Side-by-side distribution
AI Engineer
$200,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 39.1%
- Live roles
- 5,349
BI Analyst
$107,750
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 25%
- Live roles
- 132
Highest-paying jobs
Lead Software Engineer, Generative AI
Senior Software Engineer, Generative AI
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
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)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Highest-paying jobs
Business Intelligence Analyst V
Principal Business Intelligence Analyst
Staff Business Intelligence Analyst
Sr Business Intelligence Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst – Product Analytics
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Business Intelligence Analyst II
Lead BI Developer
Lead BI Developer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Mindrift
|
$72,800 | 47 |
OpenAI
|
$247,000 | 36 |
Unity Technologies
|
$198,550 | 34 |
Pinterest
|
$260,867 | 22 |
Motional
|
$200,500 | 22 |
| SE Sezzle | $70,499 | 22 |
Handshake
|
$252,500 | 20 |
Databricks
|
$221,553 | 20 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Launch Potato
|
$135,000 | 6 |
| TT The Trade Desk | $146,200 | 3 |
|
ZoomInfo Technologies LLC
|
$160,290 | 2 |
PrizePicks
|
$102,500 | 2 |
|
GoGuardian
|
$187,500 | 1 |
|
Canarytechnologies
|
$160,000 | 1 |
|
Contentful
|
$148,000 | 1 |
Hone Health
|
$132,500 | 1 |
AI Engineer vs BI Analyst: which pays more?
The median for AI Engineer is $200,000 per year (typically $162,000–$237,500), versus $107,750 for BI Analyst ($91,875–$137,520). That puts AI Engineer about 86% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so AI Engineer and BI Analyst are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.