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OpenAI salaries

What OpenAI 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.

$308k median · $250k to $366k middle half · 622 job posts with a salary

Updated Oct 24, 2026

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Salary by role at OpenAI

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 OpenAI by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering278$339k$292k to $366k
Operations51$263k$228k to $284k
Research40$440k$391k to $440k
Data32$368k$274k to $404k
Product26$338k$258k to $351k
Marketing24$268k$232k to $303k
Sales22$243k$243k to $251k
Finance20$228k$211k to $247k

Salary by AI level at OpenAI

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

Published salary at OpenAI by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●188$366k$326k to $423k
Works on AI ●●●○228$290k$247k to $351k
Uses AI ●●○○22$239k$226k to $282k
Little AI ●○○○184$281k$234k to $352k

Salary by country at OpenAI

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

Published salary at OpenAI by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States621$308k$250k to $366k

Other currencies and hourly pay

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

  • CAD: 4 job posts, median CAD 260k, CAD 164k to CAD 314k a year.
  • GBP: 4 job posts, median £237k, £221k to £308k a year.
  • SGD: 1 job post with a salary, too few for a figure (3 are needed).
  • Hourly in USD: 4 job posts, median $76/hr.

OpenAI job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 635. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 635 job posts at OpenAI 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. Currencies are never converted or mixed. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Oct 24, 2026.

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OpenAI salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does OpenAI pay?

OpenAI job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $308k. The middle half of those posts range from $250k to $366k. That is 622 job posts, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Which roles at OpenAI list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Research has the highest median at $440k, from 40 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at OpenAI 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 OpenAI: Builds AI $366k, Works on AI $290k, Uses AI $239k, Little AI $281k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these OpenAI salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at OpenAI 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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