Free tool
AI salary calculator
Pick a level to see what AI companies actually post for it, then type a yearly salary to see which quarter of those ranges it falls in.
Built from 641 salary ranges published on 50 AI companies' own job boards, read on 26 August 2026. Yearly figures in US dollars. How they were counted
Yours or an offer, for example 185,000 or 185k.
All AI roles: posted salary ranges
- lower quartile
- $195k
- median
- $231k
- upper quartile
- $278k
From 641 posted ranges, running from $50k at the bottom to $490k at the top.
Type a salary to see where it sits among these ranges.
How to use it
- Choose a level, or leave it on all AI roles.
- Read the lower quartile, median and upper quartile of what those roles post.
- Type a yearly salary, yours or an offer, to see which quarter of the posted ranges it falls in.
Why you'd use it
Salary surveys report what people say they earn. These are the ranges employers wrote into their own job posts, for roles they were hiring for at the time.
Use it to sanity-check an offer, or a number you plan to ask for, against what companies hiring at the same level put in writing.
Common questions
- Where do these salary figures come from?
- From the job boards of 50 AI companies, read at each company's own applicant tracking system on 26 August 2026. Every figure is a pay range an employer published in a live job post. Nothing is self-reported, estimated or modelled.
- What do the quartiles mean?
- Every posted range has a middle. Line those middles up from lowest to highest: the lower quartile is a quarter of the way up, the median is halfway, and the upper quartile is three quarters of the way up. Half of the posted ranges sit between the lower and upper quartile.
- Why are some levels not shown on their own?
- A level needs at least 20 postings before its figures stand on their own. Junior (1 posting) and Principal (7 postings) fall short, so they are answered with all AI roles instead.
- What does 'No level stated' mean?
- The job title named no seniority: no Junior, Senior, Staff, Principal or management wording. Levels are read from the title exactly as written and never guessed.
- Why only US dollars and yearly pay?
- So every figure compares like with like. The 18 ranges posted in another currency or as an hourly or daily rate were left out.
- Do these figures include equity or bonuses?
- No. They are the pay ranges written into each job post. Equity, bonuses and benefits described elsewhere in a post are not in them.
- Is anything I type sent anywhere?
- No. The calculation runs in your browser, and nothing you type is sent to No Varnish or anyone else.
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