What is the average Vector databases salary?

$214K a year on average and $205K at the median, across 268 open Vector databases postings at 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 $180K to $248K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Vector databases pay?

Anthropic ($424K), Scale AI ($263K), Snorkel AI ($260K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a vector databases a high-paying job?

The median Vector databases posting advertises $205K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 18% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a vector databases?

A tenth of the postings offer $284K a year or more; the highest open Vector databases role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Vector databases salary per hour and per month?

The median of $205K a year is about $99 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $87 to $119 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Vector databases roles?

Postings that ask for LLM evaluation (+$15K, 41 postings), Infrastructure as code (+$15K, 39 postings), LangGraph (+$12K, 34 postings) advertise more than the $205K median of all Vector databases postings with pay.

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.

Vector databases Salary: $214K Average, $205K Median (Nov 2026)

Vector databases salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $252K, 28% more than senior roles ($196K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$196K	$185K–$215K	103
Lead and above	$252K	$223K–$280K	74
No level in the title	$186K	$150K–$220K	90

Vector databases salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$242K	100
🇺🇸California	$235K	113
🇺🇸Seattle, WA	$211K	15
🇺🇸United States	$207K	247
🇺🇸New York, NY	$202K	61

Skills that pay more for Vector databases roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
LLM evaluation	$220K	+$15K	41
Infrastructure as code	$220K	+$15K	39
LangGraph	$218K	+$12K	34
Kubernetes	$216K	+$11K	86
Go	$216K	+$11K	46

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$424K	4
Scale AI	$263K	14
Snorkel AI	$260K	3
Illumio	$256K	3
Invisible Technologies	$255K	3
Socure	$251K	4
Trm Labs	$236K	4
Okta	$235K	6
CoreWeave	$232K	3
LangChain	$220K	6
Pinecone	$198K	6
Zilliz	$198K	6
Databricks	$196K	11
Elastic	$193K	12
ClickHouse	$192K	7
Metropolis	$185K	4
Careers.azx.io	$185K	3
Artemis	$180K	13
Lovelytics	$160K	3
MongoDB	$154K	8
Dark Wolf Solutions	$148K	4
OneTrust	$146K	3
SpaceX	$142K	4

Highest-paying open Vector databases roles

All Vector databases jobs

Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Foundations, SearchOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$380K - $850KMachine LearningLLMVector databases17mo
Senior Staff Software Engineer, APIAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and aboveRustGoPython8mo
Staff+ Software Engineer, DatabasesAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveSQLPostgreSQLGCP4mo
Software Engineer, Database SystemsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KC++TerraformGCP15mo
Platform Engineering LeaderEve · 🇺🇸San Francisco (Hybrid); San Mateo, CA (Hybrid)$300K - $400KHybridVector databases4mo
Software Engineer, Applied AIShepherd · 🇺🇸San Francisco$170K - $400KTypeScriptReactNode.js3w
Senior Director, IT Product Management - GTM & Customer ExperienceRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$278K - $390KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsVector databases2mo
Principal Product Manager II, AI/Vectors - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇺🇸United States$200K - $379KLead and aboveAIElasticsearchVector databases2mo
Software Architect, AI Systems and PlatformOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$274K - $376KPythonTypeScriptReact3w
AI Engineer - Public SectorUnstructured · Remote$205K - $365KRemotePythonSQLDocker6mo
Principal Software Engineer, GenAI PlatformRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$329K - $362KLead and aboveRustGoPython2w
Senior Staff Frontier Agents EngineerScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; New York, NY$288K - $360KLead and abovePythonDockerTerraform6mo
Senior/Staff Applied AI Engineer - Enterprise AI SolutionsSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); U…$200K - $360KRemoteLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM5w
Senior Account Executive (Enterprise)Artemis · Remote$320K - $360KRemoteSeniorMachine LearningHubSpotAWS5w
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - StorageLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$267K - $356KHybridSeniorGoPythonSQL3mo
Principal AI ArchitectRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$254K - $356KLead and abovePythonJavaGCP6w
Staff Software Engineer, Behavior ML DataNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $352KLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning8mo
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search & IndexWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$312K - $351KHybridSeniorPythonMachine LearningAI5w
Principal + Staff Software EngineersUnstructured · Remote$200K - $350KRemoteLead and abovePythonPostgreSQLLLM6mo
Cloud AI Engineer (Legal & Compliance)Binance · 🇺🇸United States$186K - $347KLLMAIRAG4w

Questions about Vector databases pay

What is the average Vector databases salary?: $214K a year on average and $205K at the median, across 268 open Vector databases postings at 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 $180K to $248K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Vector databases pay?: Anthropic ($424K), Scale AI ($263K), Snorkel AI ($260K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a vector databases a high-paying job?: The median Vector databases posting advertises $205K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 18% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a vector databases?: A tenth of the postings offer $284K a year or more; the highest open Vector databases role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Vector databases salary per hour and per month?: The median of $205K a year is about $99 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $87 to $119 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Vector databases roles?: Postings that ask for LLM evaluation (+$15K, 41 postings), Infrastructure as code (+$15K, 39 postings), LangGraph (+$12K, 34 postings) advertise more than the $205K median of all Vector databases postings with pay.
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.

Vector databases salary: $205K median