xAI pays Software Engineer roles an average of $179k – $424k per year, based on 15 job postings — 20% above the average of $190.5k – $311.4k for Software Engineer positions listed on Inference Jobs.
Mid Level roles pay $180k – $440k, rising to $180k – $440k at the Senior level.
Average Software Engineer salary at xAI: $179k – $424k
xAIAverage on Inference JobsAll Software Engineer salaries
$150k$424k
Salaries at xAI by seniority
xAI salaries range from Mid Level at $180k – $440k to Senior at $180k – $440k.
Mid Level
$165.6k$440k
Senior
$165.6k$440k
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xAI Software Engineer salary FAQs
Software Engineer positions at xAI average $179k – $424k per year, based on 15 job postings with published salary data.
Mid Level Software Engineer roles at xAI average $180k – $440k, while Senior roles reach $180k – $440k. The company has salary data across 2 seniority levels for this category.
xAI pays 20% above the average of $190.5k – $311.4k for Software Engineer positions listed on Inference Jobs.
Among 8 comparable companies, 2 pay more and 6 pay less than xAI for Software Engineer roles. The highest-paying comparable company is Anthropic at $310.8k – $410.4k.
Senior Software Engineer roles are the highest paying at xAI, averaging $180k – $440k per year.
Salary data is sourced from published job postings with explicit compensation ranges, normalized to annual USD equivalents. Statistical outliers are removed using interquartile range (IQR) filtering. Figures reflect advertised salary ranges and may not include bonuses, equity, or other compensation.
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.
