OpenAI Salaries
Explore salaries across 327 jobs
OpenAI pays $248.5k – $338.9k per year on average, based on 327 job postings — 30% above the average salary of $180.6k – $271.5k for jobs listed on Inference Jobs. The median salary on Inference Jobs is $171.9k – $258.4k (middle 50%: $140.7k – $326.5k).
Pay ranges from $221.3k – $330.4k for Mid Level roles up to $306.9k – $369.9k at the Director level. Research Scientist is the highest-paying category at $307k – $456k.
Average salary at OpenAI: $248.5k – $338.9k
Average salary at OpenAI: $248.5k – $338.9k
OpenAI salaries by category
Salary breakdown across 82 job categories at OpenAI, based on 807 positions with published salary data.
Software Engineering
Avg. $258.5k – $389.9k · 64 jobs
Applied AI
Avg. $246.2k – $398.5k · 34 jobs
Go To Market
Avg. $247.8k – $296.0k · 25 jobs
Applied AI Engineering
Avg. $242.9k – $404.8k · 22 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $262k – $391.9k · 18 jobs
Solutions Engineering
Avg. $221.3k – $284.1k · 18 jobs
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $243.2k – $401.1k · 17 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $255.1k – $381.6k · 16 jobs
Platform Engineering
Avg. $258.6k – $389.1k · 16 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $263.2k – $404.7k · 16 jobs
Enterprise Sales
Avg. $282.3k – $334.3k · 16 jobs
Trust and Safety
Avg. $247.5k – $344.4k · 16 jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $251k – $374.3k · 15 jobs
Security Engineering
Avg. $288.4k – $388.1k · 13 jobs
Technical Program Management
Avg. $246.9k – $306.3k · 12 jobs
Data Science
Avg. $250k – $370k · 12 jobs
AI Research
Avg. $284.6k – $424.6k · 12 jobs
AI Safety
Avg. $261.2k – $387.1k · 12 jobs
Program Management
Avg. $219.8k – $277.4k · 12 jobs
Technical Account Management
Avg. $225.1k – $259.6k · 11 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $267.7k – $393.2k · 11 jobs
Site Reliability Engineering
Avg. $278.9k – $418.2k · 11 jobs
Finance
Avg. $218.6k – $251.4k · 11 jobs
Solutions Architecture
Avg. $218k – $273.8k · 11 jobs
Strategic Finance
Avg. $251.5k – $305k · 11 jobs
Full-Stack Development
Avg. $224.5k – $391.4k · 11 jobs
Customer Success
Avg. $203.9k – $241.1k · 11 jobs
AI Engineering
Avg. $243.6k – $325.8k · 10 jobs
Supply Chain Management
Avg. $227.8k – $308.3k · 10 jobs
Technical Success
Avg. $212.8k – $268.4k · 10 jobs
Machine Learning Research
Avg. $297.5k – $455k · 10 jobs
Data Engineering
Avg. $260.8k – $355k · 10 jobs
Talent Acquisition
Avg. $215.1k – $252.2k · 9 jobs
Engineering Management
Avg. $304.9k – $363.9k · 9 jobs
Product Management
Avg. $276.6k – $342k · 9 jobs
Procurement
Avg. $230.8k – $302.4k · 8 jobs
Recruiting
Avg. $218.3k – $253.8k · 8 jobs
Sales Engineering
Avg. $209.1k – $266.5k · 8 jobs
Research
Avg. $260k – $385k · 7 jobs
Silicon Engineering
Avg. $269.4k – $444.3k · 7 jobs
User Operations
Avg. $215.6k – $262.1k · 7 jobs
Growth Marketing
Avg. $269.7k – $295k · 7 jobs
Scaling
Avg. $239.1k – $376.6k · 7 jobs
Product Marketing
Avg. $252.3k – $336.4k · 7 jobs
Account Management
Avg. $293.6k – $336.4k · 7 jobs
Finance Manager
Avg. $205.6k – $247.9k · 7 jobs
Product Engineering
Avg. $201.9k – $382.9k · 7 jobs
Compliance
Avg. $241.7k – $305.3k · 6 jobs
Distributed Systems
Avg. $265k – $402.5k · 6 jobs
Electrical Engineering
Avg. $266.8k – $434.7k · 6 jobs
Forward Deployed Engineering
Avg. $267.8k – $353.3k · 6 jobs
Frontend Engineer
Avg. $238.3k – $392.5k · 6 jobs
HR Operations
Avg. $215.2k – $227.5k · 6 jobs
Infrastructure Engineer
Avg. $270.2k – $440k · 6 jobs
Operations Management
Avg. $249k – $321.7k · 6 jobs
Technical Consulting
Avg. $205.3k – $261.3k · 6 jobs
Corporate Finance
Avg. $251.8k – $285.8k · 6 jobs
Risk Management
Avg. $236.7k – $303.3k · 6 jobs
Safety Systems
Avg. $298.3k – $435k · 6 jobs
Sales
Avg. $308.7k – $350k · 6 jobs
Security
Avg. $292.2k – $418.3k · 6 jobs
Web Development
Avg. $240k – $374k · 5 jobs
AI Implementation
Avg. $224.2k – $282.1k · 5 jobs
Applied AI Infrastructure
Avg. $253.6k – $418k · 5 jobs
Business Intelligence
Avg. $221.6k – $291k · 5 jobs
Business Operations
Avg. $292.8k – $360k · 5 jobs
Cloud Infrastructure
Avg. $247.4k – $340.2k · 5 jobs
Data Scientist
Avg. $264k – $359k · 5 jobs
FP&A
Avg. $246.6k – $306k · 5 jobs
Frontend Development
Avg. $231k – $398k · 5 jobs
HR Management
Avg. $246.6k – $273k · 5 jobs
Information Security
Avg. $275.4k – $363k · 5 jobs
Infrastructure
Avg. $284.4k – $394.2k · 5 jobs
Mobile Engineering
Avg. $232k – $361k · 5 jobs
Pre-Sales
Avg. $201.9k – $259.6k · 5 jobs
Product Design
Avg. $277.2k – $343.8k · 5 jobs
Research Scientist
Avg. $307k – $456k · 5 jobs
Sales Management
Avg. $310.6k – $340k · 5 jobs
Systems Engineering
Avg. $281k – $476k · 5 jobs
Technical Recruiting
Avg. $204.8k – $251k · 5 jobs
Vendor Management
Avg. $263.6k – $334k · 5 jobs
Account Director
Avg. $233.2k – $333.7k · 5 jobs
Salaries at OpenAI by seniority
OpenAI salaries range from $221.3k – $330.4k for Mid Level roles to $306.9k – $369.9k for Director positions.
How does OpenAI pay compare to competitors?
See how OpenAI salaries ($248.5k – $338.9k) compare to 10 other companies hiring for similar roles.
OpenAI salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.