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Anthropic Salary

Anthropic Salary

Anthropic pays a median of $345K ($329K–$401K) across 256 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $310K–$455K salary range

Median: $380K  ·  Based on 363 public Anthropic job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026


This Anthropic salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Anthropic · pay benchmark · updated June 13, 2026
$345K
Median base
$329K–$401K
Typical range
$595K view JD
Highest base · Product Manager, Enterprise
256
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
ⓘ Base salary only — equity is separate (231 postings cite equity)
Salary by department · median & top base
Software Engineering
$445K · $485K top (19)
Engineering & Design
$445K · $485K top (25)
Technical Program Management
$400K · $435K top (16)
Compute
$381K · $435K top (5)
AI Research & Engineering
$363K · $560K top (26)
Security
$363K · $485K top (10)
Product Management, Support, & Operations
$345K · $595K top (12)
People
$340K · $370K top (4)
Highest-paying skills
HIPAA $445KRust $438KTransformers $425KRLHF $425KKubernetes $403KOutreach $398KGo $398KSOC 2 $379K

Highest-paying open roles at Anthropic

Anthropic salary by department

  • Software Engineering: $445K median · $485K top base — Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference (view JD) (19 roles)
  • Engineering & Design: $445K median · $485K top base — Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend (view JD) (25 roles)
  • Technical Program Management: $400K median · $435K top base — Technical Program Manager, API Platform (view JD) (16 roles)
  • Compute: $381K median · $435K top base — Data Center Strategic Sourcing Lead (view JD) (5 roles)
  • AI Research & Engineering: $363K median · $560K top base — Engineering Manager, Inference (view JD) (26 roles)
  • Security: $363K median · $485K top base — Security Labs Engineer (view JD) (10 roles)
  • Product Management, Support, & Operations: $345K median · $595K top base — Product Manager, Enterprise (view JD) (12 roles)
  • People: $340K median · $370K top base — People Programs, M&A Lead (view JD) (4 roles)

Anthropic salary by seniority

  • Mid: $345K median · $405K top base — Full-Stack Software Engineer, Reinforcement Learning (view JD) (26)
  • Senior: $363K median · $485K top base — Software Engineer, Safeguards Evals (view JD) (77)
  • Staff: $403K median · $485K top base — Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference (view JD) (47)
  • Lead: $340K median · $435K top base — Data Center Strategic Sourcing Lead (view JD) (20)
  • Manager: $354K median · $595K top base — Product Manager, Enterprise (view JD) (72)
  • Director: $335K median · $385K top base — Art Director, Enterprise (view JD) (13)

Anthropic salary by location

  • San Francisco: $345K median · $595K top base — Product Manager, Enterprise (view JD) (191 roles)
  • New York: $325K median · $700K top base — Head of Enterprise Sales, Industries (view JD) (22 roles)
  • Remote: $345K median · $485K top base — Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector (view JD) (9 roles)
  • Boston: $260K median · $435K top base — Enterprise Account Executive, State & Local Sales - North East (view JD) (5 roles)

Remote work at Anthropic

4% of Anthropic's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Anthropic looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (67) · GCP (33) · AWS (31) · Kubernetes (18) · Rust (18) · SQL (17) · Go (17) · CI/CD (16) · Azure (15) · TypeScript (9).

About Anthropic

Anthropic is Series H stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2021 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Anthropic

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 18+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 15 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD 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; 90% of these postings reference equity (options, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Anthropic total compensation signals

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

Anthropic hiring activity

Anthropic has 256 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 256 public job postings with disclosed pay. 83 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (204 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Anthropic pay?
The median pay is $345K, with a typical range of $329K–$401K, based on 256 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Anthropic?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Enterprise Sales, Industries, at $550K–$700K base.

Which team pays the most at Anthropic?
The Software Engineering team, at a $445K 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 256 public Anthropic 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 13, 2026.

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