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Upstart salaries

What Upstart 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.

$193k median · $165k to $222k middle half · 76 job posts with a salary

Updated Oct 25, 2026

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Salary by role at Upstart

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 Upstart by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering27$199k$169k to $202k
Data8$233k$233k to $239k
Product6$209k$193k to $224k
Research4$169k$146k to $238k
Marketing4$165k$165k to $233k
Sales4$122k$78k to $146k
Security3$199k$197k to $227k
Operations3$125k$94k to $153k

Salary by AI level at Upstart

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

Published salary at Upstart by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●7$199k$169k to $235k
Works on AI ●●●○12$228k$198k to $233k
Little AI ●○○○55$169k$142k to $199k

Salary by country at Upstart

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

Published salary at Upstart by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States76$193k$165k to $222k

Other currencies and hourly pay

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

  • Hourly in USD: 9 job posts, median $27/hr.

Upstart job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 85. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 85 job posts at Upstart 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 25, 2026.

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Upstart salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Upstart pay?

Upstart job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $193k. The middle half of those posts range from $165k to $222k. That is 76 job posts, as of Oct 25, 2026.

Which roles at Upstart list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Data has the highest median at $233k, from 8 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Upstart 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 Upstart: Builds AI $199k, Works on AI $228k, Little AI $169k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Upstart salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Upstart 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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