Operations compensation
Operations Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Operations salary at AI startups is $144,500, based on 1765 disclosed job postings ($22,880–$850,000 range). Updated July 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$22,880Minimum
$144,500Median
$850,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 1765 disclosed salaries.
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Median Operations salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | $174,125 | 34 |
| Series F | $172,500 | 42 |
| Private Equity | $170,000 | 13 |
| Series D | $160,000 | 201 |
| Series B | $147,063 | 260 |
| Series G+ | $146,000 | 370 |
| Series C | $143,500 | 302 |
| Seed | $140,000 | 13 |
| Series E | $137,400 | 67 |
| Debt | $130,000 | 153 |
| Series A | $125,000 | 256 |
| Growth | $106,250 | 20 |
| Venture Round | $97,076 | 26 |
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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 1765 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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