Median salary
$222,325
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$180k – $265k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
50.5%
149 of 295 roles
Live roles
295
open right now
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The median salary for Prompt Engineer roles in New York is $222,325 per year. Most pay falls between $180,000 (25th percentile) and $265,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $141,350 to $316,000.
These figures are computed live from 295 active Prompt Engineer roles in New York on JobsRadar, of which 149 (50.5%) 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 in New York include Rain, Mercor, Anthropic and OpenAI.
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.