Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Perplexity salaries 2026: posted ranges by role and level

105 open roles at Perplexity publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $200k to $290k; the highest posted maximum is $485k. Ranges come from Perplexity's own postings on its careers site, refreshed every 6 hours. All Perplexity roles.

By function

Function	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Research	32	$220k	$405k	$312k	$405k
Product & Design	12	$220k	$315k	$265k	$330k
Data	3	$175k	$330k	$252k	$330k
Engineering	5	$200k	$300k	$240k	$405k
Infrastructure	4	$195k	$245k	$220k	$405k
Go-to-market	28	$175k	$220k	$201k	$320k
Operations	21	$170k	$210k	$192k	$290k

By level

Level	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Staff+	37	$220k	$405k	$312k	$405k
Lead / Manager	20	$190k	$240k	$215k	$405k
Unspecified	31	$180k	$220k	$195k	$330k
Senior	16	$168k	$222k	$192k	$290k

By role

The most posted roles first.

Role	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Member Of Technical Staff	31	$220k	$405k	$312k	$405k
Product Manager	6	$230k	$330k	$280k	$330k
Product Marketing Manager	4	$205k	$270k	$238k	$290k
Engineering Manager	3	$300k	$405k	$352k	$405k
Member Of Data	3	$175k	$330k	$252k	$330k

Highest posted ranges at Perplexity

One row per role.

Role	Level	Range	Location
Engineering Manager (Multimodal)	Lead / Manager	$300k to $405k	San Francisco; Palo Alto
Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher)	Staff+	$220k to $485k	San Francisco; Palo Alto; London; Berlin
Director, Litigation	Lead / Manager	$275k to $375k	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 · Perplexity jobs.