Character.ai Salary

💰 $275K–$313K salary range

Median: $300K  ·  Based on 16 public Character.ai job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Character.ai salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Character.ai

• Research Engineer, AI Safety & Alignment — $225K–$400K · Technical Staff - ML
• Research Engineer, Post-Training (All Industry Levels) — $225K–$400K · Technical Staff - ML
• Research Engineer, Multimodal — $225K–$400K · Technical Staff - ML
• Staff Data Scientist, Monetization — $250K–$300K · Product
• Product Manager, Activation & Growth — $225K–$275K · Product
• Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer — $150K–$350K · Technical Staff - ML

Character.ai salary by department

• Technical Staff - ML: $400K median (4 roles)
• Technical Staff - Engineering: $300K median (6 roles)
• Product: $275K median (3 roles)

Character.ai salary by seniority

• Mid: $300K median (10)
• Manager: $260K median (5)

Character.ai salary by location

• Remote: $300K median (5 roles)

Remote work at Character.ai

83% of Character.ai's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Character.ai looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (2) · Go (1) · React (1) · AWS (1) · GCP (1) · Azure (1) · CI/CD (1).

About Character.ai

Character.ai is Series A stage · 51–100 employees · founded 2021 · HQ Menlo Park, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Character.ai

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 8+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, Bachelor's and PhD 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; 63% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Character.ai hiring activity

Character.ai has 16 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 16 public job postings with disclosed pay. 1 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (16 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Character.ai pay?
The median base salary is $300K, with a typical range of $275K–$313K, based on 16 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Character.ai?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Research Engineer, AI Safety & Alignment, at $225K–$400K base.

Which team pays the most at Character.ai?
The Technical Staff - ML team, at a $400K 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 16 public Character.ai 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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