AI Engineer salaries in Austin.
What AI Engineer roles in Austin pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$196,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$162.5k – $250k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
44.2%
42 of 95 roles
Live roles
95
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Sr Engineer, AI Kernel
AI/ML Physical Design Flow Engineer
Sr. Engineer, Software - AI Compiler
Software Engineer, AI Compiler
Lead Machine Learning Inference Engineer, Advertising
Senior Software Engineer - AI Interaction Evaluator (Codex / Claude Code, up to $200/hr)
Senior Python Engineer - AI Coding Agent Evaluation (Freelance)
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
HackerOne
|
$210,000 | 5 |
|
Tenstorrent
|
$300,000 | 4 |
Striveworks
|
$216,250 | 4 |
BetterUp
|
$170,000 | 3 |
Fivetran
|
$213,743 | 2 |
SpyCloud
|
$198,000 | 2 |
| SE SecurityScorecard | $181,250 | 2 |
Iterable
|
$176,875 | 2 |
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How much do AI Engineer roles in Austin pay?
The median salary for AI Engineer roles in Austin is $196,000 per year. Most pay falls between $162,500 (25th percentile) and $250,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $145,350 to $300,000.
These figures are computed live from 95 active AI Engineer roles in Austin on JobsRadar, of which 42 (44.2%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid AI Engineer roles in Austin include Tenstorrent, Roku, G2i Inc. and Mindrift.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.