AI Engineering salary in Austin

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026

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AI Engineering pay in Austin is measured from 11 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 6 postings put the middle half between $148,775 and $247,250, with a median of $179,000.

Against the 13 other measured markets for AI engineering at senior, this sits below 11 of them; Mountain View leads at $237,500.

Every range here rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read them as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.

31 AI engineering roles are open in Austin right now, 16 listing pay.

Level	Market range	Median	Sample
Mid	$118,350 – $140,400	$131,750	5hint
Senior	$148,775 – $247,250	$179,000	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 level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

Open AI engineering roles in Austin · 16 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, $122,400–$308,000scale $70,000–$440,000

Lead AI Software Engineer Bigcommerce · Remote · US New $182,000–$259,000 1d ago

AI Engineer Fa Ewji Saasfaprod1 · Austin New $175,000–$180,000 3d ago Head of Applied AI Ensemblehp · Austin $240,000–$360,000 6d ago AI Engineer University of Texas at Austin Staff · Austin From $89,946 8d ago GenAI & High Performance Computing (HPC) Delivery Engineer Iawmqy · Austin $122,400–$158,400 9d ago

Agentic AI Engineer, Vice President Statestreet · Quincy $120,000–$217,500 2w ago Sr. SW AI Engineer Visa · Austin $110,700–$171,800 2w ago AI Architect (Technical Staff) Iawmqy · Austin $224,000–$308,000 3w ago Chief Software Engineer (Hands-On AI Engineering Leader) Visa · Austin $195,800–$313,500 3w ago

Principal AI Engineer RWE · Austin $178,000–$240,000 4w ago Sr Principal Engineer AI/ML Globalfoundries · Santa Clara $171,000–$325,000 4w ago

Software Engineer, Applied AI Fluidstack · San Francsisco $173,000–$250,000 5w ago AI Engineer - AI & Automation TCGplayer (Apply) · Austin $85,600–$151,100 7w ago Staff Systems Engineer, AI/ML Globalfoundries · Richardson $106,000–$205,000 8w ago Senior ML/AI Engineer - Observability Generalmotors · Sunnyvale $178,420–$230,500 3mo ago

Senior Manager, AI Engineering HackerOne · Remote · US $240,000–$280,000 4mo ago

2027 US AI Engineering – New College Graduate Bitdeer Technologies Group · Remote · US New $162,369–$300,000^e today

Director of Applied AI webAI · Austin $193,000–$273,250^e 9d ago Sr. Software Engineer - AI Engineering and Productivity Generalmotors · Austin $148,775–$247,250^e 2w ago Sr Principal AI Architect Jabil · Austin $148,775–$247,250^e 2w ago

Principal Architect – PBM Modernization & AI Engineering Cigna Group · Austin $148,775–$247,250^e 8w ago

Senior AI Software Engineer, C++ TeamViewer Germany GmbH · Austin $148,775–$247,250^e 2mo ago AI Agent Engineer Generalmotors · Warren $132,450–$205,151^e 3mo ago

Forward Deployed Engineer (Generative AI) Tiger Analytics Inc. · Remote · US $118,350–$140,400^e 3mo ago

AI Software Engineer webAI · Austin $118,350–$140,400^e 6mo ago Etherialize - Applied AI Engineer deCircle · Remote · US $118,350–$140,400^e 8mo ago

Junior Backend Developer (AI & LLM Focus) Advision Development · Austin $74,631–$101,463^e 1y ago

Senior Backend Developer (AI & LLM Focus) Advision Development · Austin $148,775–$247,250^e 1y ago

Staff R&D AI Engineer webAI · Austin $148,775–$247,250^e 1y ago

Senior Engineer (Applied AI / ML) Qvest US · Remote · US $148,775–$247,250^e 2y ago

Staff Engineer (Applied AI / ML) Qvest US · Remote · US $148,775–$247,250^e 2y ago