August 2026 data

Artificial Intelligence startup salary data

As of August 2026, the median Artificial Intelligence salary at startups is $150k across 178 verified Hacker News “Who is Hiring” listings.

Based on 178 verified Artificial Intelligence listings from Hacker News “Who is Hiring”. Sample size is shown so you know how much weight to give the number.

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Market Signal (September 2026)

Top Hirers: Neon Health leads hiring for Artificial Intelligence roles with 7 active posts, followed by Norm.

🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics

Onsite Premium: Onsite Artificial Intelligence roles offer a 14% higher median salary ($150,000) than remote alternatives.

💡 Tech Stack Context

Common Stack: 13% of Artificial Intelligence jobs also require Python, and 13% mention Machine Learning.

💰 Compensation Analysis

The median base salary for Artificial Intelligence developers is $150,000, with top-tier roles (P75) reaching $170,000.

Artificial Intelligence salary FAQ

What is the median Artificial Intelligence developer salary at startups?

The median Artificial Intelligence salary is $150k, based on 178 verified Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of August 2026.

What is the salary range for Artificial Intelligence roles?

Artificial Intelligence roles run from $120k (25th percentile) to $170k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $396k.

Do remote Artificial Intelligence jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote Artificial Intelligence roles show a median of $135k versus $150k onsite in this dataset.

Artificial Intelligence jobs (178 total)

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK
Neon Health	Senior Backend Engineer	$175,000 - $225,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Backend	HN Apply
Numeral	Software Engineer	$175,000 - $300,000	[E] grind	Artificial Intelligence Full Stack Agents +2	HN Apply
Norm	Multiple Engineering Roles	$175,000 - $275,000	[E] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Python Cloud Infrastructure	HN Apply
Lumos	Staff Applied AI Engineer / Lead Data Engineer	$175,000 - $300,000	[E] grind	Artificial Intelligence MySQL Fivetran +2	HN Apply
Rho	Software Engineer	$170,000 - $270,000	[E] grind	Artificial Intelligence	HN Apply
Neon Health	Senior Backend Engineer	$170,000 - $225,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Healthcare	HN Apply
String	Founding Engineer	$170,000 - $220,000	[F] grind	Scraping Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure	HN Apply
Oboe	Mid to Senior Engineer, Full stack	$170,000 - $230,000	[E] grind	Artificial Intelligence Backend Pipelines Interfaces +1	HN Apply
Neon Health	Senior Backend Engineer, Growth Chief of Staff, Applied AI Systems Engineer	$170,000 - $225,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Agentic AI	HN Apply
Hadrius	Software Engineer	$170,000 - $260,000	@HR stable	Artificial Intelligence Python	HN Apply
Sudowrite	Senior Full-Stack Developer & Mobile Developer	$160,000 - $180,000	[F] stable	React Artificial Intelligence	HN Apply
Beautiful.ai	Senior Platform Engineer	$160,000 - $200,000	@HR stable	Artificial Intelligence	HN Apply
Faraday	Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Backend)	$160,000 - $200,000	@HR grind	TypeScript JavaScript AWS +4	HN Apply
Cleric	Staff SWE, AI \| Staff SWE, Product \| Head of Marketing	$160,000 - $240,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence DevOps Distributed Systems	HN Apply
Good Pair Days	Staff Product Engineer	A$160,000 - A$250,000 ≈ $106k	[F] stable	Artificial Intelligence	HN Apply
Tech Nexus	Tech Lead	$160,000 - $200,000	[E] grind	Java GCP Restful Apis +6	HN Apply
360Me	Founding CTO & iOS Engineer	$160,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning GCP +10	HN Apply
Column Tax	Software Engineer	$160,000 - $250,000	[E] stable	Artificial Intelligence Tax Law Software Code	HN Apply
Cleric	Staff Software Engineer	$160,000 - $220,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence DevOps Python +1	HN Apply
PDM Automotive	Senior Software Engineer	$160,000 - $160,000	[E] CRUNCH	Ruby Golang AWS +2	HN Apply
Scale Medicine	Founding Engineer (Applied AI)	$160,000 - $240,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Biopharma	HN Apply
Cleric	Multiple Roles	$160,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Generative AI	HN Apply
Webflow	AI Full Stack Engineer	$158,000 - $220,000	[F] CRUNCH	Webflow Artificial Intelligence	HN Apply
Co-Star Astrology	Haskell Developer	$152,000 - $205,000	[F] grind	Haskell Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence +1	HN Apply
Flotive AI	Founding Software Engineer	$150,000 - $180,000	[F] stable	Artificial Intelligence	HN Apply
9 Mothers	Software Engineer / Robotics Engineer / EE Engineer / Perception Engineer	$150,000 - $400,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Robotics Software +2	HN Apply
Complement AI	Member of Technical Staff	$150,000 - $300,000	[E] stable	Artificial Intelligence Erp Mes +3	HN Apply
Mitty	First Engineer	$150,000 +	[F] stable	Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Video Processing +6	HN Apply
SmarterDx	Multiple roles	$150,000 - $250,000	[F] grind	Artificial Intelligence LLM	HN Apply
Eagle	Multiple roles (Forward Deployed Engineer, Staff Software Engineer, ML Engineer, Design Engineer)	$150,000 - $300,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering Machine Learning	HN Apply
Frisson Labs	Founding ML Engineer - General	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] grind	Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Mlp +7	HN Apply
9 Mothers	Software Engineer / Robotics Engineer	$150,000 - $400,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Robotics Software	HN Apply
Eagle	Founding Member of Technical Staff	$150,000 - $300,000	[F] grind	Artificial Intelligence Automation	HN Apply
Hyperspell	Product, AI, and Platform Engineer	$150,000 - $220,000	[F] grind	Artificial Intelligence Platform Engineering	HN Apply
River	Senior + Staff Engineers (Elixir, React, ML/AI)	$150,000 - $250,000	[F] zen	Elixir React Machine Learning +7	HN Apply
9 Mothers	Robotics / Software Engineering	$150,000 - $400,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Robotics Software Engineering	HN Apply
Hyperspell	Forward-deployed Engineer / AI Engineer / Platform Engineer	$150,000 - $220,000	[F] stable	Artificial Intelligence	HN Apply
Hike Medical	Senior Software Engineer	$150,000 - $225,000	[F] grind	TypeScript AWS Artificial Intelligence +4	HN Apply
Protillion Biosciences	Software Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] stable	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Bioinformatics	HN Apply
Parable	Multiple Roles	$150,000 - $350,000	@HR stable	Artificial Intelligence Ontology Revops	HN Apply

Artificial Intelligence remote → Artificial Intelligence onsite → All technologies