Recruiter / Talent compensation
Recruiter / Talent Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Recruiter / Talent salary at AI startups is $148,000, based on 203 disclosed job postings ($30,816–$287,500 range). Updated July 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$30,816Minimum
$148,000Median
$287,500Maximum
Sample size: based on 203 disclosed salaries.
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Median Recruiter / Talent salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Private Equity | $235,000 | 7 |
| Seed | $185,000 | 5 |
| Series C | $160,000 | 37 |
| Debt | $160,000 | 7 |
| Series D | $157,500 | 27 |
| Series E | $155,000 | 7 |
| Series B | $148,000 | 33 |
| Series G+ | $146,000 | 35 |
| Venture Round | $130,000 | 5 |
| Series A | $113,750 | 30 |
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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 203 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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