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NLP salary: $223K median

From 118 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

$223Kmedian advertised salary
$187K – $261Kmiddle half of roles
$225Kaverage advertised salary
118roles counted

NLP salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $258K, 20% more than senior roles ($215K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$215K$192K–$248K42
Lead and above$258K$235K–$286K31
No level in title$214K$160K–$258K42

NLP salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$250K50
🇺🇸California$245K53
🇺🇸New York$233K18
🇺🇸United States$222K107

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Cohere$280K5
Reddit$276K3
Epic Games$266K3
Figma$264K3
Cresta$238K3
Coinbase$237K3
Pinterest$224K7
Scale AI$220K3
Airbnb$218K3
Deepgram$212K6
MongoDB$187K3
1Password$118K12

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Questions about NLP pay

What is the average NLP salary?
$225K a year on average and $223K at the median, across 118 open NLP postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?
The middle half of the postings offer $187K to $261K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest NLP pay?
Cohere ($280K), Reddit ($276K), Epic Games ($266K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Where do these figures come from?
From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

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