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OpenRouter salaries

What OpenRouter 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.

$250k median · $214k to $260k middle half · 23 job posts with a salary

Updated Oct 24, 2026

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Salary by role at OpenRouter

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 OpenRouter by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering9$250k$250k
Sales5$290k$240k to $290k
Customer Support3$258k$215k to $323k

Salary by AI level at OpenRouter

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

Published salary at OpenRouter by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●4$250k$250k to $270k
Works on AI ●●●○15$248k$213k to $276k

Salary by country at OpenRouter

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

Published salary at OpenRouter by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States23$250k$214k to $260k

OpenRouter job posts with a salary

Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 23 job posts at OpenRouter 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 Oct 24, 2026.

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OpenRouter salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does OpenRouter pay?

OpenRouter job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $250k. The middle half of those posts range from $214k to $260k. That is 23 job posts, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Which roles at OpenRouter list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Sales has the highest median at $290k, from 5 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at OpenRouter 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 OpenRouter: Builds AI $250k, Works on AI $248k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these OpenRouter salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at OpenRouter 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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