xAI pays Software Engineering roles an average of $177.5k – $428.8k per year, based on 24 job postings — 19% above the average of $196.3k – $313.3k for Software Engineering positions listed on Inference Jobs.
Mid Level roles pay $175.4k – $419.2k, rising to $180k – $440k at the Senior level.
Average Software Engineering salary at xAI: $177.5k – $428.8k
xAIAverage on Inference JobsAll Software Engineering salaries
$152k$428.8k
Salaries at xAI by seniority
xAI salaries range from Mid Level at $175.4k – $419.2k to Senior at $180k – $440k.
Mid Level
$167.4k$440k
Senior
$167.4k$440k
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Software Engineering positions at xAI average $177.5k – $428.8k per year, based on 24 job postings with published salary data.
Mid Level Software Engineering roles at xAI average $175.4k – $419.2k, while Senior roles reach $180k – $440k. The company has salary data across 2 seniority levels for this category.
xAI pays 19% above the average of $196.3k – $313.3k for Software Engineering positions listed on Inference Jobs.
Among 10 comparable companies, 5 pay more and 5 pay less than xAI for Software Engineering roles. The highest-paying comparable company is Thinking Machines Lab at $350k – $475k.
Senior Software Engineering 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.
