AI salaries · updated November 3, 2026

AI Policy and Safety Roles salary

Policy, safety, trust and governance roles work out how AI should be built and used responsibly. Across 138 open postings that publish pay, the median is $269K a year, and the middle half pay $219K to $307K.

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Median yearly pay

$269K

10th
$188K
25th
$219K
75th
$307K
90th
$388K

From 138 open postings at 19 companies that publish pay.

  • $269KMedian posted pay
  • $80K–$850KLowest to highest posted
  • 138Postings with pay
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Pay breakdown

By experience level

Median of each posting's pay range, grouped by the level in the job title.

  • Mid level 70$270K
  • Senior 62$258K
  • Leadership 6$260K

Remote or in the office

Remote roles often pay by the location you live in; on-site roles here are mostly in high-cost cities.

  • Remote 44$270K
  • On-site or hybrid 94$266K

Top-paying companies

Companies with at least two open AI Policy and Safety Roles postings that show pay, by median.

  • Anthropic 18$304K
  • Decagon 2$300K
  • OpenAI 32$296K
  • Perplexity 6$273K
  • Harvey 22$270K
  • Databricks 7$259K
  • Suno 6$248K
  • 1X 2$243K

How we calculate this

We read the pay ranges employers publish on their own job postings (US pay-transparency laws require most of them), count each posting once at the middle of its range, and use only yearly US-dollar pay. Equity and bonuses are not included; for sales roles some employers publish on-target earnings (base plus commission) instead of base pay. The data refreshes twice a day from 3,633 AI job postings with pay.

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