AI Engineer
$200,455
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▲ +4.1%
$192,500
$200,455
$165.4k
25th
$200.5k
Median
$243.8k
75th
$123.2k
$289.8k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $5k – $1,000k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 38.5%
- Live roles
- 5,105
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
OpenAI
|
$239,000 | 37 |
Mindrift
|
$312,000 | 31 |
Handshake
|
$252,500 | 22 |
Databricks
|
$224,163 | 22 |
Motional
|
$200,500 | 21 |
Pinterest
|
$265,928 | 20 |
Reddit
|
$276,000 | 19 |
Applied Intuition
|
$173,500 | 18 |
AI Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | $250,000 | 4 |
| San Francisco | $229,756 | 466 |
| New York | $220,000 | 350 |
| Seattle | $205,500 | 97 |
| Los Angeles | $200,000 | 33 |
| Chicago | $197,500 | 36 |
| Austin | $196,000 | 44 |
| Bangalore | $194,838 | 3 |
| Sydney | $190,000 | 3 |
| Toronto | $187,500 | 59 |