Median salary
$194,670
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$168.3k – $237.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
30.2%
32 of 106 roles
Live roles
106
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, Inference & Serving (Speech LLM) - San Francisco
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - LLM Quantization & Deployment
Senior Research Engineer, LLM Training & Post-Training
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - LLM Quantization & Deployment
Intermediate/ Senior Software Engineer - Cortex LLM Training Platform
Senior Staff LLM Inference Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Otter.ai
|
$207,500 | 3 |
|
Plaud
|
$280,000 | 2 |
|
XPENG
|
$262,500 | 2 |
Censys
|
$179,000 | 2 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$151,800 | 2 |
Five9
|
$150,675 | 2 |
|
Airbnb
|
$328,500 | 1 |
Horizon3 AI
|
$249,000 | 1 |
Prompt Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $237,500 | 5 |
| New York | $226,000 | 3 |
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How much do Prompt Engineer roles pay?
The median salary for Prompt Engineer roles is $194,670 per year. Most pay falls between $168,300 (25th percentile) and $237,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $130,440 to $280,000.
These figures are computed live from 106 active Prompt Engineer roles on JobsRadar, of which 32 (30.2%) 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, XPENG and Lightning AI.
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average Prompt Engineer salary?
- The median is $194,670 per year, with most pay between $168,300 and $237,500 (25th–75th percentile), based on 32 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the Prompt Engineer salary range?
- Pay ranges from about $130,440 to $280,000 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $194,670. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.