Operations compensation
Operations Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Operations salary at AI startups is $129,000, based on 753 disclosed job postings ($23,754–$437,840 range). Updated September 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$23,754Minimum
$129,000Median
$437,840Maximum
Sample size: based on 753 disclosed salaries.
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Median Operations salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Private Equity | $243,500 | 7 |
| Series F | $163,500 | 19 |
| Series C | $135,350 | 90 |
| Unknown | $132,500 | 16 |
| Series D | $131,876 | 108 |
| Seed | $130,000 | 21 |
| Series G+ | $130,000 | 125 |
| Debt | $123,188 | 65 |
| Series B | $120,000 | 103 |
| Series A | $104,000 | 135 |
| Series E | $84,790 | 36 |
| Growth | $82,560 | 20 |
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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 753 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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