FDE salary guide (2026)
Compensation bands derived directly from public ATS postings on FDE Jobs List as of 2026-06-01. Every number on this page is sourced from a live employer-published listing, not invented or estimated.
How to read this page
The bands below are the min and max base-salary numbers any FDE-tagged posting at that company published in its public ATS feed. Single postings rarely span the full band on their own; the aggregate represents the breadth of seniority levels and geographies the company is currently hiring across.
"Not disclosed" means the company chose not to surface compensation in the public ATS payload. Reference sites like Levels.fyi aggregate self-reported offer data for the same companies and are useful when employer-published bands aren't available — but those numbers are not on this page because we don't republish unverified data.
Employer-published bands (FDE Jobs List corpus, 2026-06-01)
| Company | FDE postings tracked | Published band (USD base, range across postings) | See roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | 65 | $137K–$555K | OpenAI jobs |
| Writer | 4 | $132K–$185K | Writer jobs |
| Decagon | 2 | $185K–$280K | Decagon jobs |
| Sierra | 1 | $230K–$390K | Sierra jobs |
| Palantir | 79 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Palantir jobs |
| Anthropic | 31 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Anthropic jobs |
| Cohere | 16 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Cohere jobs |
| Scale AI | 12 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Scale AI jobs |
| Snorkel AI | 7 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Snorkel AI jobs |
| Cursor | 6 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Cursor jobs |
| Labelbox | 5 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Labelbox jobs |
| Notion | 4 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Notion jobs |
| Together AI | 2 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Together AI jobs |
| Helsing | 1 | Not disclosed in public ATS | Helsing jobs |
Bands above reflect base-salary numbers only. Total compensation (base + equity + variable) is typically higher; equity values are not published in ATS payloads and not estimated on this page.
What drives the range
Three variables move FDE base bands most: level (IC4 vs IC6 swings comp materially), geography (SF and NYC sit at the top of US bands; non-US offices typically come in 15–35% below), and customer segment (government, defense, and high-touch enterprise can carry premium adjustments).
Why disclosure varies
OpenAI publishes bands because California, Colorado, Washington, and New York all require salary ranges in postings — and OpenAI lists in those jurisdictions. Palantir, Anthropic, and Scale AI list in those jurisdictions too but route comp disclosure through recruiter conversations rather than ATS payloads.
Refresh the underlying data: this page rebuilds from the same live jobs corpus on each deploy.