Anthropic Salary

💰 $310K–$455K salary range

Median: $380K  ·  Based on 363 public Anthropic job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Anthropic salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Anthropic

• Research Engineer, Agents — $850K · AI Research & Engineering
• Software Engineer, ML Networking — $850K · AI Research & Engineering
• Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning) — $500K–$850K · AI Research & Engineering
• Research Engineer, Universes — $500K–$850K · AI Research & Engineering
• Machine Learning Systems Engineer, RL Engineering — $500K–$850K · AI Research & Engineering
• Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity) — $500K–$850K · AI Research & Engineering

Anthropic salary by department

• AI Research & Engineering: $500K median (55 roles)
• Software Engineering - Infrastructure: $485K median (21 roles)
• Engineering & Design - Product: $460K median (43 roles)
• Compute: $405K median (8 roles)
• Security: $405K median (13 roles)
• Product Management, Support, & Operations: $385K median (13 roles)
• Applied AI: $380K median (11 roles)
• Data Science & Analytics: $370K median (9 roles)

Anthropic salary by seniority

• Mid: $370K median (176)
• Senior: $300K median (17)
• Staff: $485K median (35)
• Lead: $320K median (30)
• Manager: $380K median (87)
• Director: $360K median (18)

Anthropic salary by location

• San Francisco: $385K median (224 roles)
• New York: $370K median (28 roles)
• Remote: $405K median (12 roles)
• Boston: $280K median (6 roles)

Remote work at Anthropic

3% of Anthropic's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Anthropic looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (29) · GCP (17) · AWS (15) · Go (9) · CI/CD (8) · Rust (8) · Azure (7) · Kubernetes (7) · TypeScript (4) · React (4).

About Anthropic

Anthropic is Series G stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2021 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Anthropic

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 18+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 24 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's are most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 39% of these postings reference equity (options, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Anthropic total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 100% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Anthropic hiring activity

Anthropic has 280 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 363 public job postings with disclosed pay. 101 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (266 in the last 90).

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Government wage data

For corroboration, U.S. Department of Labor certified wage filings (FY2026) for Anthropic show a median of $320K, ranging $300K–$405K, across 77 filings. Reported separately from — never blended with — the job-posting median above.

Common questions

What does Anthropic pay?
The median base salary is $380K, with a typical range of $310K–$455K, based on 363 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Anthropic?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Research Engineer, Agents, at $850K base.

Which team pays the most at Anthropic?
The AI Research & Engineering team, at a $500K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

USD base salary aggregated from 363 public Anthropic job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 10, 2026.

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