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Policy, Compliance & Trust and Safety Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 292 open roles at 104 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$159K

Median

$205K

75th percentile

$248K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $54K, highest $570K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Head of Accounting PolicySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$385K–$570K
VP, Global Head of Trust & SafetyHybridCloudflare$325K–$447K
IT Software Architect, SaaS Enablement and GovernanceSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$445K
Engineering Manager, Fraud & ComplianceSan FranciscoMercor$250K–$400K
Head of Policy Design, Societal HarmsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$330K–$395K
Product Manager, Multi-Cloud Trust & SafetySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$305K–$385K
Software Engineer - Privacy & ComplianceSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$385K
Research Lead, Policy CommunicationsSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$385K
Data Scientist, PolicyNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; Washington, DCAnthropic$285K–$380K
VP, Enterprise Risk & Compliance Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WACoreWeave$350K–$375K
Senior Staff / Staff Software Engineer, Trust & SafetyChicago, IL, USA; San Francisco, CA, USAChime$223K–$373K
Software Engineer, Trust & SafetySan FranciscoSuno Studio$229K–$364K
Global Public PolicySan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$300K–$360K
Product PolicySan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$300K–$360K
Senior Director, Policy CommunicationsSan Mateo, CA, United States; Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesRoblox$294K–$351K
Software Engineer, Privacy & Data GovernanceSan Jose, CAFigure AI$150K–$350K
Director, Government Affairs & Public PolicyNew YorkHarvey$260K–$350K
Director, Government Affairs & Public PolicySan FranciscoHarvey$260K–$350K
Governance, Risk and Compliance LeadSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$225K–$350K
Director of Product ComplianceSan Mateo, California, United StatesSkydio$230K–$348K
Sanctions Compliance LeadSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$270K–$345K
Security Risk & Compliance, Agent SecuritySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$255K–$345K
Security Risk & Compliance, Data Centers & ComputeSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$270K–$345K
Principal Engineer I, Governance Remote, United StatesConfluent$285K–$342K
Staff Data Scientist, Trust and SafetySan Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$165K–$339K
Senior Staff Regulatory and Compliance Systems EngineerMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USAWaymo$272K–$336K
Director of Product, Governance & ComplianceRemote U.S.Vanta (California)$286K–$336K
Model Policy Manager, Agentic Safety San FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$335K
Senior Product Policy Lead, Regulation San FranciscoOpenAI$302K–$335K
Model Policy Manager, Multimodal SafetySan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$335K
Model Policy Manager, National SecuritySan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$335K
VP of Product Management, Trust & Safety, Match GroupWest Hollywood, CaliforniaMatch Group$300K–$335K
Program Manager, Safeguards Policy, Enforcement, and Threat IntelligenceSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$285K–$330K
Senior Safeguards Policy Lead, Cyber HarmsWashington, DCAnthropic$285K–$330K
Lead - US Government Affairs & Public PolicyWashington, DCCohere$175K–$330K
Research Program Manager, GovernanceSan FranciscoOpenAI$239K–$328K
Chief Compliance Officer, Cash App InvestingBay Area, CA, United States of AmericaBlock$218K–$327K
Senior Data Scientist, Monetary PolicySan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$264K–$323K
Sr. Manager, Ads Product PolicySan Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$156K–$322K
Senior / Staff Data Scientist, Trust & SafetySan FranciscoSuno Studio$220K–$320K
Integrated Marketing Lead, Brand & PolicySan FranciscoOpenAI$287K–$318K
Senior Principal Data Strategy & Governance ManagerHybridCloudflare$230K–$317K
Associate General Counsel, Privacy & ComplianceAustin, Texas, United States; South San Francisco, California, United StatesNeuralink$190K–$316K
Applied AI Architect, International PolicySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$240K–$315K
Senior Director, Product ComplianceNew York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CAFlex (Financial Services)$252K–$315K
Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & GovernanceMountain View, California; San Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$229K–$314K
Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Unity Catalog Data GovernanceBellevue, WashingtonDatabricks$217K–$312K
Machine Learning Engineer, Trust & SafetyHybrid - San Francisco, New York CityVercel$208K–$312K
Software Engineer, Trust & SafetyHybrid - San Francisco, New York CityVercel$208K–$312K
Data Scientist, Trust & SafetyFoster City, CAReplit$210K–$310K
Model Governance Lead, CreditSan Francisco HQPlaid$208K–$307K
Director, UCC & Tax Lien ComplianceRemote, United StatesToast$190K–$304K
Sr. Counsel, Privacy ComplianceBellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Seattle, Washington; Washington, D.C.Databricks$220K–$302K
Tax Director, Provision & ComplianceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$230K–$300K
Product Manager, Trust & Safety San FranciscoMercor$160K–$300K
Head of Data Science - Identity & ComplianceHybrid - San Francisco, CASocure$250K–$300K
Director, SOX Compliance (R5388)United StatesShield AI$170K–$300K
Staff Engineer, AI Operations & Governance, Workplace AI (R5428)RemoteShield AI$200K–$300K
Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & GovernanceBellevue, Washington; Seattle, WashingtonDatabricks$217K–$299K
Senior Manager, Digital Securities & Market Structure PolicyRemote - USACoinbase$253K–$297K
Engineering Manager, Trust & SafetySan FranciscoVapi$264K–$297K
Senior Payments Compliance ManagerSan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$246K–$296K
Digital Campaigns, Policy AdvocacySan Francisco, CA | Washington, DCAnthropic$265K–$295K
Policy Communications Manager, Responsible Scaling, Security, and GovernanceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$265K–$295K
Senior Director, Enterprise ComplianceNew York, New York, United StatesOscar Health$219K–$287K
Group Product Manager, Compliance Agent ExperienceRemote - USACoinbase$244K–$287K
Group Product Manager, Compliance AutomationRemote - USACoinbase$244K–$287K
Policy Design Manager, Conventional WeaponsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$245K–$285K
Product Policy Manager, Product RiskRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$245K–$285K
Senior Manager - Data & AI GovernanceSan Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within United StatesMercury Technologies$226K–$282K
Engineering Manager, Governance IntelligenceBellevue, Washington; San Francisco, CaliforniaOkta$204K–$281K
Engineering Manager, Okta Identity GovernanceSan Francisco, CaliforniaOkta$204K–$281K
Product Manager, Agent Security & GovernanceSan Francisco, CAGlean$160K–$280K
Product Manager, Agent Security & GovernanceMountain View, CAGlean$160K–$280K
Trust & Safety Ads Operations Analyst, ProgramsSan FranciscoOpenAI$252K–$280K
Aviation Compliance LeadSan Mateo, California, United StatesSkydio$220K–$280K
Quantitative Analytics Manager, Affirm Bank Model GovernanceRemote USAffirm$220K–$280K
Staff Software Engineer, Data Governance & FoundationsUnited States - RemoteInstacart$265K–$280K
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager - FedRAMPSan FranciscoDecagon$190K–$275K
Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager - PrivacySan FranciscoDecagon$190K–$275K
Director of Governance, Risk, and ComplianceNew York CityEliseAI$200K–$275K
Senior AI Governance CounselNew YorkAdyen$210K–$275K
Engineering Manager, Tax ComplianceNew York, New YorkJustworks$212K–$274K
Staff Software Engineer - Data GovernanceSan Francisco HQPlaid$208K–$274K
Trust and Safety Policy, Ads Policy, LeadRemote - United StatesReddit$168K–$272K
Senior Compliance Program Manager, Political LawSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$255K–$270K
US Public Sector Compliance, Security GRCSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$255K–$270K
Senior Backend Engineer, Compliance EngineeringRemote - United StatesReddit$191K–$267K
Policy Advocacy - Political ResearchSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$230K–$265K
Policy Research, Strategic AdvisorySan Francisco, CAAnthropic$230K–$265K
GTM Strategy & Operations, PolicySan FranciscoOpenAI$239K–$265K
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Vehicle Interaction & Behavior Policy MLMountain View, California, USAWaymo$213K–$263K
Head of Growth, Scheme ComplianceNew York; San FranciscoAdyen$195K–$263K
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & SafetyNew York, NYSpotify$184K–$263K
Staff Data Scientist - Trust and SafetySan Francisco, CaliforniaDatabricks$192K–$260K
Lead Compliance Risk Manager, Product Compliance - AISan Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United StatesMercury Technologies$208K–$260K
Director, Global People Operations & ComplianceRemote, Canada; Remote, United StatesGitLab$153K–$259K
Senior Software Engineer, Trust & SafetyChicago, IL, USA; San Francisco, CA, USAChime$164K–$259K
Senior Director, Enterprise ComplianceTempe, Arizona, United StatesOscar Health$197K–$258K
Senior Director, Enterprise ComplianceDallas, Texas, United StatesOscar Health$197K–$258K
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