AI Engineering salary in Chicago
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
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AI Engineering pay in Chicago is measured from 22 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 12 postings put the middle half between $134,425 and $169,215, with a median of $149,500.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $132,700 and senior $149,500. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 13% more.
Against the 13 other measured markets for AI engineering at senior, this sits below 13 of them; Mountain View leads at $237,500.
35 AI engineering roles are open in Chicago right now, 23 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $115,000 – $165,125 | $132,700 | 10 |
| Senior | $134,425 – $169,215 | $149,500 | 12 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
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 Chicago · 23 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, $100,000–$233,600scale $60,000–$330,000
AI Engineer Path Construction · Chicago New $100,000–$130,000 1d ago 
GenAI Product Builder Tempus · Chicago New $110,000–$140,000 2d ago Manager; AI Engineering Cat (CaterpillarCareers) · Chicago $147,760–$240,110 8d ago GenAI & High Performance Computing (HPC) Delivery Engineer Iawmqy · Chicago $122,400–$158,400 9d ago Senior Technology (Gen AI) Delivery Manager Mmc · New York $133,900–$267,700 10d ago 
Sr Cloud Data and AI Engineer The Hartford · Remote · US $117,200–$175,800 13d ago Principal AI Engineer CNA · Chicago $97,000–$189,000 2w ago 
Senior Applied AI Engineer – Supply Chain Motorolasolutions · Chicago $75,000–$125,000 3w ago Director Data and Analytics AI Engineering The Hartford · Remote · US $156,000–$234,000 3w ago 
Senior Gen AI Software Engineer Fitch · Chicago $120,000–$140,000 4w ago 
LN Venues, Lead AI Engineer – Finance Transformation Livenation · Chicago $152,000–$190,000 4w ago 
Sr. AI Developer, Engineering EVERSANA · Remote · US $122,000–$176,000 6w ago Technology Internship Program (AI Engineering) CNA · Chicago $35,000–$65,000 6w ago Senior Manager, AI Engineering US Kraft Heinz · Chicago $120,800–$151,000 7w ago Applied AI Engineer Cw · Chicago $85,000–$100,000 7w ago Oliver Wyman - Senior Lead AI Engineer Mmc · New York $195,000–$250,000 7w ago Senior AI Engineer - Java CNA · Chicago $72,000–$141,000 2mo ago Sr AI Engineer - Platform Engineering The Hartford · Hartford $127,600–$191,400 2mo ago Vice President, Applied AI Science for Employee Benefits The Hartford · Hartford $225,600–$338,400 2mo ago 
Principal, AI Engineer Ntrs · Chicago $137,400–$233,600 3mo ago Senior AI Engineer - Guidewire CNA · Chicago $72,000–$141,000 3mo ago 
Director, AI Engineering & Delivery Vizient · Edina $117,600–$206,000 4mo ago 
AI Engineering Manager (AI Capability Center) - Internal Facing - 3 Openings Remaining Huron · Remote · US New In listing 1d ago 
Data and AI Architect, Senior Manager Avanade · Chicago New In listing 2d ago 
Core Architect & Integration Lead — Applied AI zerohash · Remote · US $178,750–$239,488e 7d ago 
Senior Software Development Engineer - GenAI Expedia · Chicago $134,425–$169,215e 10d ago AIVC - Senior AI Engineer (Studio) deCircle · New York $178,750–$239,488e 10d ago 
AI Engineer Stripe · Chicago $115,000–$165,125e 2w ago AI/ML Software Engineer (USA) Serious Development · Remote · US $115,000–$165,125e 2w ago 
Data Engineer 4 (Python, AWS, SQL, GenAI) (Enterprise Platforms Technology) Capital One · McLean In listing 3w ago Full-Stack Engineer 4 (Java, Spring, DynamoDB, S3, GraphQL, GenAI) Capital One · New York In listing 4w ago AI Engineer Vouch, Inc · Chicago $115,000–$165,125e 2mo ago 
Forward Deployed Engineer (Generative AI) Tiger Analytics Inc. · Remote · US $118,350–$140,400e 3mo ago AI/ML Tech Partner (USA) Tiger Analytics Inc. · Jersey City $132,450–$205,151e 7mo ago