Executive Leadership compensation
Executive Leadership Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Executive Leadership salary at AI startups is $248,093, based on 130 disclosed job postings ($110,000–$750,000 range). Updated October 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$110,000Minimum
$248,093Median
$750,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 130 disclosed salaries.
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Median Executive Leadership salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Series F | $257,500 | 9 |
| Series G+ | $256,500 | 10 |
| Series A | $256,250 | 14 |
| Series B | $250,000 | 19 |
| Series D | $242,000 | 15 |
| Series C | $228,750 | 20 |
| Series E | $218,000 | 15 |
| Growth | $215,000 | 11 |
| Debt | $204,000 | 7 |
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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 130 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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