Median salary
$194,874
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$148.6k – $235k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
20.4%
656 of 3,209 roles
Live roles
3,209
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Backend Engineer, AI
Vice President, Engineering and AI Innovations
Security Engineer, Application Security
ML/Research Engineer, Safeguards
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Products
Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference
Staff+ Software Engineer, Full-stack
Software Engineer, Claude Design
Top companies hiring
Sierra
Box
Samsara
Harvey
Replit
Celonis
Prompt Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | $307,776 | 5 |
| Dublin | $291,130 | 4 |
| Seattle | $240,000 | 32 |
| San Francisco | $225,000 | 195 |
| New York | $222,325 | 149 |
| Atlanta | $190,800 | 4 |
| Los Angeles | $189,000 | 14 |
| Boston | $185,875 | 26 |
| Denver | $182,250 | 10 |
| Austin | $180,000 | 19 |
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How much do Prompt Engineer roles pay?
The median salary for Prompt Engineer roles is $194,874 per year. Most pay falls between $148,579 (25th percentile) and $235,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $112,108 to $281,250.
These figures are computed live from 3,209 active Prompt Engineer roles on JobsRadar, of which 656 (20.4%) 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 Prompt Engineer roles include Rain, Five9, Mercor 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.