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1X salaries

What 1X publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$195k median · $163k to $229k middle half · 81 job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 5, 2026

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Salary by role at 1X

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at 1X by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering51$195k$165k to $230k
Research6$250k$231k to $269k
HR5$148k$136k to $160k

Salary by AI level at 1X

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at 1X by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●8$250k$233k to $275k
Works on AI ●●●○9$250k$232k to $250k
Little AI ●○○○63$186k$160k to $203k

Salary by country at 1X

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at 1X by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States81$195k$163k to $229k

Other currencies and hourly pay

Shown apart. Amounts are never converted between currencies or between hourly and annual.

  • Hourly in USD: 19 job posts, median $39/hr.

1X job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 100. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 100 job posts at 1X with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 5, 2026.

A page like this exists once a company has at least 3 live posts with a salary in the same currency. See the full method.

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1X salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does 1X pay?

1X job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $195k. The middle half of those posts range from $163k to $229k. That is 81 job posts, as of Nov 5, 2026.

Which roles at 1X list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Research has the highest median at $250k, from 6 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at 1X change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at 1X: Builds AI $250k, Works on AI $250k, Little AI $186k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these 1X salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at 1X that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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