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Salary summary at OpenAI

OpenAI's salary ranges from $57.00 in total compensation per year for a Recruiting Coordinator - Contract at the low-end to $1,500,000 for a B2B Marketing Lead - LATAM at the high-end.

Average salaries at OpenAI

Minimum

$258,000

Average low-end

Average

$297,000

Typical salary

Maximum

$336,000

Average high-end

Salary ranges by position at OpenAI

Ranges below span every open role under each title. Base pay only — bonuses, stock and benefits are not included.

Position Salary range Locations
Account Director, Commercial $198K - $220K North America
Account Director, Digital Natives - France $100K - $200K Paris
Account Director, Higher Education $305K - $352K San Francisco
Account Director, Tech $430K - $480K San Francisco
Agent Standards Specialist, Global Affairs $171K - $280K Washington
AI Infrastructure Engineer, pAGI $266K - $500K San Francisco
AI Support Engineer, Government - San Francisco, CA $180K - $260K San Francisco
AI Support Engineer, Government - Washington, D.C. $162K - $234K Washington
Analytics Engineer, GTM $220K - $335K San Francisco
Applied AI Architect, Government $234K - $335K Washington
Applied AI Engineer, Government $211K - $302K Washington
Art Director $287K - $318K Worldwide
Associate General Counsel, Commercial (Silicon) $381K - $423K San Francisco
Audience & Content Growth Lead, SMB Ads $227K - $252K San Francisco
B2B Marketing Lead - LATAM $900K - $1500K Brazil
Brand Strategist, ChatGPT $285K - $315K San Francisco
Business Communications Lead, Cybersecurity $287K - $318K San Francisco
Business Operations Manager, Business Marketing $185K - $205K North America
Business Systems Lead, Procure-to-Pay $272K - $302K San Francisco
Capture Manager, OpenAI for Government $221K - $295K Washington
Child Safety Enforcement Specialist $158K - $220K San Francisco
Client Partner, Ads Solutions - Travel $261K - $335K San Francisco
Compute Strategy 6 Transactions, GPT-Infra $177K - $206K San Francisco
Control Systems Software Engineer, Robotics $380K - $460K San Francisco
Creative Director, Copy $287K - $318K Worldwide
Creative Director, Growth $287K - $318K United States
Creative Operations Lead, Business Marketing $287K - $318K San Francisco
Customer Success Manager, Ads Solutions (San Francisco) $162K - $230K San Francisco
Customer Success Manager, Ads Solutions (Seattle) $162K - $230K Worldwide
Cyber Operations Lead, Critical Harm Operations $252K - $335K San Francisco
Cyber Operations Strategist, Critical Harm Operations $140K - $188K North America
Data Center Infrastructure Architect $360K - $530K San Francisco
Data Center Shell Planning Lead, Industrial Compute $225K - $285K United States
Data Engineering Manager, Growth & Revenue $459K - $536K San Francisco
Deal Strategy, AMER $239K - $265K San Francisco
Dedicated Support Engineering Lead $347K - $385K San Francisco
Deputy General Counsel, Commercial (Marketing) $441K - $490K San Francisco
Developer Experience Engineer, Cyber $198K - $335K San Francisco
Development Lead $225K - $385K North America
Economic Development Lead $230K - $355K San Francisco
Editor $258K - $286K Los Angeles
Electrical Engineer, Actuator test infrastructure $225K - $295K North America
Enablement Lead, Government $186K - $207K North America
Energy Regulatory Lead $225K - $285K San Francisco
Engineering Manager, ChatGPT Search Product Infrastructure $401K - $445K San Francisco
Engineering Manager, Client Platform Engineering $401K - $445K San Francisco
Engineering Manager, Cooperative Systems $401K - $445K San Francisco
Engineering Manager, Library $401K - $445K Worldwide
Enterprise Field Marketer $227K - $252K San Francisco
Executive Programs Lead, Americas $287K - $318K San Francisco
Field CTO $302K - $352K San Francisco
Field Enablement Lead, Technical Success $272K - $302K San Francisco
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYC $185K - $300K New York
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC $162K - $280K San Francisco
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF $162K - $280K Worldwide
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - NYC $185K - $300K New York
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Seattle $185K - $300K Worldwide
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF $185K - $300K San Francisco
Full-Stack Software Engineer, Emerging Products $295K - $445K San Francisco
Full Stack Software Engineer, Product Explorations $347K - $385K San Francisco
Global Mobility Manager, Strategic Initiatives $220K - $260K North America
Global Mobility Tax Manager $220K - $260K Worldwide
Global Program Lead, New Graduate – SMB Fellowship $216K - $240K San Francisco
Global Transportation Programs, Senior Manager $203K - $225K San Francisco
Greenfield Sales Manager, Startups $378K - $504K San Francisco
Growth Marketing, Creative and Ad Operations $189K - $265K San Francisco
Growth Marketing Manager - Web & Organic, SMB Ads $198K - $219K San Francisco
Growth Martech Operations Lead $239K - $325K San Francisco
Growth Programs Lead, Startups $239K - $342K San Francisco
GTM Strategy & Operations $239K - $265K San Francisco
Hardware Engineer, Test $177K - $300K Worldwide
Hardware Systems Planning Lead (1P) $257K - $344K San Francisco
Head of Analyst Relations $297K - $330K San Francisco
Head of Finance - Data Centers $347K - $385K San Francisco
Head of Marketplace $400K - $445K Worldwide
Head of Partnerships, Digital Natives $333K - $445K San Francisco
Head of Treasury Markets $266K - $295K San Francisco
Infrastructure Operations & Sustainability Lead $223K - $385K United States
Infrastructure Sourcing Operations Lead $205K - $335K San Francisco
Integrated Marketing Lead, Brand & Policy $287K - $318K San Francisco
Integrated Marketing Manager, Developers $266K - $295K Worldwide
Integrated Marketing Manager, Product & Model Launches $266K - $295K Worldwide
Lab Operations Manager, Systems Integration | Consumer Devices $230K - $290K San Francisco
Lead, Ads Prospecting & Customer Intelligence $287K - $318K San Francisco
Lead, Technical Accounting (Compute Infrastructure) $216K - $240K San Francisco
Legal Program Manager (Regulatory Compliance) $162K - $180K San Francisco
Lifecycle Marketing Manager, SMB Ads $227K - $252K San Francisco
Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception and Authentication $342K - $399K Worldwide
Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Codex) $251K - $335K Worldwide
Manager, Technical & Operational Accounting $162K - $180K San Francisco
Manufacturing Engineer, Motors & Actuators $167K - $230K San Francisco
Manufacturing Quality Engineer – Datacenter Infrastructure $230K - $355K San Francisco
Marketing Scientist $234K - $260K Worldwide
Marketing Template $287K - $318K San Francisco
Mechanical Design Engineer, Motor Design & Prototyping $225K - $318K San Francisco
Mechanical Engineer, Dynamometer and Actuator Testing Infrastructure $225K - $318K San Francisco
Member of Executive Operations, Seattle $62 - $70 Worldwide
Model Policy Manager, Agentic Safety $207K - $335K San Francisco
Model Policy Manager, Multimodal Safety $266K - $335K California, San Francisco, and United States
Model Policy Manager, National Security $266K - $335K San Francisco
Partner Director, PwC $380K - $420K San Francisco
Partner Manager, Monetization $266K - $295K North America
Partner Marketing Manager, Ads $227K - $252K San Francisco
Partner Marketing Manager, AWS $287K - $318K San Francisco
Partner Marketing Manager, GCP & Oracle $287K - $318K North America
Partner Marketing Manager, Technology Partners & ISVs $287K - $318K North America
Partnerships Manager $360K - $420K New York and San Francisco
Partnerships Operations Lead, OAI for Government $221K - $266K Washington
PCB Layout Engineer, Robotics $318K - $485K San Francisco
People Research Scientist (2 openings) $198K - $220K San Francisco
Product Designer, Accessibility $245K - $310K San Francisco
Product Designer, Codex $245K - $310K San Francisco
Product Designer, Youth $245K - $310K San Francisco
Product Design Manager, Growth - Consumer $347K - $405K North America
Product Engineer, Ona $255K - $445K San Francisco
Product Manager, Learning $293K - $385K Worldwide
Product Manager, Multimodal Safety $293K - $325K San Francisco
Product Manager, Statsig $401K - $510K San Francisco
Product Manager, Youth $293K - $385K Worldwide
Product Manufacturing & Quality Engineer $123K - $285K San Francisco
Product Marketing Manager, Advertising $225K - $250K San Francisco
Product Marketing Manager, Cybersecurity $221K - $245K Worldwide
Program Manager, Strategic Futures $250K - $280K San Francisco
Quality Engineer, Rack Infrastructure & Site Operations $205K - $344K San Francisco
Recruiting Coordinator - Contract $57 - $70 San Francisco
Research Engineer, AI for Chip Design $380K - $500K San Francisco
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Health $295K - $555K San Francisco
Researcher, Agent Safety, Oversight and System Mitigations $380K - $500K San Francisco
Researcher, Agent Safety, Training and Evaluations $380K - $500K San Francisco
Researcher, Alignment Interpretability $295K - $500K San Francisco
Researcher, Safety Training, National Security $380K - $500K San Francisco
Research Program Manager $239K - $328K San Francisco
Research Program Manager, Governance $239K - $328K San Francisco
Resource Manager, Business Marketing $234K - $260K Worldwide
Safety Response Operations Lead $252K - $280K San Francisco
Scaled Partnerships Manager $401K - $445K San Francisco
Scaled Programs Lead, SMB Ads $287K - $318K San Francisco
Senior Advertiser Support Specialist $140K - $188K Worldwide
Senior Counsel, AI & Product Compliance $330K - $366K San Francisco
Senior Counsel, Litigation & Regulatory $330K - $366K San Francisco
Senior Employee Relations Partner $234K - $260K San Francisco
Senior Manager, EHS - Robotics $203K - $275K Worldwide
Senior Support Specialist, Ads $189K - $280K San Francisco
Site Selection Lead $225K - $285K San Francisco
SMB Innovation Sales & Strategy Lead $227K - $252K San Francisco
Social Marketing Manager, Developers $221K - $245K Worldwide
Software Engineer, AI accelerator Runtime $266K - $445K Worldwide
Software Engineer, AI for Chip Design $266K - $468K San Francisco
Software Engineer, API Frontiers $266K - $445K New York
Software Engineer, API Safety $293K - $385K Worldwide
Software Engineer, Applied Emerging Talent (2027) $180K - $180K San Francisco
Software Engineer, Astral $250K - $400K New York
Software Engineer, Compute Foundations $255K - $490K San Francisco
Software Engineer, Healthcare $347K - $385K San Francisco
Software Engineer, Host Assurance $266K - $445K San Francisco
Software Engineer, HSM Infrastructure Security, Consumer Devices $347K - $445K San Francisco
Software Engineer, Infrastructure $210K - $405K San Francisco
Software Engineer, Manufacturing Infrastructure $310K - $460K San Francisco
Software Engineer, Model Runtime $266K - $445K San Francisco
Software Engineer, Native Learning Experiences $266K - $385K San Francisco
Software Engineer, Safety Engineering $185K - $385K San Francisco
Software Security Architect, Operating Systems | Consumer Devices $268K - $342K San Francisco
Staff PLM & Engineering Applications Engineer, Consumer Devices $257K - $285K San Francisco
Startup Content Marketing Manager $198K - $219K California, San Francisco, and United States
Strategic Delivery Lead, Intelligence Community $266K - $370K North America
Strategic Experiences Lead, Executive Programs $287K - $318K San Francisco
Strategic Finance, International  Marketing $234K - $325K San Francisco
Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, Owner Furnished Equipment $226K - $285K California, San Francisco, and United States
Strategy and Operations Lead, Hardware $302K - $335K California, San Francisco, and United States
Strategy & Operations Manager, Communications $216K - $240K Worldwide
Support Delivery Lead $284K - $315K San Francisco
Support Program Manager, Support Delivery $216K - $240K San Francisco
Systems Integration Engineer, Build Systems | Consumer Devices $293K - $325K San Francisco
Systems Integration Manager $290K - $365K San Francisco
Systems Software Engineer, Silicon Bringup $266K - $445K Worldwide
Systems Test Engineer, End-to-End Validation | Consumer Devices $230K - $290K San Francisco
Technical Deployment Lead, Semiconductors - Texas $176K - $224K North America
Technical Program Manager, AI Infrastructure Capacity Planning $257K - $335K San Francisco
Technical Program Manager, Applied Infrastructure $257K - $445K San Francisco
Technical Program Manager, Developer Experience $257K - $445K San Francisco
Technical Program Manager, Foundations Data and Operations $207K - $285K San Francisco
Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Systems & Tooling $225K - $285K San Francisco
Technical Program Manager, Manufacturing Operations $140K - $220K Singapore
Technical Program Manager, Model Deployment & Capacity $257K - $445K San Francisco
Technical Program Manager, Multimodal $207K - $445K San Francisco
Technical Program Manager, Storage & Data Infrastructure $257K - $445K San Francisco
US Congressional Lead, Global Affairs $252K - $280K Worldwide
VC Partnerships Manager $302K - $352K San Francisco
Web Designer $216K - $240K New York
Web Producer $171K - $190K San Francisco

OpenAI Salary FAQ

How much do OpenAI employees get paid?

The median yearly total compensation reported at OpenAI is $285,000 .

What's the highest salary at OpenAI?

The highest paying role reported at OpenAI is B2B Marketing Lead - LATAM with a yearly total compensation of $1,500,000 . This includes only base salary without any potential stock compensation and bonuses.

What's the lowest salary at OpenAI?

The lowest paying role reported at OpenAI is Recruiting Coordinator - Contract with a yearly total compensation of $57.00 . This includes only base salary without any potential stock compensation and bonuses.