k	San Francisco; New York City
Security Engineer	Unspecified	$260k to $300k	San Francisco

Method: base-salary ranges parsed from the compensation field or description of each posting; placeholder ranges (top at least 3x the bottom) excluded; medians use the range midpoint; level inferred from the title. All AI companies · Cognition jobs.