Where the AI money sits
For every AI-relevant role we’ve seen with a disclosed comp range, plot the median pay against the stack layer it sits on. The further left a bubble, the closer to the model itself; the further right, the closer to a shipped feature. Bubble area ∝ how many roles fell in that cell.
Reading the chart
- Stack stage reads left-to-right as an assembly line — raw material at the left, shipped product at the right. The further left, the closer to the model itself; the further right, the closer to a customer-facing feature. See the stage model explainer for what each stage actually ships.
- Function separates Engineering, Research, and Product tracks — the same stage often pays differently for each.
- Click a bubble to see the underlying roles, sorted by comp.