Median salary
$200,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$165k – $243.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
39.4%
2,046 of 5,194 roles
Live roles
5,194
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Backend Engineer, AI
Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Mindrift
|
$156,000 | 55 |
OpenAI
|
$243,000 | 38 |
Handshake
|
$252,500 | 24 |
Databricks
|
$222,325 | 23 |
| SE Sezzle | $85,000 | 23 |
Motional
|
$200,500 | 22 |
Grafana Labs
|
$145,807 | 20 |
Reddit
|
$276,000 | 19 |
AI Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $226,750 | 466 |
| New York | $220,000 | 348 |
| Singapore | $212,980 | 7 |
| Seattle | $205,500 | 101 |
| Los Angeles | $200,000 | 33 |
| Chicago | $198,252 | 37 |
| Bangalore | $194,838 | 3 |
| Austin | $193,875 | 46 |
| Sydney | $190,000 | 3 |
| Toronto | $187,359 | 61 |
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How much do AI Engineer roles pay?
The median salary for AI Engineer roles is $200,000 per year. Most pay falls between $165,000 (25th percentile) and $243,453 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $120,361 to $289,611.
These figures are computed live from 5,194 active AI Engineer roles on JobsRadar, of which 2,046 (39.4%) 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 include Fora, Syntiant, 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.