MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer compensation
MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer salary at AI startups is $170,000, based on 289 disclosed job postings ($54,570–$412,750 range). Updated July 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$54,570Minimum
$170,000Median
$412,750Maximum
Sample size: based on 289 disclosed salaries.
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Median MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Seed | $375,000 | 6 |
| Series C | $202,500 | 46 |
| Debt | $189,000 | 28 |
| Series B | $178,750 | 38 |
| Series F | $175,000 | 7 |
| Series D | $173,750 | 38 |
| Series G+ | $166,000 | 68 |
| Series A | $162,360 | 39 |
| Series E | $140,108 | 14 |
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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 289 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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