MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer compensation
MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer salary at AI startups is $180,000, based on 407 disclosed job postings ($51,360–$999,999 range). Updated October 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$51,360Minimum
$180,000Median
$999,999Maximum
Sample size: based on 407 disclosed salaries.
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Median MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Seed | $275,000 | 13 |
| Convertible Note | $197,500 | 5 |
| Series C | $190,500 | 65 |
| Series D | $187,500 | 61 |
| Series F | $183,750 | 28 |
| Series B | $182,500 | 60 |
| Growth | $175,000 | 17 |
| Series A | $167,500 | 38 |
| Series G+ | $167,250 | 58 |
| Series E | $160,500 | 39 |
| Debt | $130,000 | 15 |
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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 407 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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