Exa Salary

💰 $200K–$350K salary range

Median: $280K  ·  Based on 31 public Exa job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This Exa 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 Exa

• Account Executive — $200K–$450K · GTM
• Founding Account Executive - NYC — $200K–$400K · GTM
• Software Engineer, Infrastructure — $180K–$350K · Engineering
• Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems — $180K–$350K · Engineering
• Research Engineer, Generalist — $180K–$350K · Research
• Research, ML — $180K–$350K · Research

Exa salary by department

• Engineering: $350K median (6 roles)
• Research: $350K median (3 roles)
• GTM: $300K median (8 roles)
• Marketing: $210K median (4 roles)
• Operations: $200K median (4 roles)
• People: $165K median (4 roles)

Exa salary by location

• San Francisco: $265K median (30 roles)

Remote work at Exa

0% of Exa's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Exa looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Rust (3) · TypeScript (2) · Kubernetes (1) · Kafka (1) · PyTorch (1) · React (1) · Node.js (1) · AWS (1) · Python (1).

Benefits & perks at Exa

Commonly listed: dental (27) · gym (26) · parental (11) · vision (1) · 401k (1) · commuter (1) · pto (1).

About Exa

Exa is Series C stage · 51–100 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 Exa

Roles typically ask for around 3 years of experience (up to 7+ for the most senior).

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; 94% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Exa hiring activity

Exa has 31 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 31 public job postings with disclosed pay. 10 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (15 in the last 90).

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• Mercor — median $300K
• Owner — median $220K
• Profound — median $200K
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Common questions

What does Exa pay?
The median base salary is $280K, with a typical range of $200K–$350K, based on 31 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Exa?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Account Executive, at $200K–$450K base.

Which team pays the most at Exa?
The Engineering team, at a $350K 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 31 public Exa 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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