Side-by-side distribution
AI Engineer
$200,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 38.8%
- Live roles
- 5,113
BI Analyst
$108,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 21%
- Live roles
- 124
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk
Backend Engineer, AI
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Senior AI Security Engineer II
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Business Intelligence Analyst
Sr Business Intelligence Analyst-Analytics Engineering
Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst – Product Analytics
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Lead BI/Data/Web Developer
Lead BI Developer
Lead BI Developer
Lead BI Developer
OpenAI
Mindrift
Handshake
Databricks
Motional
Reddit
Pinterest
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Launch Potato
|
$135,000 | 6 |
|
ZoomInfo Technologies LLC
|
$160,290 | 2 |
Viral Nation Inc.
|
$80,000 | 2 |
| IC Impact.com | $180,000 | 1 |
|
Canarytechnologies
|
$160,000 | 1 |
|
Contentful
|
$148,000 | 1 |
| TT The Trade Desk | $146,200 | 1 |
|
TEGNA Inc.
|
$142,500 | 1 |
AI Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | $250,000 | 4 |
| San Francisco | $229,225 | 464 |
| New York | $220,000 | 350 |
| Seattle | $205,500 | 95 |
| Chicago | $205,000 | 37 |
| Los Angeles | $200,000 | 33 |
| Bangalore | $194,838 | 3 |
| Austin | $194,500 | 45 |
| Sydney | $190,000 | 3 |
| Toronto | $187,359 | 61 |
BI Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $135,000 | 7 |
AI Engineer vs BI Analyst: which pays more?
The median for AI Engineer is $200,000 per year (typically $165,000–$243,109), versus $108,000 for BI Analyst ($87,500–$145,080). That puts AI Engineer about 85% 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.