Side-by-side distribution
AI Engineer
$182,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 33.6%
- Live roles
- 9,749
BI Analyst
$105,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 31.4%
- Live roles
- 369
Highest-paying jobs
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Software Engineer - AI
Machine Learning Engineer ($400k - $600k salary)
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Business Intelligence & Reporting Analyst, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Jersey City, NJ:
Senior HCM Analytics & BI Developer
Air and Missile Defense Data Visualization Analyst
Staff Business Intelligence Analyst (Finance)
Senior Director, Data Analysis (BI Shared Analyst Team)
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst - Finance & Accounting
Business Intelligence Analyst
Business Intelligence Analyst
Senior Manager, Salesforce Business Intelligence Developer-Commercial
Senior Business Intelligence & Automation Analyst
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 144 |
Mindrift
|
$76,960 | 96 |
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$162,000 | 76 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 39 |
SpaceX
|
$145,000 | 35 |
General Motors
|
$203,125 | 34 |
Thomson Reuters
|
$204,200 | 30 |
|
CACI
|
$148,825 | 30 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Launch Potato
|
$135,000 | 6 |
Horizon Media
|
$91,250 | 4 |
| PA PacificSource | $87,576 | 4 |
|
CACI
|
$139,950 | 3 |
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,750 | 3 |
COUNTRY Financial
|
$105,925 | 3 |
|
Block
|
$169,000 | 2 |
Sutter Health
|
$134,046 | 2 |
AI Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $230,000 | 520 |
| New York | $212,000 | 485 |
| Seattle | $204,500 | 188 |
| Los Angeles | $203,625 | 64 |
| Boston | $196,000 | 137 |
| Singapore | $187,200 | 9 |
| Denver | $185,500 | 64 |
| Austin | $180,350 | 99 |
| Atlanta | $174,657 | 69 |
| London | $168,339 | 53 |
AI Engineer vs BI Analyst: which pays more?
The median for AI Engineer is $182,500 per year (typically $146,500–$225,184), versus $105,000 for BI Analyst ($84,976–$128,063). That puts AI Engineer about 74% 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.