AI salaries · updated November 3, 2026

AI Recruiter salary

Recruiters find and hire the people AI companies need, from researchers to sales teams. Across 50 open postings that publish pay, the median is $178K a year, and the middle half pay $146K to $202K.

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Median yearly pay

$178K

10th
$135K
25th
$146K
75th
$202K
90th
$208K

From 50 open postings at 12 companies that publish pay.

  • $178KMedian posted pay
  • $80K–$295KLowest to highest posted
  • 50Postings 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 32$181K
  • Senior 17$175K

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 22$179K
  • On-site or hybrid 28$176K

Top-paying companies

Companies with at least two open AI Recruiter postings that show pay, by median.

  • Anthropic 5$235K
  • OpenAI 3$206K
  • Mercor 6$188K
  • Snorkel AI 2$185K
  • Perplexity 4$183K
  • Sierra 2$173K
  • Abridge 3$170K
  • Harvey 12$167K

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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