Median salary
$192,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$150k – $229.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
24%
8,216 of 34,288 roles
Live roles
34,288
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Electro-Mechanical Test Engineer
Customer Engineering Lead
Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk
Backend Engineer, AI
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Pre-training
Research Engineer, Safeguards Labs
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Performance Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 1,070 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 262 |
Air Apps
|
$71,586 | 174 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 148 |
Databricks
|
$214,700 | 143 |
Snowflake
|
$235,000 | 127 |
Verkada
|
$205,000 | 73 |
Okta
|
$190,000 | 73 |
AI Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 2,147 |
| Seattle | $222,000 | 421 |
| New York | $213,500 | 1,352 |
| Sydney | $205,000 | 13 |
| Boston | $192,500 | 295 |
| Los Angeles | $190,000 | 93 |
| Austin | $190,000 | 146 |
| Chicago | $180,000 | 141 |
| Denver | $172,150 | 99 |
| Singapore | $157,803 | 26 |
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How much do AI Engineer roles pay?
The median salary for AI Engineer roles is $192,500 per year. Most pay falls between $150,000 (25th percentile) and $229,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $112,500 to $277,500.
These figures are computed live from 34,288 active AI Engineer roles on JobsRadar, of which 8,216 (24%) 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 include Anduril Industries, Rain and Anthropic.
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.