Operations compensation
Operations Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The Operations salary range at AI startups runs from $22,880 to $850,000, with a median of $140,000 — based on 1734 disclosed salaries from postings on Fast AI Jobs. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$22,880Minimum
$140,000Median
$850,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 1734 disclosed salaries.
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Median Operations salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Bootstrapped | $210,500 | 5 |
| Series F | $175,000 | 55 |
| Private Equity | $170,000 | 18 |
| Seed | $163,750 | 16 |
| Series B | $160,000 | 183 |
| Series D | $145,000 | 205 |
| Series E | $145,000 | 73 |
| Series C | $140,000 | 321 |
| Debt | $136,563 | 166 |
| Growth | $130,000 | 22 |
| Series G+ | $129,000 | 463 |
| Series A | $125,000 | 203 |
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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 1734 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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