Engineering Manager compensation
Engineering Manager Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Engineering Manager salary at AI startups is $245,000, based on 189 disclosed job postings ($65,000–$500,000 range). Updated September 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$65,000Minimum
$245,000Median
$500,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 189 disclosed salaries.
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Median Engineering Manager salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Debt | $270,000 | 9 |
| Series B | $250,000 | 19 |
| Series A | $250,000 | 15 |
| Series E | $250,000 | 10 |
| Series G+ | $249,800 | 49 |
| Series D | $242,500 | 51 |
| Series C | $230,000 | 25 |
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How we calculate this
Roughly a quarter of AI-startup postings disclose pay. We extract the USD range from those that do, normalize each to a midpoint, and aggregate across distinct postings (deduplicated by posting ID). The minimum, median, and maximum above are based on 189 disclosed salaries. We publish aggregate ranges only, never a single company's salary, so the numbers stay representative rather than anecdotal.
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