AI Engineer salaries in New York.
What AI Engineer roles in New York pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$220,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$187.3k – $253.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
75.8%
348 of 459 roles
Live roles
459
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Senior/Staff Full Stack Engineer, Applied AI
Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk
Backend Engineer, AI
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
ML/Research Engineer, Safeguards
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| SA Scale AI | $281,475 | 14 |
|
Anthropic
|
$435,000 | 8 |
OpenAI
|
$239,000 | 7 |
Jump Trading
|
$300,000 | 6 |
Traba
|
$220,000 | 6 |
Handshake
|
$252,500 | 5 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 5 |
Commure
|
$205,000 | 5 |
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How much do AI Engineer roles in New York pay?
The median salary for AI Engineer roles in New York is $220,000 per year. Most pay falls between $187,250 (25th percentile) and $253,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $160,000 to $297,900.
These figures are computed live from 459 active AI Engineer roles in New York on JobsRadar, of which 348 (75.8%) 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 in New York include Fora, Rain, Anthropic and Roku.
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.