Tern AI Salary

💰 $174K–$209K salary range

Median: $188K  ·  Based on 11 public Tern AI job postings  ·  Updated June 20, 2026

This Tern AI salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Tern AI

• Staff Engineer, R&D AI Tooling — $225K–$250K · Engineering
• Finance Product Lead — $200K–$250K · Product & Design
• Senior Product Designer — $175K–$225K · Product & Design
• Senior Supplier Integration Lead — $200K–$225K · Engineering
• Site Reliability Engineer — $175K–$200K · Engineering
• AI & Data Engineer — $175K–$200K · Engineering
• Senior Supplier Integration Engineer — $175K–$200K · Engineering
• Demand Generation Lead — $160K–$180K · Sales & Marketing
• Head of Support — $150K–$175K · Support, Success, & Training
• Head of Sales — $150K · Sales & Marketing

Tern AI salary by department

• engineering: $188K median · $250K top base — Staff Engineer, R&D AI Tooling (view JD) (5 roles)

Tern AI salary by location

• Remote: $188K median · $250K top base — Staff Engineer, R&D AI Tooling (view JD) (11 roles)

Remote work at Tern AI

100% of Tern AI's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Tern AI looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: PostgreSQL (5) · BigQuery (4) · GCP (4) · UX Design (1) · Ruby (1) · Rails (1) · Dbt (1).

About Tern AI

Tern AI is Seed stage · 1–10 employees · HQ Austin, Texas. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Tern AI

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 5+ for the most senior).

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; 73% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Tern AI total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Tern AI hiring activity

Tern AI has 11 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 11 public job postings with disclosed pay. 11 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (11 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Tern AI pay?
The median pay is $188K, with a typical range of $174K–$209K, based on 11 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Tern AI?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Staff Engineer, R&D AI Tooling, at $225K–$250K base.

Which team pays the most at Tern AI?
The engineering team, at a $188K 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

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 11 public Tern 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 20, 2026.

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