Is this Recursion salary base pay or total compensation?

These figures are the midpoint of each posting's advertised range, from public job postings. Equity is a separate, often-large component of total compensation and is not included here.

Is this Recursion data from placements or job postings?

It is aggregated from public job postings on Recursion's career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

What skills pay the most at Recursion?

Postings requiring Machine Learning carry a median base of $194K (5 postings).

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Recursion Salary

Q: What does Recursion pay?

Recursion pays a median of $254K, with a range of $194K to $308K, based on 14 public job postings collected in 2025–2026. These are posted-range midpoints; equity is separate and not included.

Q: What is the highest-paying job at Recursion?

The highest observed base pay is $443K (Head of DMPK), from a public job posting. Equity is separate.

Recursion pays a median of $254K ($194K–$308K) across 14 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $194K–$308K salary range

Median: $254K · Based on 14 public Recursion job postings · Updated July 27, 2026

This Recursion 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

Recursion · pay benchmark · updated July 27, 2026

$254K

inc. eng · sales · ops

All-role median

$194K–$308K

Typical range

$443K view JD

Highest base · Head of DMPK

14

Open roles

~7 yrs

Typical exp.

+7

14 last 90d

New last 30d

ⓘ Base salary only — 93% of roles mention equity

Highest-paying skills

Machine Learning $194K

Highest-paying open roles at Recursion

Head of DMPK — $354K–$443K · Chemistry
Vice President, Head of Strategy & Operations — $322K–$386K · Strategic Operations
Executive Director, Asset Project Leadership — $297K–$356K · Development
Executive Director, Corporate Strategy & Intelligence — $288K–$346K · Development
Senior Counsel, Privacy and Compliance — $252K–$310K · Legal
Director, Clinical Science — $234K–$288K · Development
Director, CMC Regulatory Affairs — $228K–$281K · Regulatory & Quality
Director, Regulatory Affairs — $228K–$281K · Regulatory & Quality
Senior Computational Biologist – Early Discovery Immunology — $167K–$221K · Data Science
Senior Computational Biologist - Early Discovery Oncology — $167K–$221K · Data Science

Recursion salary by location

New York: $254K median · $443K top base — Head of DMPK (view JD) (11 roles)

Remote work at Recursion

17% of Recursion's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Recursion looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (4) · Scheduling (1) · GDPR (1) · CCPA (1) · Team Leadership (1).

About Recursion

Recursion is Public stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2013 · HQ Salt Lake City, Utah. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Recursion

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 6 that do, PhD and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 93% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Recursion total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Recursion hiring activity

Recursion has 14 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 14 public job postings with disclosed pay. 7 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (14 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Recursion's pay with companies in the same space:

Company	Median pay	vs Recursion	Stage
CGS Federal	$126K	↓ -51%	—
SpaceX	$135K	↓ -47%	Series D
OpenAI	$308K	↑ +21%	Late Stage
Accenture Federal Services	$152K	↓ -40%	Venture-backed
Boeing	$132K	↓ -48%	Public
Blue Origin	$160K	↓ -37%	Series F

Common questions

What does Recursion pay?
The median pay is $254K, with a typical range of $194K–$308K, based on 14 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Recursion?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of DMPK, at $354K–$443K base.

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

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 14 public Recursion 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 July 27, 2026.

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