AI Engineering Lead salary
1 market range · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 16, 2026
The one range measured here is for AI engineering lead roles at senior level across the United States: 7 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $168,875 and $237,250, with a median of $183,350.
The range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. It rests on fewer than 10 postings, so treat it as a hint rather than a benchmark.
Every measured range
1 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $168,875 – $237,250 | $183,350 | 7hint |
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.
Open AI engineering lead roles · 9 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, $114,600–$320,000scale $60,000–$450,000
AI Engineering Lead CACI · Washington New $103,800–$218,100 2d ago AI Engineering Lead CACI · Washington $114,600–$252,100 4w ago Agentic AI Engineering Lead — Enterprise Agent Orchestration - SVP Citi · Tampa Florida United States $141,440–$212,160 5w ago 
AI Engineering Lead Ford Motor Company · Dearborn $85,400–$192,000 5w ago 
AI Engineering Lead- Senior Manager- Commercial Technology & Innovation PwC · NY-New York $124,000–$280,000 2mo ago AI Engineering Lead- Director- Commercial Technology & Innovation PwC · NY-New York $155,000–$410,000 2mo ago 
AI Engineering Lead, Product Analytics Thomson Reuters · Canada, Toronto, Ontario CA$140,000–CA$175,000 3mo ago AI Engineering Lead Hdks · Toronto CA$108,700–CA$158,700 3mo ago 
Applied AI Engineering Lead Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $225,000–$320,000 8mo ago Data Science and AI Engineering Lead, VP Db · Pune New Pay not stated today 
Senior AI Engineering Lead Mars (External) · POL-Mazowieckie-Warsaw New Pay not stated 2d ago 
Data Architect & AI Engineering Lead, Cybersecurity - Assistant Vice President Statestreet · Bangalore Pay not stated 8d ago 
AI Engineering Lead/Manager Cricut · South Jordan $161,745–$225,300e 3w ago AI Engineering Lead PwC · Athens Pay not stated 4w ago AI Engineering Lead - 4 month FTC Dentsuaegis · London Pay not stated 6w ago 
AI Engineering Lead-VP Barclays · Pune Pay not stated 2mo ago AI Engineering Lead - Senior Manager - Data & AI - Technology Consulting - Advisory PwC · Dublin €87,600–€111,675e 3mo ago 
Tupande AI Engineering Lead (Fixed-term) oneacrefund · Flexible: Poland, Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Romania, South Africa, and Kenya Pay not stated 3mo ago (33261) AI Engineering Lead, Automation and Platforms NUS Enterprise · Singapore Pay not stated 4mo ago 
AI Engineering Lead Fadata Group · Sofia Pay not stated 5mo ago 
AI Engineering Lead FeverUp · Spain Pay not stated 5mo ago AI Engineering Lead (Python Software Engineer + GenAI) | Digital&IPA (freelance) PwC · Warszawa Pay not stated 7mo ago AI Engineering Lead (Python Software Engineer + GenAI) | Digital&IPA (freelance) PwC · Warszawa Pay not stated 7mo ago 
AI Engineering Lead Blend360 · Guadalajara Pay not stated 7mo ago