Median salary
$225,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$197.5k – $260k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
75.4%
338 of 448 roles
Live roles
448
open right now
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Software Engineer, ML Networking
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
Software Engineer, Applied AI
Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Safeguards Research
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| SA Scale AI | $232,360 | 14 |
Anthropic
|
$425,000 | 11 |
LangChain
|
$177,500 | 7 |
Databricks
|
$224,163 | 6 |
FanDuel
|
$183,975 | 6 |
Jump Trading
|
$300,000 | 5 |
Figma
|
$264,500 | 5 |
OpenAI
|
$264,500 | 5 |
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The median salary for AI Engineer roles in New York is $225,000 per year. Most pay falls between $197,500 (25th percentile) and $260,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $160,000 to $300,000.
These figures are computed live from 448 active AI Engineer roles in New York on JobsRadar, of which 338 (75.4%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid AI Engineer roles in New York include Fora, Anthropic, Roku and Mercor.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.