AI pay
Recruiter pay
Disclosed yearly base-pay ranges in current Recruiter listings at U.S. AI companies and labs, from the employers’ own job listings. 116 of 193 current listings (60%) disclose one; 81 of those appear only in the job description. Listings last checked Oct 19, 2026.
The figures
- Listings with disclosed pay
- 116
- of 193 current listings
- Median of range midpoints
- $170K
- a year, base pay
- Middle range (25th–75th percentile)
- $156K–$193K
- half of the midpoints fall here
- Remote
- 7%
- 8 of the listings with pay
Which titles count: A listing counts when its title contains “recruiter”, “recruiting”, “sourcer”, or “talent acquisition”. Matching is on the title only, not the job description, so listings with unusual titles may be missed.
All current Recruiter jobs, with or without pay
The listings behind these figures
| Job | Employer | Location | Yearly range | Midpoint | Pay from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Recruiting, Communications, Brand, & Marketing | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | $295,000–$375,000 | $335K | Description |
| People Research Scientist, Recruiting | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | $285,000–$380,000 | $333K | Description |
| Recruiting Analytics Data Engineer | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | $285,000–$380,000 | $333K | Description |
| Technical Program Manager, Recruiting Technology | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | $290,000–$365,000 | $328K | Description |
| Recruiter, Communications | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | $240,000–$295,000 | $268K | Description |
| Strategic Projects Lead, Recruiting | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | $235,000–$300,000 | $268K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter | Anthropic | Remote | $240,000–$295,000 | $268K | Description |
| Head of Talent Acquisition | d-Matrix | Santa Clara | $220,000–$280,000 | $250K | Feed |
| GTM Recruiter | Thinking Machines Lab | San Francisco | $220,000–$275,000 | $248K | Description |
| Head of Global Recruiting Operations | Harvey | New York | $196,200–$294,200 | $245K | Feed |
| Head of Global Recruiting Operations | Harvey | San Francisco | $196,200–$294,200 | $245K | Feed |
| Technical Sourcer | Thinking Machines Lab | San Francisco | $200,000–$275,000 | $238K | Description |
| Director, Recruiting, Digital Infrastructure | Crusoe | San Francisco, Ca - Us | $215,000–$255,000 | $235K | Description |
| Recruiter, AI Research | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | $175,000–$295,000 | $235K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | OpenAI | Remote +2 | $172,000–$295,000 | $234K | Feed |
| Systems & Enablement Lead, Recruiting Operations | OpenAI | San Francisco | $216,000–$240,000 | $228K | Feed |
| Recruiter, Applied AI | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | $175,000–$240,000 | $208K | Description |
| Recruiter, G&A | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | $175,000–$240,000 | $208K | Description |
| Senior Technical Sourcer, Applications Engineering | OpenAI | New York City +2 | $172,000–$240,000 | $206K | Feed |
| Technical Recruiter | OpenAI | San Francisco | $172,000–$240,000 | $206K | Feed |
| Lead Technical Recruiter - Research | Harvey | San Francisco | $163,900–$245,900 | $205K | Feed |
| Lead Technical Recruiter - Research | Harvey | New York | $163,900–$245,900 | $205K | Feed |
| Founding Recruiter | TypeSafe AI | San Francisco Office | $170,000–$237,000 | $204K | Feed |
| Senior Recruiter | Vercel | Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City | $176,000–$215,000 | $196K | Description |
| GTM Recruiting [Contract to hire] | Fireworks AI | San Francisco +1 | $150,000–$240,000 | $195K | Feed |
| Senior Manager, Technical Recruiting | Crusoe | San Francisco, Ca - Us | $175,000–$215,000 | $195K | Description |
| Senior Executive Recruiter | Anduril Industries | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, Mission Readiness | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Senior Recruiting Manager, Advanced Effects | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, RMS | Anduril Industries | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, RMS | Anduril Industries | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Program Manager, Talent Acquisition | Perplexity | San Francisco | $180,000–$200,000 | $190K | Feed |
| Senior Recruiter, GTM & Business | Together AI | San Francisco | $165,000–$210,000 | $188K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter, AI/ML Research | Together AI | San Francisco | $165,000–$210,000 | $188K | Description |
| Executive Recruiter | Harvey | San Francisco | $157,000–$213,000 | $185K | Feed |
| Executive Recruiter | Harvey | New York | $157,000–$213,000 | $185K | Feed |
| Senior GTM Recruiter | SambaNova | Austin, Texas, United States +1 | $170,000–$200,000 | $185K | Description |
| Sr. Business Recruiter, Communications & Marketing | Perplexity | San Francisco | $165,000–$200,000 | $183K | Feed |
| Technical Recruiter, AI | Perplexity | San Francisco | $165,000–$200,000 | $183K | Feed |
| GTM Recruiter | Baseten | New York +1 | $160,000–$200,000 | $180K | Feed |
| Marketing Recruiter | Baseten | New York +1 | $160,000–$200,000 | $180K | Feed |
| Technical Recruiter | Etched | San Jose | $110,000–$250,000 | $180K | Feed |
| Technical Recruiter (Inference) | Etched | San Jose | $110,000–$250,000 | $180K | Feed |
| University Recruiter | Sierra | San Francisco, CA | $160,000–$200,000 | $180K | Feed |
| Talent Acquisition Operations, Program Manager | Waymo | Mountain View, CA, USA | $159,000–$196,000 | $178K | Description |
| Manager, Technical Recruiting | Crusoe | San Francisco, Ca - Us | $150,000–$200,000 | $175K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Harvey | San Francisco | $170,000–$180,000 | $175K | Feed |
| Senior Leadership Recruiter, Mission Readiness | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, Business Development | Anduril Industries | Seattle, Washington, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, Business Development | Anduril Industries | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, Business Development | Anduril Industries | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, Business Development | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, People | Anduril Industries | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, People | Anduril Industries | Seattle, Washington, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, People | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, People | Anduril Industries | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, R4R | Anduril Industries | Seattle, Washington, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, R4R | Anduril Industries | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, R4R | Anduril Industries | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, R4R | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Anduril Industries | Seattle, Washington, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Anduril Industries | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Anduril Industries | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Anduril Industries | Quincy, Massachusetts, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter, Hardware - Air Dominance and Strike | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter, Software - Air Dominance and Strike | Anduril Industries | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter, Software - Air Dominance and Strike | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Recruiter | Arc Institute | Palo Alto, CA | $150,000–$186,000 | $168K | Description |
| Sr. Technical Sourcer | Perplexity | San Francisco | $150,000–$185,000 | $168K | Feed |
| Technical Sourcer, AI | Perplexity | Palo Alto +1 | $150,000–$185,000 | $168K | Feed |
| Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, RMS | Anduril Industries | Remote | $143,000–$191,000 | $167K | Description |
| Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, RMS | Anduril Industries | Remote | $143,000–$191,000 | $167K | Description |
| Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, RMS | Anduril Industries | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | $143,000–$191,000 | $167K | Description |
| Sales Recruiter | Sierra | Atlanta, GA +2 | $130,000–$200,000 | $165K | Feed |
| Senior Recruiter, Emerging Talent | Abridge | SF Office | $155,000–$175,000 | $165K | Feed |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Abridge | SF Office | $155,000–$175,000 | $165K | Feed |
| Sr. Technical Recruiter (Starlink) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $145,000–$185,000 | $165K | Description |
| Senior Analyst, Recruiting Operations | Harvey | San Francisco | $131,300–$196,900 | $164K | Feed |
| Senior Technical Recruiter II | Crusoe | San Francisco, Ca - Us +1 | $145,000–$175,000 | $160K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter | Figure | San Jose, CA | $120,000–$200,000 | $160K | Description |
| Technical Sourcer | Cartesia | *HQ - San Francisco, CA | $140,000–$180,000 | $160K | Feed |
| Business Recruiter, GTM | Harvey | Boston | $126,400–$190,000 | $158K | Feed |
| Senior Technical Recruiter, Product & Design | Harvey | San Francisco | $126,400–$189,600 | $158K | Feed |
| Recruiting Sourcer, Business (GTM, Infrastructure Strategy & G&A) | Together AI | San Francisco | $125,000–$190,000 | $158K | Description |
| Senior Hardware Recruiter | Agility Robotics | Remote | $122,000–$190,000 | $156K | Description |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | Agility Robotics | Remote | $122,000–$190,000 | $156K | Description |
| Sr. Recruiter, Go-To-Market (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $135,000–$175,000 | $155K | Description |
| Sr. Recruiter, High Volume Manufacturing (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $135,000–$175,000 | $155K | Description |
| Sr. Technical Recruiter (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $135,000–$175,000 | $155K | Description |
| Senior Recruiter, Business Development | Anduril Industries | Remote | $113,000–$194,000 | $154K | Description |
| Sales Recruiter | Glean | San Francisco | $130,000–$175,000 | $153K | Description |
| AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition | Anduril Industries | Seattle, Washington, United States | $129,000–$171,000 | $150K | Description |
| AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition | Anduril Industries | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | $129,000–$171,000 | $150K | Description |
| AI Solutions Engineer, Talent Acquisition | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $129,000–$171,000 | $150K | Description |
| Recruiting Operations Program Manager | Baseten | San Francisco | $140,000–$160,000 | $150K | Feed |
| Sr. Technical Recruiter | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $115,000–$150,000 | $133K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter (Starlink) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $105,000–$150,000 | $128K | Description |
| Data Engineer - Talent Acquisition Operations | Palantir | New York, NY | $100,000–$145,000 | $123K | Description |
| Senior Technical Sourcer (Contract) | Agility Robotics | Remote | $93,000–$145,000 | $119K | Description |
| Recruiter, Go-To-Market (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $95,000–$140,000 | $118K | Description |
| Recruiter, High Volume Manufacturing (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $95,000–$140,000 | $118K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $95,000–$140,000 | $118K | Description |
| Recruiting Coordinator | Perplexity | San Francisco | $100,000–$125,000 | $113K | Feed |
| Technical Recruiter (Starlink) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $90,000–$135,000 | $113K | Description |
| Recruiting Coordinator (Contract) | Vercel | Hybrid - San Francisco | $96,000–$125,000 | $111K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter, IT | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $85,000–$135,000 | $110K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter, SG&A | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $85,000–$135,000 | $110K | Description |
| Technical Recruiter | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $85,000–$120,000 | $103K | Description |
| Recruiting Coordinator | Baseten | New York +1 | $80,000–$110,000 | $95K | Feed |
| Recruiting Coordinator | Together AI | San Francisco | $75,000–$110,000 | $93K | Description |
| Recruiting Coordinator | Harvey | New York | $80,000–$100,000 | $90K | Feed |
| Recruiting Coordinator | xAI (SpaceXSI) | Palo Alto, CA | $80,000–$100,000 | $90K | Description |
| Talent Acquisition Operations Coordinator | Anduril Industries | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | $68,000–$80,000 | $74K | Description |
| Talent Acquisition Operations Coordinator | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $68,000–$80,000 | $74K | Description |
All 116 listings with pay. Every listing with pay in the Jobs directory (the directory’s “shows pay” also includes hourly and other pay).
How these figures are computed
Method. Only pay employers disclose: the yearly U.S.-dollar base range in the employer’s job feed, or, when the feed gives none, a range stated in the employer’s own job description (labelled “description”). Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range (a listing with several location tiers spans its lowest to its highest figure). The median and the middle range (25th to 75th percentile) are of those midpoints. Listings are the current ones in the Jobs directory’s default view: a U.S. location, or no location that can be read.
Left out. Hourly, monthly, open-ended (“up to”), and non-dollar pay; ranges the employer labels as on-target earnings (base plus commission), bonus, equity, or total compensation; ranges with a lower end under $10,000 or an upper end over $2,000,000 a year (not plausible as a yearly base). Nothing is converted, annualized, or estimated. A group is shown only with at least 10 listings with pay.
Caveats. Posted ranges are what employers advertise, not what anyone is paid; many employers (and many states) post wide ranges, and listings without pay are not represented. Sales roles often state on-target earnings (base plus commission) without labelling them, so their figures may include commission. Role groups come from title rules, not job descriptions. There is no trend yet: USASI keeps no history of listings or pay, so each figure is for the listings current when this page was built.
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