Operations compensation
Operations Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Operations salary at AI startups is $126,750, based on 1214 disclosed job postings ($23,400–$515,840 range). Updated October 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$23,400Minimum
$126,750Median
$515,840Maximum
Sample size: based on 1214 disclosed salaries.
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Median Operations salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Series C | $157,750 | 277 |
| Private Equity | $150,000 | 23 |
| Unknown | $138,750 | 30 |
| Seed | $130,000 | 27 |
| Series F | $130,000 | 91 |
| Series D | $129,000 | 141 |
| Series G+ | $129,000 | 165 |
| Series B | $120,000 | 148 |
| Series A | $110,000 | 114 |
| Series E | $97,685 | 96 |
| Debt | $97,250 | 22 |
| Growth | $66,300 | 73 |
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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 1214 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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