Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

OpenAI salaries 2026: posted ranges by role and level

657 open roles at OpenAI publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $252k to $370k; the highest posted maximum is $850k. Ranges come from OpenAI's own postings on its careers site, refreshed every 6 hours. All OpenAI roles.

By function

Function	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Research	53	$380k	$500k	$440k	$500k
Engineering	217	$266k	$385k	$338k	$490k
Infrastructure	117	$257k	$385k	$336k	$490k
Data	23	$266k	$385k	$322k	$515k
Product & Design	24	$280k	$336k	$309k	$468k
Other	6	$228k	$346k	$284k	$385k
Operations	104	$224k	$285k	$256k	$378k
Go-to-market	113	$230k	$290k	$250k	$415k

By level

Level	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Unspecified	312	$251k	$385k	$326k	$500k
Senior	108	$251k	$385k	$308k	$445k
Lead / Manager	159	$266k	$325k	$300k	$445k
Staff+	77	$252k	$327k	$292k	$490k

By role

The most posted roles first.

Role	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Software Engineer	108	$266k	$445k	$356k	$490k
Technical Program Manager	22	$207k	$445k	$326k	$445k
Data Scientist	15	$266k	$385k	$326k	$515k
Engineering Manager	14	$401k	$445k	$423k	$536k
Research Engineer	13	$380k	$500k	$440k	$500k

Highest posted ranges at OpenAI

One row per role.

Role	Level	Range	Location
RE / RS - Foundations, Search	Unspecified	$380k to $850k	San Francisco
Engineering Manager, MLE	Lead / Manager	$500k to $555k	San Francisco
Data Engineering Manager, Growth & Revenue	Lead / Manager	$459k to $536k	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 · OpenAI jobs.