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OpenAI Salaries (2026)
Computed from 622 live OpenAI postings where the employer disclosed pay · AI · 629 total open roles. Refreshed daily.
Median disclosed pay
$307,500
Typical range (25th–75th percentile)
$247k–$348k
Postings with disclosed pay
622
OpenAI pay by role
Median of disclosed midpoints; roles with at least 3 disclosed salaries.
| Role | Median pay | Disclosed postings |
|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | $339,000 | 14 |
| Backend Engineer | $332,250 | 6 |
| Software Engineer | $325,500 | 139 |
| Data Scientist | $315,000 | 20 |
| Security Engineer | $313,600 | 16 |
| Data Engineer | $309,000 | 6 |
| DevOps / SRE | $307,500 | 3 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $293,000 | 15 |
| Sales | $292,750 | 4 |
| Marketing | $290,500 | 35 |
| Hardware Engineer | $290,000 | 20 |
| QA Engineer | $286,000 | 3 |
| Data Analyst | $277,500 | 3 |
| Designer | $277,500 | 7 |
| Project Manager | $255,500 | 34 |
| Finance & Accounting | $247,000 | 13 |
| Solutions Engineer | $239,000 | 14 |
| Operations | $233,000 | 44 |
| People & HR | $228,000 | 4 |
| Supply Chain | $228,000 | 8 |
| Technician | $189,000 | 3 |
Recent OpenAI jobs with disclosed pay
- Marketing Scientist · San Francisco · $234k–$260k
- Product Design Manager, Growth - Consumer · San Francisco · $347k–$405k
- Account Director, Commercial · New York City · $198k–$220k
- Hardware Engineer, Test · San Francisco · $177k–$300k
- Brand Strategist, ChatGPT · San Francisco · $285k–$315k
- Support Delivery Lead · San Francisco · $234k–$260k
- US Congressional Lead, Global Affairs · Washington, DC · $252k–$280k
- Systems Integration Manager | Consumer Devices · San Francisco · $290k–$365k
- Software Engineer, Infrastructure · San Francisco · $210k–$405k
- Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF · New York City · $162k–$280k
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Figures are computed from base-salary ranges OpenAI discloses directly on its live job postings tracked by ForgeApply (as of 2026-08-28). For each posting we take the midpoint of the disclosed range, then report the median and 25th–75th percentile band. Postings without disclosed pay are excluded. This is marketplace data about current openings — base salary only, not total compensation, and not an estimate of any individual offer.