OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
OpenAI salaries
Average salary
$245.1–334.5K/ year
Based on
1,420 jobs
Salary by seniority
| Level | Average | Board baseline | vs. board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $235–308.2K | $105.3–166.2K | +100% |
| Associate | $189.7–270.1K | $115.6–168.2K | +62% |
| Mid-level | $238.6–358.5K | $157–243.1K | +49% |
| Senior | $244.8–329.2K | $192.9–291K | +19% |
| Director | $270.9–327.8K | $243.2–330.7K | +4% |
| Executive | $322–390.4K | $254.9–352.2K | +17% |
Salaries by role
Program Management
71 jobs
$228.4–291.6K
Product Management
46 jobs
$284.8–357.1K
Trust and Safety
60 jobs
$242.1–333.4K
Talent Acquisition
27 jobs
$203.8–245.1K
Applied AI
80 jobs
$246.9–398.8K
AI Engineering
23 jobs
$234–333K
Data Science
47 jobs
$266.1–403.1K
Revenue Operations
36 jobs
$242.5–271.5K
Growth Marketing
31 jobs
$249.1–286.3K
Software Engineering
169 jobs
$254.6–391.2K
Infrastructure Engineering
73 jobs
$267.2–408.3K
Technical Program Management
75 jobs
$230.9–326.9K
Go To Market
81 jobs
$241.9–299.1K
Business Operations
32 jobs
$264.4–307.9K
Public Relations
11 jobs
$239.7–276.2K
Finance
31 jobs
$222.4–251.6K
Solutions Architecture
26 jobs
$213–286.1K
Hardware Engineering
44 jobs
$242.7–396K
Finance Manager
12 jobs
$205.9–242.9K
Strategic Finance
36 jobs
$252–305.5K
Robotics
18 jobs
$232.9–304.9K
Product Marketing
35 jobs
$253.9–295.5K
Brand Marketing
12 jobs
$277.8–305.7K
Public Policy
14 jobs
$211.5–265.1K
Brand Design
8 jobs
$234.8–257.9K
Business Development
43 jobs
$273.6–326K
Strategic Partnerships
33 jobs
$278.3–328.8K
Sales Strategy
11 jobs
$243.7–289.7K
Enterprise Sales
41 jobs
$232.9–288.4K
Account Director
15 jobs
$229.3–296.5K
Operations Management
20 jobs
$234.4–297.8K
Site Reliability Engineering
21 jobs
$260.5–416.4K
Sales Management
9 jobs
$284.4–318.2K
Technical Accounting
13 jobs
$203.5–226.2K
Revenue Accounting
10 jobs
$194.4–216K
AI Research
35 jobs
$276.5–445.4K
Strategic Planning
10 jobs
$281.1–330.7K
Corporate Security
13 jobs
$199–267K
Security Engineering
41 jobs
$274.6–390.9K
Data Engineering
31 jobs
$266.7–366.6K
Data Analytics
7 jobs
$260.6–385.3K
Full-Stack Development
33 jobs
$228.4–379.9K
Developer Tools
12 jobs
$246.3–389.2K
Applied AI Engineering
59 jobs
$254.3–406.4K
Sales Enablement
8 jobs
$242.4–281K
B2B Marketing
31 jobs
$254.5–291.6K
Machine Learning Infrastructure
9 jobs
$268.1–408.9K
Sales
14 jobs
$248.6–307.6K
Account Management
30 jobs
$224.5–288K
AI Deployment
10 jobs
$210–297.3K
Customer Success
29 jobs
$203.7–259.9K
Technical Account Management
26 jobs
$223.8–281.6K
Solutions Engineering
50 jobs
$217.2–293.1K
User Operations
30 jobs
$213.6–259.7K
Operations
6 jobs
$197.5–242.3K
People Operations
16 jobs
$204.2–248.2K
Identity Management
5 jobs
$253–358.2K
Technical Product Management
14 jobs
$286.8–355.7K
Infrastructure
5 jobs
$249.7–404.6K
Physical Security
9 jobs
$190.6–226.9K
Recruiting
19 jobs
$200.9–240.3K
Security Operations
16 jobs
$228.3–312.2K
Cybersecurity
16 jobs
$262–367.1K
Threat Intelligence
9 jobs
$236.7–401.1K
Support Engineering
9 jobs
$210.6–265.9K
Engineering Management
31 jobs
$290.9–381.9K
Full Stack Engineering
18 jobs
$263.3–382.5K
Product Engineering
26 jobs
$248.9–376.2K
Product Strategy
18 jobs
$276.7–324.4K
Marketing
26 jobs
$250.7–279.6K
Sales Engineering
13 jobs
$218.3–281.8K
Pre-Sales
6 jobs
$237.8–291.4K
Technical Success
22 jobs
$237.2–302.8K
Growth Engineering
5 jobs
$228.2–389K
Software Engineer
63 jobs
$256.9–407.6K
Backend Engineer
24 jobs
$279.5–422.5K
Platform Engineering
62 jobs
$258.8–404.6K
Machine Learning Engineer
23 jobs
$261.3–418.8K
B2B Applications
8 jobs
$249.1–395K
iOS Development
6 jobs
$235.8–365.8K
Mobile Engineering
10 jobs
$218.6–370.7K
Infrastructure Engineer
15 jobs
$257.7–423.1K
Application Security
7 jobs
$259.5–402.9K
Corporate Law
8 jobs
$304–328.3K
Legal
13 jobs
$280.2–321.9K
Corporate Counsel
9 jobs
$282.7–327.7K
Communications
12 jobs
$222.6–264.2K
DevOps
24 jobs
$253.8–392.6K
AI Safety
37 jobs
$263.1–377.1K
Risk Management
14 jobs
$222.6–285.7K
Safety Systems
20 jobs
$275–408.4K
Machine Learning Research
36 jobs
$284–456.2K
Sales Operations
19 jobs
$240.7–268.8K
Procurement
19 jobs
$227.3–283.8K
Strategic Sourcing
17 jobs
$230.2–294.4K
Supply Chain Management
25 jobs
$217.4–285.8K
Forward Deployed Engineering
25 jobs
$202.2–307.5K
Model Deployment for Business
7 jobs
$222–302.7K
Product Analytics
11 jobs
$274.3–438.3K
Business Intelligence
18 jobs
$257.4–359.4K
Machine Learning Engineering
13 jobs
$253.4–396.4K
Intelligence & Investigations
14 jobs
$237.4–365.7K
Security
11 jobs
$242.7–368.8K
Applied Science
9 jobs
$262–376.7K
Compliance
14 jobs
$245.5–316.8K
Backend Engineering
59 jobs
$262.3–395.2K
AI Safety Research
14 jobs
$289.6–450K
Cloud Infrastructure
8 jobs
$271.9–391.4K
Recruiting Operations
8 jobs
$190.5–226.3K
HR Operations
11 jobs
$216.8–237.3K
AI Implementation
9 jobs
$207–281.7K
Site Reliability Engineer
12 jobs
$240.1–424.4K
Customer Engineering
14 jobs
$202.5–304.1K
Data Center Operations
22 jobs
$194.7–296.9K
Research
33 jobs
$266.2–415.7K
Information Security
10 jobs
$236.9–345.5K
Cloud Security
8 jobs
$267.3–396.3K
Distributed Systems
25 jobs
$245.9–410.7K
Scaling
31 jobs
$246.7–379.1K
Backend Development
19 jobs
$243.2–399.1K
Finance Operations
9 jobs
$194.1–221.9K
Product Design
21 jobs
$237.6–299.3K
UX Design
17 jobs
$244.7–312.9K
Applied AI Infrastructure
6 jobs
$233–402.5K
Technical Recruiting
14 jobs
$195.8–239.4K
Human Resources
8 jobs
$236.5–263.1K
Frontend Development
12 jobs
$230.2–368.5K
Full Stack Engineer
13 jobs
$237.7–401.5K
UI Design
9 jobs
$232.4–300.6K
Technology Law
8 jobs
$285.5–325.9K
Research Engineer
11 jobs
$288.2–460K
Data Scientist
15 jobs
$271.6–399.1K
DevOps Engineer
11 jobs
$242.3–404.7K
Strategy and Operations
17 jobs
$257–308.5K
Technical Consulting
16 jobs
$200.4–271.9K
Web Development
7 jobs
$242.3–364.3K
Systems Engineering
36 jobs
$261.3–406.6K
HR Management
7 jobs
$251.6–292.1K
Research Scientist
19 jobs
$283.2–465K
Frontend Engineer
13 jobs
$256.3–404.6K
Legal Counsel
15 jobs
$290.9–325.4K
Ads Engineering
6 jobs
$244.8–420.8K
Silicon Engineering
9 jobs
$255.3–457.2K
Hardware
17 jobs
$271.5–421.2K
Financial Engineering
5 jobs
$247–368K
Visual Design
7 jobs
$227.3–249.3K
Creative Direction
9 jobs
$282–312.9K
Partner Management
8 jobs
$262.4–306.6K
Electrical Engineering
11 jobs
$264–397.7K
Forward Deployed Engineer
7 jobs
$187.4–290.4K
AI Engineer
7 jobs
$242.6–364K
Corporate Finance
12 jobs
$253.3–286.3K
Corporate Development
8 jobs
$280.8–319.5K
GTM Strategy
13 jobs
$261.8–311.9K
Solutions Engineer
13 jobs
$214.1–285.7K
Vendor Management
7 jobs
$247.9–292.9K
Corporate Communications
15 jobs
$234.8–270.5K
Product Policy
8 jobs
$273.1–332.9K
Financial Reporting
8 jobs
$195.8–217.5K
Corporate Accounting
8 jobs
$195.8–217.5K
Network Engineering
6 jobs
$238.8–346.5K
Embedded Systems
10 jobs
$289.9–405.8K
Machine Learning
7 jobs
$260.7–414.3K
AI Infrastructure
20 jobs
$277.9–419K
Incident Response
5 jobs
$251.7–414K
Privacy Engineering
10 jobs
$269.8–390.5K
Infrastructure Security
8 jobs
$286.8–418.8K
Datacenter Design
20 jobs
$227.5–331K
Offensive Security
5 jobs
$303.8–452K
Security Research
8 jobs
$279.8–393.8K
Consumer Products
6 jobs
$305.2–337.8K
Developer Experience
10 jobs
$228.5–380.5K
Penetration Testing
6 jobs
$271.8–426.7K
Government Relations
9 jobs
$208.8–300.3K
Threat Modeling
5 jobs
$304.8–392K
Red Teaming
6 jobs
$310.8–442.5K
API Development
13 jobs
$267.8–405.8K
Performance Engineering
12 jobs
$291.7–392.7K
AI Product Management
16 jobs
$301.9–380.6K
Analytics Engineering
12 jobs
$243.5–340.8K
Product Partnerships
11 jobs
$290.1–322.3K
Sales Leadership
10 jobs
$255.7–293.9K
Data Center Engineering
13 jobs
$248.2–400.7K
Product Operations
10 jobs
$261–312K
Procurement Operations
10 jobs
$214.4–252K
Finance Strategy
6 jobs
$246–268.3K
Go-to-Market Strategy
18 jobs
$267.5–296.9K
Growth Product Management
7 jobs
$242.3–308.6K
Billing Operations
7 jobs
$204.9–227.1K
People
6 jobs
$239.8–270.8K
Reinforcement Learning
6 jobs
$280–423.3K
Distributed Systems Engineering
7 jobs
$267.7–416K
Enterprise Marketing
16 jobs
$260.6–303.1K
AI Policy
13 jobs
$214.5–301.7K
Policy Management
6 jobs
$221.5–300K
AI Deployment Engineering
10 jobs
$227.1–301.7K
Government Sales
8 jobs
$232.8–308.1K
Research Engineering
13 jobs
$280.4–476.1K
Digital Marketing
9 jobs
$227.7–250.4K
Risk Operations
12 jobs
$232.9–280.3K
Monetization
6 jobs
$275.7–331.7K
Post-Training
9 jobs
$285.6–518.9K
People Analytics
6 jobs
$221.7–266.2K
Government Affairs
6 jobs
$192.5–235.8K
Performance Marketing
10 jobs
$230.6–269.8K
Mechanical Engineering
11 jobs
$255.4–358.6K
Financial Planning and Analysis
9 jobs
$229.3–263.3K
Support Operations
8 jobs
$237.3–260K
Developer Relations
7 jobs
$211.6–283.1K
ML Infrastructure
7 jobs
$258.6–470.7K
Manufacturing Engineering
10 jobs
$189.3–324.7K
Partner Engineering
6 jobs
$210.7–302K
Total Rewards
5 jobs
$205.4–258K
Customer Success Engineering
6 jobs
$218–258.2K
Learning and Development
6 jobs
$205.5–247K
AI Security
9 jobs
$309.6–441.9K
Legal Technology
6 jobs
$236.5–335.8K
Lifecycle Marketing
7 jobs
$223.7–259.7K
Integrated Marketing
11 jobs
$252.3–278.6K
Campaign Management
8 jobs
$247.5–273K
Marketing Strategy
10 jobs
$245.5–303.9K
Accounting
6 jobs
$201.8–235.8K
Demand Generation
8 jobs
$267.5–304.3K
Executive Recruiting
5 jobs
$198.6–239K
Growth
6 jobs
$244.7–315K
Enterprise Software
5 jobs
$242.6–373K
Media Relations
5 jobs
$222.6–251.8K
Partnerships
10 jobs
$307.6–373.5K
Commercial Law
6 jobs
$298–342.8K
Technical Sales
7 jobs
$233–278.1K
Data Analysis
6 jobs
$232.5–330.8K
Global Affairs
8 jobs
$214.9–281.3K
Intelligence Analysis
5 jobs
$230.5–383K
Construction Management
5 jobs
$194–257.6K
Compute Infrastructure
7 jobs
$251.4–363K
Technical Leadership
9 jobs
$303.5–375.3K
Interaction Design
6 jobs
$219–304.2K
Ads Solutions
10 jobs
$210.7–283.6K
Hardware Operations
8 jobs
$230.9–317.8K
Android Development
5 jobs
$191.2–380.4K
Project Management
7 jobs
$192.3–256.1K
Marketing Technology
6 jobs
$257.2–323.7K
Network Security
6 jobs
$255.7–366.3K
Infrastructure Delivery
5 jobs
$197.6–298K
Product Finance
5 jobs
$236–286K
Design Systems
6 jobs
$216.3–300K
Technical Program Manager
28 jobs
$238.6–354.5K
Infrastructure Operations
6 jobs
$192.2–275.2K
Strategic Account Management
6 jobs
$188–253.6K
AI/ML Engineering
7 jobs
$233.7–317.1K
Partnership Management
8 jobs
$285.7–338.1K
Content Strategy
6 jobs
$267.7–294K
Content Marketing
6 jobs
$227–252K
Contract Management
5 jobs
$242–268.8K
Hardware Finance
5 jobs
$253.2–287K
FP&A
9 jobs
$245.4–313.9K
Codex - Engineering
9 jobs
$243.8–392.2K
Quality Assurance
6 jobs
$203.3–320.2K
Safety Engineering
6 jobs
$221.3–338.3K
Capital Markets
5 jobs
$254.2–309.4K
Firmware Engineering
7 jobs
$289.6–416.9K
Marketing Science
5 jobs
$282.2–381K
Marketing Operations
10 jobs
$250.1–289K
Strategic Communications
7 jobs
$274.9–320.3K
Partner Marketing
5 jobs
$283.6–314.4K
Regulatory Affairs
7 jobs
$267.9–307K
Technical Support
7 jobs
$175–247.5K
Alignment
5 jobs
$259–456K
Strategic Sales
5 jobs
$234–308.4K
Paid Media
5 jobs
$232–292.4K
Capacity Planning
8 jobs
$277–396.5K
Identity and Access Management
5 jobs
$300.7–389K
Regulatory Compliance
5 jobs
$229.6–273K
ASIC Design
5 jobs
$265.4–465K
Data Center Infrastructure
5 jobs
$246.4–349K
Infrastructure Program Management
5 jobs
$231.6–360K
Semiconductor Engineering
6 jobs
$219–352.2K
Supplier Quality Engineering
5 jobs
$177.2–322.6K
Research Program Management
6 jobs
$231.3–315.3K
Enterprise Architecture
5 jobs
$236.8–287.4K
Frontend Engineering
5 jobs
$267–373K
Technical Deployment
5 jobs
$209.2–323K
Art Direction
5 jobs
$290.6–322.6K
Public Sector Sales
5 jobs
$223.8–311.3K
Platform Engineer
13 jobs
$244.6–423.3K
SMB Marketing
5 jobs
$226.8–251.4K
Infrastructure Finance
6 jobs
$254.5–316.2K
Alignment Research
5 jobs
$268.4–423K
Consumer Devices
8 jobs
$260.9–360.6K
Infrastructure Development
5 jobs
$212.9–315.2K
Litigation
5 jobs
$290.8–308.2K
AI Architecture
5 jobs
$240.8–305.8K
ML Engineering
5 jobs
$226.4–388K
Pricing Strategy
5 jobs
$234–260K
Business Strategy
5 jobs
$264.8–292K
Search Engineering
5 jobs
$270.8–451K
Security Engineer
6 jobs
$263.2–416.9K
Program Manager
12 jobs
$224.7–308.5K
Field Marketing
5 jobs
$234.8–260.6K
Marketing Manager
5 jobs
$247.2–270.8K
Systems Engineer
5 jobs
$258–357K
Security Program Manager
5 jobs
$216.5–292.3K
Research Operations
5 jobs
$244–315.2K
Product Designer
5 jobs
$221.4–306K
Operations Manager
6 jobs
$215.7–266.3K
Product Engineer
5 jobs
$305.2–426K
Top locations
United States
10,986 jobs
$188.8–282.2K
California, United States
8,119 jobs
$198.2–299.5K
San Francisco, CA, United States
4,095 jobs
$225.2–306.5K
Santa Clara, CA, United States
2,572 jobs
$177.3–314.7K
New York, United States
976 jobs
$177.5–246.8K
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
672 jobs
$153.8–232.7K
New Jersey, United States
384 jobs
$150.7–213.5K
Livingston, NJ, United States
359 jobs
$154.9–219.5K
New York, NY, United States
338 jobs
$189.9–259.4K
Texas, United States
322 jobs
$137.8–259.9K
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93 jobs
$307.2–418.1K
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18 jobs
$205.3–505K
Anthropic
1,148 jobs
$265.8–347.6K
Tenstorrent
188 jobs
$98.6–489.8K
Harmonic
6 jobs
$191.7–383.3K
Lambda
157 jobs
$223.3–301.5K
Perplexity
189 jobs
$203.1–319.5K
Sierra
282 jobs
$199.8–299.1K
Periodic Labs
33 jobs
$204.9–282.9K
Runway
103 jobs
$209.9–272.2K
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for OpenAI?
- The average salary for OpenAI is $245,124.00 – $334,468.00 per year, based on 1,420 job postings on this board that disclose pay.
- How is the salary figure for OpenAI calculated?
- These figures are aggregated from current and recent job postings on this board that disclose pay, then averaged across roles. They are estimates, not guarantees of compensation.