Median salary
$198,750
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$180k – $243.2k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
28.4%
25 of 88 roles
Live roles
88
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Machine Learning Engineer, Speech LLM Training - San Francisco
Principal Machine Learning Engineer- LLM Fine-tuning and Optimization
Machine Learning Engineer, Model Evaluations (Speech LLM) - San Francisco
Machine Learning Engineer, Inference & Serving (Speech LLM) - San Francisco
Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Evals & Observability
Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Evals & Observability
Principal LLM Inference Engineer
Staff Attack Engineer, AI/LLM
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Plaud
|
$282,500 | 3 |
|
Glean
|
$250,000 | 2 |
Zscaler
|
$167,750 | 2 |
|
Airbnb
|
$328,500 | 1 |
|
Horizon3 AI
|
$249,000 | 1 |
LVT
|
$242,650 | 1 |
|
d-Matrix
|
$240,000 | 1 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 1 |
Prompt Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $250,000 | 7 |
| New York | $197,500 | 3 |
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How much do Prompt Engineer roles pay?
The median salary for Prompt Engineer roles is $198,750 per year. Most pay falls between $180,000 (25th percentile) and $243,238 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $149,700 to $272,750.
These figures are computed live from 88 active Prompt Engineer roles on JobsRadar, of which 25 (28.4%) 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 Prompt Engineer roles include Plaud, Airbnb, Glean and d-Matrix.
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.