AI Engineer
$201,325
median · per year, annualized USD
Median over time
▲ +4.6%
$192,500
$201,325
$163.2k
25th
$201.3k
Median
$246k
75th
$120k
$292.1k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $5k – $1,000k · outliers off-axis
- Disclosing
- 36.4%
- Live roles
- 5,240
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 33 |
Databricks
|
$222,325 | 23 |
Anduril Industries
|
$222,000 | 21 |
Nuro
|
$242,540 | 19 |
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Anthropic
|
$425,000 | 17 |
Torc Robotics
|
$195,050 | 17 |
XPENG
|
$257,688 | 16 |
| SA Scale AI | $232,360 | 16 |
AI Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | $250,000 | 7 |
| San Francisco | $227,500 | 441 |
| New York | $222,325 | 338 |
| Boston | $215,000 | 71 |
| Seattle | $210,000 | 102 |
| Austin | $208,750 | 30 |
| Los Angeles | $206,300 | 33 |
| Chicago | $200,000 | 29 |
| Atlanta | $183,975 | 13 |
| Denver | $181,908 | 20 |