Hardware / Electrical / Mechanical Engineer compensation
Hardware / Electrical / Mechanical Engineer Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Hardware / Electrical / Mechanical Engineer salary at AI startups is $146,000, based on 302 disclosed job postings ($38,999–$325,000 range). Updated July 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$38,999Minimum
$146,000Median
$325,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 302 disclosed salaries.
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Median Hardware / Electrical / Mechanical Engineer salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Venture Round | $206,000 | 5 |
| Series D | $185,000 | 54 |
| Series C | $175,000 | 41 |
| Series B | $155,000 | 37 |
| Debt | $150,000 | 19 |
| Series A | $136,832 | 48 |
| Series G+ | $129,000 | 84 |
| Growth | $122,500 | 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 302 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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