MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer compensation
MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer salary at AI startups is $176,000, based on 321 disclosed job postings ($54,570–$500,000 range). Updated September 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$54,570Minimum
$176,000Median
$500,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 321 disclosed salaries.
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Median MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Growth | $230,500 | 6 |
| Series F | $194,750 | 10 |
| Series C | $194,500 | 44 |
| Debt | $187,500 | 23 |
| Series D | $176,875 | 66 |
| Series A | $175,000 | 47 |
| Series B | $170,000 | 35 |
| Series G+ | $166,000 | 67 |
| Seed | $161,525 | 6 |
| Series E | $157,500 | 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 321 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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