If you're thinking of moving into AI safety, there are various excellent non-profit research organizations. They generally pay very well and some try to match AI lab salaries. They have generous compute budgets (and increasing fast).
Here's a quick list of those I'm most familiar with:
@redwood_ai
@ApolloResearch
@farairesearch
METR
ARC
UK AISI (UK Government, lower pay but very valuable)
Resolution
@CAIS
My organization ( will also run a hiring round soon.