AI Engineer
$185,000
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▼ -3.9%
$192,500
$185,000
$145k
25th
$185k
Median
$228.9k
75th
$105.2k
$275k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $5.3k – $1,000k · outliers off-axis
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 144 |
Mindrift
|
$76,960 | 77 |
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 |
AI Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $229,800 | 519 |
| New York | $212,500 | 483 |
| Seattle | $204,000 | 187 |
| Los Angeles | $203,625 | 64 |
| Boston | $196,000 | 137 |
| Singapore | $187,200 | 9 |
| Denver | $185,500 | 64 |
| Austin | $180,675 | 98 |
| Atlanta | $174,828 | 70 |
| London | $167,012 | 54 |