MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer compensation
MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer salary range at AI startups runs from $54,570 to $412,750, with a median of $175,000 — based on 212 disclosed salaries from postings on Fast AI Jobs. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$54,570Minimum
$175,000Median
$412,750Maximum
Sample size: based on 212 disclosed salaries.
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Median MLOps / Infrastructure Engineer salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Seed | $268,750 | 6 |
| Series C | $205,000 | 42 |
| Series B | $187,500 | 31 |
| Series E | $185,000 | 9 |
| Debt | $175,250 | 20 |
| Series F | $175,000 | 5 |
| Series D | $166,950 | 29 |
| Series G+ | $166,000 | 47 |
| Series A | $135,904 | 23 |
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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 212 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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