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Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Engineering Manager salary at AI companies, 2026

123 open Engineering Manager roles at 5 AI companies publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $248k to $317k; the 90th percentile of posted maximums is $485k. From the companies' own postings, refreshed every 6 hours.

By company

The companies posting this role most often first.

CompanyRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Anthropic16$405k$485k$445k$850k
Databricks15$190k$261k$226k$317k
OpenAI14$401k$445k$423k$536k
CoreWeave9$182k$242k$212k$303k
Crusoe7$215k$260k$238k$300k

By level

LevelRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Lead / Manager123$248k$317k$280k$485k

By region

RegionRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Remote33$250k$325k$280k$445k
US90$243k$316k$279k$485k

Highest posted Engineering Manager ranges

One row per company.

CompanyRoleRangeLocation
AnthropicEngineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)$500k to $850kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY |
OpenAIEngineering Manager, MLE$500k to $555kSan Francisco
Thinking Machines LabEngineering Manager$450k to $500kSan Francisco

Titles are normalised (seniority words and team suffixes removed) so postings for the same role group together. All functions and companies. Open roles: Engineering Manager jobs at AI companies.

New engineering roles at AI companies, every Monday. The week's openings in this function across 286 companies, plus the weekly index. Free.

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