Side-by-side distribution
AI Engineer
$201,097
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 36.4%
- Live roles
- 5,252
BI Analyst
$115,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 22.3%
- Live roles
- 112
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Software Engineer, ML Networking
AI Product Engineer
Senior AI Fullstack Engineer
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Business Intelligence Analyst (Finance)
Principal Business Intelligence Analyst
Business Intelligence Analyst
Sr Business Intelligence Analyst-Analytics Engineering
Business Intelligence Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Staff Business Intelligence Data Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst – Product Analytics
Director, Data Analyst/BI Engineer
Business Intelligence Analyst, RTB
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 33 |
Databricks
|
$222,325 | 23 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 21 |
Nuro
|
$242,540 | 19 |
|
Anthropic
|
$425,000 | 17 |
Torc Robotics
|
$195,050 | 17 |
XPENG
|
$257,688 | 16 |
| SA Scale AI | $232,360 | 16 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
ZoomInfo Technologies LLC
|
$160,290 | 2 |
|
Divergent
|
$193,885 | 1 |
|
Block
|
$169,000 | 1 |
|
Canarytechnologies
|
$160,000 | 1 |
| DE DEPT® | $156,700 | 1 |
RxSense
|
$155,000 | 1 |
|
Agility Robotics
|
$153,500 | 1 |
|
Jamf
|
$146,500 | 1 |
AI Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | $250,000 | 7 |
| San Francisco | $225,900 | 441 |
| New York | $222,325 | 338 |
| Boston | $215,000 | 71 |
| Seattle | $210,000 | 101 |
| Austin | $208,750 | 30 |
| Los Angeles | $206,300 | 33 |
| Chicago | $200,000 | 29 |
| Atlanta | $183,975 | 13 |
| Denver | $181,908 | 20 |
BI Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $126,830 | 6 |
AI Engineer vs BI Analyst: which pays more?
The median for AI Engineer is $201,097 per year (typically $164,350–$245,000), versus $115,000 for BI Analyst ($88,530–$153,500). That puts AI Engineer about 75% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so AI Engineer and BI Analyst are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.