Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Mercor salaries 2026: posted ranges by role and level

76 open roles at Mercor publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $160k to $235k; the highest posted maximum is $520k. Ranges come from Mercor's own postings on its careers site, refreshed every 6 hours. All Mercor roles.

By function

Function	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Research	9	$200k	$500k	$340k	$500k
Engineering	12	$188k	$362k	$284k	$500k
Product & Design	9	$160k	$300k	$230k	$300k
Go-to-market	21	$160k	$200k	$180k	$300k
Operations	22	$140k	$200k	$175k	$250k

By level

Level	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Staff+	3	$250k	$500k	$375k	$500k
Senior	16	$160k	$275k	$221k	$500k
Unspecified	28	$155k	$240k	$200k	$500k
Lead / Manager	26	$160k	$222k	$190k	$420k
New grad	3	$120k	$130k	$125k	$200k

By role

The most posted roles first.

Role	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Member Of Technical Staff	6	$220k	$462k	$341k	$500k
Product Manager	6	$160k	$300k	$230k	$300k
Software Engineer	4	$180k	$412k	$296k	$500k
Enterprise AI	3	$150k	$300k	$225k	$300k
Growth	3	$120k	$130k	$125k	$180k

Highest posted ranges at Mercor

One row per role.

Role	Level	Range	Location
Enterprise Applied AI Leader	Senior	$300k to $520k	San Francisco; New York City
Security GRC Lead	Lead / Manager	$350k to $425k	San Francisco
Member of Technical Staff, Tech Lead Applied AI Backend	Lead / Manager	$250k to $500k	San Francisco

Method: base-salary ranges parsed from the compensation field or description of each posting; placeholder ranges (top at least 3x the bottom) excluded; medians use the range midpoint; level inferred from the title. All AI companies · Mercor jobs.