Partnerships / Business Development compensation
Partnerships / Business Development Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Partnerships / Business Development salary at AI startups is $187,500, based on 130 disclosed job postings ($41,600–$365,000 range). Updated October 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$41,600Minimum
$187,500Median
$365,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 130 disclosed salaries.
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Median Partnerships / Business Development salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Series G+ | $215,000 | 16 |
| Series E | $204,420 | 6 |
| Growth | $200,500 | 9 |
| Series B | $178,188 | 22 |
| Series D | $178,100 | 10 |
| Series C | $175,000 | 18 |
| Series F | $165,000 | 7 |
| Series A | $162,500 | 25 |
| Debt | $145,000 | 6 |
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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 130 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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