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4,283 postings · 208 companies

Mercor salaries

An AI data company posting pay on 37 open jobs, mostly Software Engineer roles.

37 posted ranges · median $330k · H-1B median $318k (17 filings)

Job board

By title

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

Software Engineer$330kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.H-1B $318kMember of Technical Staff$330kA deliberately flat title from Bell Labs, revived by AI labs for engineers and researchers alike.Research Engineer$340kWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.Agent Engineer$330kBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.Research Scientist$363kDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.Machine Learning Engineer$335kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.H-1B $231kProduct Engineer$330kA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.Engineering Manager$325kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.Data Engineer$330kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.Analytics Engineer$325kModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.MLOps Engineer$300kRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.
TitlePosted
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$330k$160k to $500k
Member of Technical StaffA deliberately flat title from Bell Labs, revived by AI labs for engineers and researchers alike.$330k$160k to $500k
Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.$340k$180k to $500k
Agent EngineerBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.$330k$160k to $500k
Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.$225k to $500k2 postings
Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.$170k to $500k2 postings
Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.$160k to $500k2 postings
Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.$250k to $400k2 postings
Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.$160k to $500kone posting
Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.$250k to $400kone posting
MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.$200k to $400kone posting

Posted ranges

Senior$250k to $500k

Senior Software Engineer, Discovery

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$250k to $400k

Analytics Engineer

Analytics Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $225k

Software Engineer, Discovery

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Nov 4Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $400k

AI Infrastructure Engineer

MLOps Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Oct 28Posting ↗
Not stated$220k to $500k

Software Engineer, Systems & Platform Applied AI

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Infrastructure Software Engineer

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Agents

Agent Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$180k to $500k

Research Engineer - Environments, Data and Post-Training

Research Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Automation

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Frontier Data Products

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Platform

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Senior$180k to $500k

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Anonymization

Machine Learning Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Product Engineer, Studio Platform

Product Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Machine Learning

Machine Learning Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $500k

Software Engineer, Backend

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Product Engineer, Talent Experience

Product Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$130k to $500k

Software Engineer, Robotics

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Research Engineer, Real Environments

Research Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$250k to $500k

Member of Technical Staff, Backend

Member of Technical Staff · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Member of Technical Staff, Deeptune Environments

Member of Technical Staff · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Fullstack Software Engineer, Agent Platform

Agent Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$250k to $500k

Software Engineer, Search Systems - Code Data

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $500k

Research Engineer - Benchmarking

Research Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Member of Technical Staff, Mercor Enterprise Platform

Member of Technical Staff · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Platform

Software Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Agents

Agent Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$200k to $500k

Research Scientist, APEX Benchmarks

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Member of Technical Staff, Agentic Systems

Member of Technical Staff · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering (NYC)

Software Engineer · New York City

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $500k

Data Platform Engineer

Data Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$250k to $500k

Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-Training

Research Scientist · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$220k to $425k

Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise Evals Platform

Member of Technical Staff · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$250k to $400k

Engineering Manager, Fraud & Compliance

Engineering Manager · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Manager$250k to $400k

Engineering Manager, Applied AI

Engineering Manager · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$160k to $400k

Member of Technical Staff, iOS

Member of Technical Staff · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
Not stated$145k to $285k

Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI

Software Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

seen Sep 24Posting ↗
PostingRange
Senior Software Engineer, Discovery (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $500k
Analytics Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Analytics EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $400k
Software Engineer, Discovery (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $225k
AI Infrastructure Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)MLOps EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $400k
Software Engineer, Systems & Platform Applied AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$220kto $500k
Infrastructure Software Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Agents (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Research Engineer - Environments, Data and Post-Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $500k
Software Engineer, Automation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Frontier Data Products (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Anonymization (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $500k
Product Engineer, Studio Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Product EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Machine Learning (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Backend (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $500k
Product Engineer, Talent Experience (the posting, opens in a new tab)Product EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Robotics (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$130kto $500k
Research Engineer, Real Environments (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Member of Technical Staff, Backend (the posting, opens in a new tab)Member of Technical StaffNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $500k
Member of Technical Staff, Deeptune Environments (the posting, opens in a new tab)Member of Technical StaffNot statedNew York City$160kto $500k
Fullstack Software Engineer, Agent Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Search Systems - Code Data (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $500k
Research Engineer - Benchmarking (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $500k
Member of Technical Staff, Mercor Enterprise Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Member of Technical StaffNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedNew York City$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Agents (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerNot statedNew York City$160kto $500k
Research Scientist, APEX Benchmarks (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $500k
Member of Technical Staff, Agentic Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)Member of Technical StaffNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering (NYC) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedNew York City$160kto $500k
Data Platform Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Research Scientist - Environments, Data and Post-Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $500k
Member of Technical Staff, Enterprise Evals Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Member of Technical StaffNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$220kto $425k
Engineering Manager, Fraud & Compliance (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $400k
Engineering Manager, Applied AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $400k
Member of Technical Staff, iOS (the posting, opens in a new tab)Member of Technical StaffNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $400k
Software Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$145kto $285k
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By level

LevelPostedH-1B
Senior2 posted$215k to $500k2 postingsFew1 filing
Manager2 posted$250k to $400k2 postingsNone
Not stated33 posted$330k$160k to $500k$318k15 filings

H-1B wages by title

Software Engineer$318kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.Security Engineer$270kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Machine Learning Engineer$231kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.Data Scientist$317kUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.
TitleH-1B
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$318k13 filings
Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Few2 filings
Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.Few1 filing
Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.Few1 filing

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q42$217k
FY2026 Q14$260k
FY2026 Q24$331k
FY2026 Q37$318k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 2143$330k
Oct 540$330k
Oct 1240$330k
Oct 1940$330k
Oct 2639$330k
Nov 237$330k

Recent changes

RetitledNov 4 · 6d ago

Retitled Machine Learning Engineer, Frontier Data Products as Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Anonymization. Posting ↗

ClosedNov 4 · 6d ago

Took down Software Engineer, Marketplace ($160k to $500k), last seen Oct 28. Posting ↗

And 4 more: Data Engineer; Data Scientist; Software Engineer, Identity; and 1 other.

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