$295k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 19% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Frontier Risk Mitigations
OpenAI·San FranciscoonsiteSan Francisconew
$380k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 31% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Recursive Self-Improvement Safety
OpenAI·San FranciscoonsiteSan Francisconew
$380k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 31% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Alignment CoT Monitorability
OpenAI·San FranciscoonsiteSan Francisconew
$295k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 19% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Frontier Cybersecurity Risks
OpenAI·San FranciscoonsiteSan Francisconew
$380k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 31% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Multimodal Safety
OpenAI·San FranciscoonsiteSan Francisconew
$380k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 31% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations
Scale AI·San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · San Francisco…onsiteSan FranciscoNew Yorknew
$216k–$270kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 27% below its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)
Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · San Fra…onsiteSan FranciscoNew Yorknew
$300k–$405kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits in line with it. A rough placement, not a rating.
ML/Research Engineer, Safeguards
Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · San Fra…onsiteSan FranciscoNew Yorknew
$350k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 27% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Interpretability
OpenAI·San FranciscoremoteSan Francisconew
$380k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 31% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment
Anthropic·San Francisco, CA · Hybrid (Travel-Required)hybridSan Francisconew
$350k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 27% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
[Expression of Interest] Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment - London
Anthropic·London, UK · Hybrid (Travel-Required)hybridLondonnew
£260k–£370k≈$338k–$481kPosted by the company in GBP. The US$ figure is approximate (rates as of 2026-09). Typical band for AI security & safety · mid worldwide roles: $285k–$385k, from 60 postings. This one sits 22% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Safety Oversight
OpenAI·San FranciscoonsiteSan Francisconew
$380k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 31% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Alignment
OpenAI·San FranciscoonsiteSan Francisconew
$295k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 19% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.
Researcher, Robustness & Safety Training
OpenAI·San FranciscoonsiteSan Francisconew
$380k–$500kPosted by the company. Typical band for AI security & safety · mid in US and US & Canada roles: $285k–$385k, from 59 postings. This one sits 31% above its midpoint. A rough placement, not a rating.