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AI Architect salary

6 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for AI architect roles at mid level across the United States: 34 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $154,099 and $234,375, with a median of $180,500.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $180,500 and senior $204,139. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 13% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 4 of the 6 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

AI Architect pay by specialization

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Live AI architect roles by AI and machine learning function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.

Every measured range

6 by market and level
MarketLevelMarket rangeMedianSample
United States · country-wide Mid $154,099 – $234,375 $180,500 34
United States · country-wide Senior $163,622 – $230,625 $204,139 22
Remote · United States Mid $155,000 – $218,975 $156,537 9hint
Remote · United States Senior $180,075 – $219,653 $203,277 7hint
New York Mid $165,000 – $304,150 $277,500 5hint
San Francisco Mid $240,125 – $270,500 $248,750 6hint

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

Pay by market

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Open AI architect roles · 57 with stated pay

Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.

this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $135,575–$315,000scale $80,000–$450,000

AI Architect Axiscapital · Halifax New CA$80,000–CA$100,000 today AI Architect – US Remote Goldstone Partners, Inc. · Remote · US New $150,000–$200,000 today Principal AI Architect - Director Citi · New York New York United States New $170,000–$300,000 1d ago Principal AI Architect Clera · Remote · US New $270,000–$330,000 1d ago Senior AI Architect - Computer Vision Gevernova · Greenville New $113,200–$188,800 1d ago AI Architect - SaaS GTM Tech & Analytics | IC4 LinkedIn · Sunnyvale New $141,000–$231,000 1d ago Applied AI Architect, Cyber Specialist Anthropic · San Francisco $300,000–$400,000 6d ago Expert AI Architect Sensata · Attleboro $181,600–$249,700 7d ago Enterprise Data and AI Architect, Vice President MUFG · Jersey City $172,000–$191,000 8d ago Service Now AI Architect McKesson · CAN CA$99,100–CA$132,100 8d ago Applied AI Architect, Beneficial Deployments (Life Sciences Community & Enablement) Anthropic · San Francisco $275,000–$315,000 2w ago AI Architect (Microsoft AI & Automation) Synechron · Piscataway $145,000–$160,000 2w ago Principal AI Architect Ecolab · Naperville $166,300–$249,600 2w ago AI Architect - Hybrid in Charlotte, NC NTT DATA · Charlotte $102,675–$165,799 2w ago Principal Enterprise AI Architect / Healthcare & Life Sciences Super Micro Computer · San Jose $210,000–$255,000 2w ago Principal Enterprise AI Architect / Financial Services Super Micro Computer · San Jose $210,000–$255,000 2w ago AI Architect – US Remote Goldstone Partners, Inc. · Remote · US $150,000–$200,000 2w ago AI Architect (Technical Staff) Iawmqy · Austin $224,000–$308,000 3w ago Applied AI Architect, International Policy Anthropic · San Francisco $240,000–$315,000 3w ago Principal AI Architect Rubrik Job Board · Palo Alto $254,300–$356,300 3w ago Senior AI Architect Sia · Charlotte $117,300–$121,400 3w ago Agentic AI Architect Broadcom · USA-TX-Austin - River Place B7 $129,400–$207,000 3w ago Staff AI Architect, Remote Experian · Remote · US $115,747–$208,344 4w ago AI Architect - Senior AI Engineer - Agentic Systems (Remote) NTT DATA · Remote · US $122,648–$283,906 4w ago Applied AI Architect, Public Sector Anthropic · Washington $240,000–$315,000 4w ago Applied AI Architect, Startups Anthropic · London £165,000–£190,000 4w ago AI Architect Deloitteie · Dublin €91,500 4w ago AI Architect (Hybrid) RTX · US-CT-FARMINGTON-0004 ~ 4 Farm Springs Rd ~ 4 FARM SPRINGS $132,400–$251,600 4w ago Applied AI Architect, Retail OpenAI · San Francisco $217,000–$276,000 5w ago Service Now AI Architect McKesson (Sourcer On Req) · CAN CA$99,100–CA$132,100 5w ago Applied AI Architect, Healthcare & Life Sciences OpenAI · San Francisco $221,000–$278,000 5w ago Enterprise AI Architect Distyl AI · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 5w ago AI Architect - Irving Fa Ertb Saasfaprod1 · United States $62,000–$217,000 5w ago AI Architect - Copilot & Agentic AI Atos · Irving $105,000–$135,000 5w ago AI Architect - GTM NTT DATA · Plano $184,376–$426,798 5w ago Lead AI Architect McKesson · CAN CA$122,100–CA$162,800 6w ago Senior AI Architect Sia · San Francisco $136,800–$142,200 6w ago Senior AI Architect Sia · New York $130,600–$135,700 6w ago AI Architect - Media Dolby Laboratories · Atlanta $176,000–$215,000 7w ago Applied AI Architect, Government OpenAI · Washington $234,000–$335,000 7w ago Applied AI Architect, Startups Anthropic · San Francisco $240,000–$315,000 7w ago Applied AI Architect, Strategic Enterprise Tech Anthropic · San Francisco $240,000–$380,000 8w ago Applied AI Architect, Perplexity Computer Perplexity · San Francisco $200,000–$250,000 8w ago Cloud Platforms and Agentic AI Architect Bah · Atlanta $142,900–$266,000 8w ago Applied AI Architect, Industries Anthropic · London £165,000–£190,000 2mo ago AI Architect (1272) Axtria · Berkeley Heights $131,200–$205,425 2mo ago Principal AI Architect LPL Financial · Fort Mill/Charlotte $155,942–$259,869 2mo ago Applied AI Architect, Enterprise Tech Anthropic · San Francisco $240,000–$380,000 2mo ago AI Architect - GTM Systems Samsara · Remote · Canada $135,575–$175,450 2mo ago Applied AI Architect, Commercial Anthropic · San Francisco $240,000–$315,000 6mo ago AI Architect, Manager Avanade · Toronto CA$145,000–CA$172,000 7mo ago AI Architect Accenture Federal Services · Chantilly $130,200–$265,300 8mo ago AI Architect - GTM Systems Samsara · Remote · US $131,197–$176,400 8mo ago Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives (Strategics) OpenAI · San Francisco $218,000–$278,000 8mo ago Applied AI Architect, Digital Natives OpenAI · San Francisco $221,000–$278,000 8mo ago Applied AI Architect, Enterprise OpenAI · San Francisco $221,000–$276,000 8mo ago Applied AI Architect, Industries Anthropic · New York $240,000–$315,000 1y ago AI Architect (Agentic AI) Kyndryl · Madrid New Pay not stated today AI Architect | Digital Products & AI PA Consulting · Charlotte New $134,237–$141,400e today Data & AI Architect Salesforce · London New £77,500–£137,500e today

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