RAG salaries
Live salary data from first-party RAG / Retrieval postings (USD/yr). No surveys — pay ranges employers actually publish.
$278kmedian
$130klow
$34500khigh
111data points
Roles with published pay
Software Engineer, Cyber Frontier
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–325k/yr
Software Engineer, Foundations Search
OpenAI · San Francisco
$380k–555k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent (Brazilian Portuguese speaking)
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$180k–390k/yr
Senior Software Engineer
LanceDB · HQ
$180k–250k/yr
Software Engineer, GenAI
Abridge · SF Office
$255k–300k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, Agents
Harvey · New York
$231k–340k/yr
Data Science Manager, Integrity
OpenAI · San Francisco
$255k–490k/yr
AI Deployment Engineer, Cyber
OpenAI · San Francisco
$234k–260k/yr
Software Engineer, Agents
Mercor · San Francisco or NYC
$130k–500k/yr
Senior Data Intelligence Engineer
Deepgram · USA | Remote
$165k–230k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform
Harvey · San Francisco
$185k–325k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent
Sierra · Toronto
$180k–390k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Frontend - NYC
Harvey · New York
$193k–290k/yr
Software Engineer, Agents
Harvey · New York
$161k–242k/yr
Full Stack Software Engineer, ChatGPT ImageGen
OpenAI · San Francisco
$185k–385k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Agents
Harvey · New York
$193k–290k/yr
Research Engineer/Scientist - Human Alignment, Consumer Devices
OpenAI · San Francisco
$380k–445k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent Architecture
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$230k–390k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent
Sierra · Sydney
$235k–425k/yr
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Applied AI)
Perplexity · San Francisco
$220k–405k/yr
RE / RS - Foundations, Search
OpenAI · San Francisco
$445k–555k/yr
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Search & Retrieval Infrastructure
Pinecone · US Remote
$190k–270k/yr
Agent Development Manager
Decagon · New York City
$150k–220k/yr
Clinician Scientist
Abridge · SF Office
$236k–277k/yr
Product Engineer, GTM Growth Engineering
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Seattle
OpenAI · Seattle
$162k–280k/yr
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF
OpenAI · San Francisco
$162k–280k/yr
Backend Software Engineer (Evals)
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Software Engineer, Workload Enablement
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–385k/yr
Member of Technical Staff (ML Engineer, Recommendations & User Modeling)
Perplexity · San Francisco
$220k–405k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack
Harvey · San Francisco
$193k–290k/yr
Staff Research Engineer
Decagon · New York City
$200k–400k/yr
Member of Technical Staff (Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI)
Perplexity · New York City
$205k–335k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent (Korean Speaking)
Sierra · Singapore
$295k–495k/yr
Applied AI Inference Engineer
Baseten · San Francisco
$165k–330k/yr
Senior Research Engineer
Decagon · New York City
$200k–400k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent (Cantonese Speaking)
Sierra · Singapore
$295k–495k/yr
Staff AI research scientist
Writer · San Francisco, CA
$234k–296k/yr
Engineering Manager, Cooperative Systems
OpenAI · Seattle
$325k–385k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, Backend - NYC
Harvey · New York
$238k–290k/yr
Software Engineer - Training Product
Baseten · San Francisco
$165k–330k/yr
Software engineer, agents
Writer · New York City, NY
$112k–218k/yr
Software Engineer, AI Data & Evaluation
Mercor · San Francisco
$130k–500k/yr
Staff Research Engineer, Voice + Speech
Decagon · San Francisco
$200k–400k/yr
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)
Perplexity · San Francisco
$220k–405k/yr
Support Operations Engineer
Harvey · New York
$104k–156k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent
Sierra · Singapore
$295k–495k/yr
Software Engineer, Model Performance Systems
Baseten · San Francisco
$160k–200k/yr
Backend Software Engineer - Engine Team (Voice Agent)
Deepgram · USA | Remote
$150k–220k/yr
Legal Engineer - Custom Solutions
Harvey · San Francisco
$220k–320k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent (Thai Speaking)
Sierra · Singapore
$295k–495k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Harvey · San Francisco
$193k–290k/yr
Software engineer, generative AI
Writer · San Francisco, CA
$112k–304k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack
Harvey · San Francisco
$231k–314k/yr
Automation Engineer, Customer Education
Harvey · San Francisco
$124k–185k/yr
Member of Technical Staff (Analytics Engineer)
Perplexity · San Francisco
$175k–330k/yr
Software Engineer - Deepgram for Restaurants
Deepgram · San Francisco, CA
$154k–307k/yr
Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
Vapi · San Francisco
$200k–280k/yr
Agent Engineer, TLM
Sierra · New York, NY
$280k–410k/yr
Support Operations Engineer
Harvey · Remote
$104k–156k/yr
Software Engineer, Backend (Cooperative AI)
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Member of Technical Staff, Backend
Vapi · San Francisco
$200k–280k/yr
Software Engineer, Intelligence
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$230k–390k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform
Harvey · New York
$231k–340k/yr
Full Stack Software Engineer, Codex Cloud Apps
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–325k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent - Healthcare
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$180k–390k/yr
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Experience
Pinecone · US Remote
$190k–270k/yr
Member of Technical Staff, Document Understanding
LlamaIndex · San Francisco
$180k–250k/yr
Engineering Manager, Multimodal (API)
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–385k/yr
Software Engineer, Enterprise AI Platform
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Senior Research Engineer
Decagon · San Francisco
$200k–400k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform
Harvey · New York
$220k–300k/yr
Analytics & Automation Lead, User Safety & Risk Operations
OpenAI · San Francisco
$302k–335k/yr
Agent Development Manager
Decagon · San Francisco
$150k–220k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Backend - NYC
Harvey · New York
$193k–290k/yr
Agent Engineer - NY
Vapi · New York
$160k–180k/yr
Agent Strategist - NYC
Vapi · New York
$130k–160k/yr
Software Engineer, Gen AI Platform
Abridge · SF Office
$221k–300k/yr
Staff Research Engineer, Voice + Speech
Decagon · New York City
$200k–400k/yr
Customer Engineer, Agent Builder
Decagon · New York City
$175k–230k/yr
Solution Architect (AI/LLM Inference)
Baseten · San Francisco
$165k–330k/yr
Engineering Manager, Distillation & Detection Platform
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–385k/yr
Staff Research Engineer
Decagon · San Francisco
$200k–400k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent
Sierra · Tokyo
$22000k–47000k/yr
Support Operations Engineer
Harvey · San Francisco
$104k–156k/yr
Engineering Manager - Model Performance
Baseten · San Francisco
$260k–380k/yr
Program Manager, Quality
Mercor · San Francisco
$120k–200k/yr
Senior AI Support Engineer (US)
Dust · San Francisco
$150k–200k/yr
Member of Technical Staff (Data Scientist)
Perplexity · San Francisco
$175k–330k/yr
Software Engineer - Model Performance
Baseten · San Francisco
$180k–360k/yr
Software Engineer, Agents
Harvey · San Francisco
$161k–242k/yr
Software Engineer, Integrity Foundations - London
OpenAI · London, UK
$221k–370k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - NYC
Harvey · New York
$260k–310k/yr
Research Engineer, Retrieval & Search, Applied Engineering
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–585k/yr
Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace
Mercor · San Francisco
$130k–500k/yr
Software Engineer, Agent
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$180k–390k/yr
Software Engineer - AI Enablement
Baseten · San Francisco
$165k–330k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Backend/Infra
Pika · Palo Alto HQ
$185k–300k/yr
Senior+ Software Engineer - Research Platform, Consumer Devices
OpenAI · San Francisco
$293k–325k/yr
Engineering Manager, Model Inference
Abridge · SF Office
$220k–270k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack - NYC
Harvey · New York
$200k–260k/yr
Software Engineer, Product
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$230k–390k/yr
Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
OpenAI · San Francisco
$210k–490k/yr
Principal Research Engineer, Post-Training
Character.AI · Redwood City, CA
$275k–400k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Harvey · San Francisco
$231k–340k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform
Harvey · San Francisco
$231k–340k/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Agents
Harvey · San Francisco
$193k–290k/yr
Support Engineer
Sierra · San Francisco, CA
$250k–275k/yr
Software Engineer, Research - Human Data
OpenAI · San Francisco
$230k–385k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, Agents
Harvey · San Francisco
$231k–340k/yr
Customer Engineer, Agent Builder
Decagon · Toronto
$150k–200k/yr