AI Engineer salary

The best-evidenced figure here is for AI engineer roles at senior level across the United States: 189 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $157,223 and $220,000, with a median of $192,500.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $168,464 and senior $192,500. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 14% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 10 of the 21 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.