OpenAI salary ranges, October 2026

631 OpenAI job postings published a US-dollar pay range on 2026-10-14. Median posted range $251k–$378k; median midpoint $308k. Pulled from OpenAI's own careers board via its official job-board API.

OpenAI posted pay by department

DepartmentRolesMedian minMedian max
Applied AI109$266k$445k
Scaling102$230k$385k
Research61$295k$445k
Go To Market57$221k$278k
User Operations32$243k$280k
Finance29$216k$240k
Marketing27$240k$295k
Consumer Devices26$279k$385k
Security23$266k$445k
Data Science18$280k$385k
Safety Systems17$380k$500k
Forward Deployed Engineering16$185k$300k

Highest posted ranges at OpenAI (top 40 of 631)

Role (apply link)DepartmentLocationPosted range
RE / RS - Foundations, SearchResearchSan Francisco$380k–$850k
Researcher, TrainingResearchSan Francisco$300k–$600k
Research Engineer, Retrieval & Search, Applied EngineeringApplied AISan Francisco$293k–$585k
Software Engineer, Inference - Multi ModalScalingSan Francisco$295k–$555k
Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/MLApplied AISan Francisco$381k–$555k
Engineering Manager, MLEApplied AISan Francisco$500k–$555k
3P Systems ArchitectScalingSan Francisco; Seattle$342k–$555k
Software Engineer, Data AcquisitionResearchSan Francisco$295k–$536k
Full-Stack SWE, Data Acquisition (Foundations)ResearchSan Francisco$295k–$536k
Engineering Manager, Core ExperimentationApplied AISeattle$510k–$536k
Software Engineer - Data Aquisition (systems)ResearchSan Francisco$295k–$536k
Data Engineering Manager, Growth & RevenueApplied AISan Francisco$459k–$536k
Engineering Manager, Rosalind WorkbenchLife SciencesSan Francisco$401k–$536k
Product Manager, Financial ServicesProduct ManagementSan Francisco; New York City$401k–$530k
Data Scientist, FinEngData ScienceSan Francisco$293k–$515k
Applied Data Science & Insights Leader - GTM Intelligence Solutions and TechnicaData ScienceSan Francisco$441k–$515k
Data Scientist, Ads DemandData ScienceSan Francisco$293k–$515k
Data Scientist, SMB Ads GrowthData ScienceSan Francisco$293k–$515k
Data Scientist, CybersecurityData ScienceUS - Remote; New York City; San Francisc$263k–$515k
Technical Threat Investigator, Threat Intel EngineeringSecuritySan Francisco; New York City; US - Remot$347k–$510k
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure SecuritySecurityUS - Remote; New York City; Seattle; San$401k–$510k
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure SecuritySecurityUS - Remote; New York City; Seattle; San$401k–$510k
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Identity Infrastructure EngineeringITSan Francisco$347k–$510k
Staff Security Reliability EngineerSecuritySan Francisco$347k–$510k
Network EngineerSecuritySan Francisco$347k–$510k
Data Scientist, B2B Strategy & IntelligenceData ScienceSan Francisco$347k–$510k
Machine Learning Engineer, Implicit SignalsApplied AISan Francisco$381k–$510k
Researcher, Robustness & Safety TrainingSafety SystemsSan Francisco; London, UK$380k–$500k
Training: ML Framework EngineerScalingSan Francisco$295k–$500k
Software Engineer, Collective CommunicationScalingSan Francisco$380k–$500k
Researcher, AlignmentResearchSan Francisco$295k–$500k
Software Engineer, Model InferenceScalingSan Francisco$266k–$500k
Research Engineer / Research Scientist- Personal AGI (Post Training)ResearchSan Francisco$380k–$500k
Researcher, Safety OversightSafety SystemsSan Francisco$380k–$500k
Researcher, InterpretabilitySafety SystemsSan Francisco$380k–$500k
RE/RS, Data Understanding (MM)ResearchSan Francisco$380k–$500k
Research Engineer, CodexResearchSan Francisco$380k–$500k
Training Performance EngineerScalingSan Francisco$295k–$500k
Software Engineer, Platform SystemsScalingSan Francisco$380k–$500k
Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, MemoryResearchSan Francisco$380k–$500k
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