Anthropic salary data
Anthropic publishes pay ranges on 688 of its open roles. These are the company's own published figures, not estimates or crowd-sourced guesses.
Last checked 02 October 2026
$345k
Median midpoint
$116k
Lowest published
$850k
Highest published
688
Roles with pay
Pay by role at Anthropic
| Role | Openings | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 96 | $280k | $850k |
| Manager | 58 | $160k | $850k |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 37 | $200k | $850k |
| Account Executive | 35 | $223k | $550k |
| Operations | 34 | $150k | $585k |
| Project & Program Manager | 34 | $190k | $435k |
| Finance | 26 | $180k | $450k |
| Director & Head of | 24 | $200k | $750k |
| Engineering Manager | 23 | $320k | $850k |
| Product Manager | 23 | $245k | $460k |
| Engineer | 21 | $220k | $850k |
| Legal | 19 | $170k | $460k |
| Architect | 18 | $240k | $500k |
| Marketing Manager | 18 | $255k | $400k |
| Customer Success Manager | 17 | $152k | $350k |
| Analyst | 17 | $180k | $330k |
| Marketing | 13 | $255k | $400k |
| Specialist | 11 | $121k | $365k |
| Security Engineer | 11 | $300k | $485k |
| Research Scientist | 10 | $285k | $850k |
| Sales Representative | 8 | $190k | $700k |
| Data Analyst | 7 | $205k | $315k |
| Data Scientist | 7 | $285k | $460k |
| Sales Manager | 7 | $190k | $450k |
| Recruiter | 7 | $175k | $295k |
| Product Designer | 6 | $260k | $385k |
| DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer | 6 | $285k | $850k |
| Developer | 5 | $220k | $435k |
| Support | 5 | $131k | $265k |
| Data Engineer | 4 | $285k | $405k |
| HR & People | 4 | $230k | $380k |
| Administrative | 3 | $121k | $240k |
| Sales Development Rep | 2 | $116k | $310k |
| Driver & Delivery | 2 | $320k | $405k |
Where this comes from. Every figure is taken from Anthropic's own job board and recorded each day. When a range changes, we keep both the old number and the new one — which is how you can see pay moving rather than just where it stands today.
Roles with published pay
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channel Partner Manager, Public Sector new | Washington, DC | Sales | $215k – $300k |
| Political Programs Lead new | Washington, DC | Public Policy | $295k – $345k |
| Software Engineer, Sandboxing new | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | AI Research & Engineering | $320k – $485k |
| Strategy & Operations, FDE new | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $270k – $310k |
| Applied AI Architect, International Policy new | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Applied AI | $240k – $315k |
| Network Deployment and Maintenance Lead - Data Center Operations new | Remote-Friendly, United States | Compute | $320k – $405k |
| Customer Marketing Manager, Special Projects new | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Marketing & Brand | $255k – $320k |
| Data Center Global Repairs Program Support new | Remote-Friendly, United States | Compute | $320k – $405k |
| Research Engineer / Research Scientist, RL Frontiers | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | AI Research & Engineering | $500k – $850k |
| Research Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed Systems | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | AI Research & Engineering | $500k – $850k |
| Staff / Senior Physical Security Systems Engineer | Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA | Security | $320k – $405k |
| Business Systems Analyst, GTM Systems | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Engineering & Design - Product | $270k – $315k |
| Policy Advocacy - Political Research | San Francisco, CA | Public Policy | $230k – $265k |
| Field Executive Architect | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Applied AI | $400k – $500k |
| Corporate Finance & Strategy, Public Benefit & Global Affairs | San Francisco, CA | Finance | $325k – $425k |
| Staff / Senior Software Engineer, Security Fusion Platform | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Security | $320k – $405k |
| Applied AI Engineer, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences) | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Applied AI | $280k – $320k |
| Senior+ Software Engineer, Legal Tech | Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Software Engineering - Infrastructure | $320k – $485k |
| State and Local Affairs Lead, West | Remote-Friendly, United States | Public Policy | $230k – $265k |
| Product Designer, Claude Developer Platform | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Engineering & Design - Product | $305k – $385k |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse (Machine Learning) | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $320k – $485k |
| Recruiter, Communications | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | People | $240k – $295k |
| Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | Software Engineering - Infrastructure | $320k – $485k |
| Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | Software Engineering - Infrastructure | $320k – $485k |
| Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Scaling | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA | Software Engineering - Infrastructure | $320k – $485k |
| Treasury, Liquidity & Capital Planning | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Finance | $230k – $300k |
| State and Local Affairs Lead, Midwest | Remote-Friendly, United States | Public Policy | $230k – $265k |
| Product Finance & Strategy, Monetization | San Francisco, CA | Finance | $240k – $325k |
| Commercial Counsel, Hardware | San Francisco, CA | Legal | $335k – $385k |
| Marketing Analytics Lead, Enterprise Marketing | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Marketing & Brand | $255k – $320k |
| Senior Compliance Program Manager, Political Law | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Legal | $255k – $270k |
| Product Designer, Safeguards | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Engineering & Design - Product | $305k – $385k |
| Partner Manager, Microsoft Co-sell | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Sales | $215k – $300k |
| Digital Campaigns, Policy Advocacy | San Francisco, CA | Washington, DC | Public Policy | $265k – $295k |
| Partner Marketing Manger, GSI & SI | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Marketing & Brand | $255k – $320k |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Access Programs | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $320k – $485k |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Creation | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $320k – $485k |
| Incident Response Manager - Privacy | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Technical Program Management | $290k – $365k |
| Strategy & Operations, Office of the CCO | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $190k – $270k |
| Applied AI Architect, Public Sector | Washington, DC | Applied AI | $240k – $315k |
| Policy Research, Strategic Advisory | San Francisco, CA | Public Policy | $230k – $265k |
| Staff Software Engineer: Compute | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Engineering & Design - Product | $320k – $485k |
| [DH] Engineering Manager, AI Observability | San Francisco, CA | AI Research & Engineering | $405k – $850k |
| Program Manager, Safeguards Workforce Operations | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $245k – $285k |
| Commercial Legal Specialist, Technical AI Implementation | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Legal | $170k – $220k |
| Capacity Deployment Lead - Data Center Operations | Remote-Friendly, United States | Compute | $320k – $405k |
| Sales Enablement Partner, Claude Products | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $190k – $270k |
| Research Operations, Reinforcement Learning | San Francisco, CA | AI Research & Engineering | $210k – $260k |
| Security Risk & Compliance, Data Centers & Compute | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Security | $270k – $345k |
| Engineering Manager, Data Infrastructure | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Software Engineering - Infrastructure | $405k – $485k |
| Product Designer, Design Systems | San Francisco, CA | Engineering & Design - Product | $305k – $385k |
| Head of Business Technology Engineering | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Security | $485k – $625k |
| Engineering Manager, Business Technology | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Security | $320k – $405k |
| IP Counsel, Transactions | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Legal | $335k – $385k |
| Privacy Counsel | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Legal | $265k – $335k |
| Litigation Counsel | San Francisco, CA | Legal | $385k – $460k |
| Product Manager, Safeguards (Generalist) | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Product Management, Support, & Operations | $385k – $460k |
| Senior Manager, IT SOX | San Francisco, CA | Finance | $230k – $300k |
| Security Technology Deployment Specialist | Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Security | $180k – $230k |
| Product Manager, Safeguards (Account Integrity & Abuse) | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Product Management, Support, & Operations | $385k – $460k |
| Customer Success Manager, Public Sector (National Security) | Washington, DC | Sales | $265k – $350k |
| Product Manager, Safe Access | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Product Management, Support, & Operations | $305k – $385k |
| Scaled Enablement Programs Lead | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Sales | $270k – $310k |
| Supplier Security & Assurance, Security GRC | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Security | $255k – $270k |
| National Security Partnerships Lead, Intelligence and International Security | Washington, DC | Public Policy | $295k – $345k |
| Technical Program Manager, Public Sector | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Technical Program Management | $365k – $435k |
| Strategic Growth Account Executive | San Francisco, CA | Sales | $380k – $450k |
| Senior Manager, Regulatory Accounting & Disclosures | San Francisco, CA | Finance | $230k – $300k |
| Customer Success Manager, Enterprise Tech | New York City, NY | Sales | $152k – $200k |
| Operations Lead, Investor Relations | San Francisco, CA | Finance | $200k – $265k |
| Customer Success Manager, Commercial | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $200k – $265k |
| Copywriter, Developer | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Marketing & Brand | $200k – $255k |
| IT Operations Engineer, Asset Management | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Security | $180k – $230k |
| Manager, Customer Success – Cyber | Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC | Sales | $265k – $320k |
| Software Engineer, Tokens and Prompt Structures | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | AI Research & Engineering | $320k – $405k |
| Manager, Customer Success - Commercial | Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC | Sales | $265k – $320k |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Distributed Systems | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $320k – $485k |
| Manager, Customer Success – Strategic Consumer Tech | Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA; Washington, DC | Sales | $265k – $320k |
| Recruiting Analytics Data Engineer | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | People | $285k – $380k |
| Product Marketing Manager, Special Projects | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Marketing & Brand | $320k – $320k |
| Product Marketing Manager, Platform | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Marketing & Brand | $320k – $320k |
| Enforcement Operations Lead, Cloud Partners | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $285k – $330k |
| Technical Architect | Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Sales | $250k – $365k |
| Staff Software Engineer, Search | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | AI Research & Engineering | $320k – $405k |
| Strategic Projects Lead, Recruiting | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | People | $235k – $300k |
| Head of Strategic Startups | San Francisco, CA | Sales | $550k – $750k |
| Head of Regulated Industries, Customer Success | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $320k – $350k |
| AI Deployment Specialist, Beneficial Deployments | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $200k – $265k |
| Solutions Marketing Manager, Cybersecurity | San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC | Marketing & Brand | $320k – $320k |
| Solutions Marketing Manager, Healthcare & Science | San Francisco, CA | Marketing & Brand | $255k – $320k |
| Social Escalations Manager | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Product Management, Support, & Operations | $210k – $260k |
| Executive Escalations Manager | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Product Management, Support, & Operations | $210k – $260k |
| Partnerships Manager, US Public Health | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $300k – $365k |
| Strategic Account Executive, Tech | San Francisco, CA | Sales | $380k – $450k |
| Performance Engineer, Inference Engine | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | AI Research & Engineering | $350k – $850k |
| Customer Trust Specialist | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Security | $255k – $270k |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference Path | San Francisco, CA | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $320k – $485k |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Sampling Path | San Francisco, CA | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $320k – $485k |
| Head of Accounting Policy | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Finance | $385k – $570k |
| User Experience Researcher, Platform | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Engineering & Design - Product | $305k – $385k |
| Security Engineer, Offensive Security | Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Security | $300k – $320k |
| Data Engineer, GTM | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Data Science & Analytics | $320k – $405k |
| Salesforce Developer | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Engineering & Design - Product | $270k – $315k |
| Customer Success Manager, Beneficial Deployments - Life Sciences | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $200k – $265k |
| Lead, Security Controls Assurance - SOX | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Security | $410k – $510k |
| Business Systems Analyst, New Product Introduction | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Engineering & Design - Product | $270k – $315k |
| GTM Strategy & Operations - AMER Enterprise Tech | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $310k – $360k |
| Executive Communications Writer | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Communications | $295k – $345k |
| Warehouse and Logistics Manager - North America | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Software Engineering - Infrastructure | $405k – $485k |
| Warehouse and Logistics Manager - International | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Software Engineering - Infrastructure | $405k – $485k |
| Strategic Pursuits Lead, RevOps | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $300k – $400k |
| Senior Manager, Infrastructure Asset Accounting | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | Finance | $190k – $230k |
| Procurement Operations Business Partner, R&D Operations | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | Finance | $190k – $230k |
| Research & Education Sales Lead, Beneficial Deployments | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Sales | $380k – $450k |
| Corporate Development Lead, Life Sciences | San Francisco, CA | Finance | $425k – $600k |
| Warehouse and Logistics Capability Manager | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Software Engineering - Infrastructure | $405k – $485k |
| Sanctions Compliance Lead | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Legal | $270k – $345k |
| Staff+ Site Reliability Engineer, Safeguards ML Infra | San Francisco, CA | Safeguards (Trust & Safety) | $320k – $485k |
| Senior Manager, Infrastructure Lease Accounting | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | Finance | $190k – $230k |
| Head of Technical Training | San Francisco, CA | Technical Education | $365k – $435k |
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