AI Engineering salary in New York
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026
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AI Engineering pay in New York is measured from 124 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 52 postings put the middle half between $178,750 and $239,488, with a median of $207,723.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $195,000, senior $207,723 and lead $245,000. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 26% more.
Against the 13 other measured markets for AI engineering at senior, this sits below 6 of them; Mountain View leads at $237,500.
235 AI engineering roles are open in New York right now, 147 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $157,938 – $275,000 | $195,000 | 51 |
| Senior | $178,750 – $239,488 | $207,723 | 52 |
| Lead | $191,000 – $269,150 | $245,000 | 21 |
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 New York · 147 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $137,500–$280,000scale $80,000–$400,000
Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (RCM) Commure · Mountain View New $180,000–$230,000 today Senior Engineer - Enterprise GenAI Platform Architect Bank of America · New York New $122,000–$200,000 1d ago Senior Cloud Engineer - GenAI Platform Engineering Bank of America · New York New $122,000–$200,000 1d ago 
Principal AI Architect Clera · Remote · US New $270,000–$330,000 1d ago 
Director, AI Engineering & Platforms Pfizer (Internaljobs) · New York New $189,200–$315,400 1d ago Vice President, AI Engineer Aresmgmt · New York New $250,000–$270,000 2d ago 
Director, AI Engineering Humana · Louisville New $189,400–$260,500 2d ago 
Software Engineer - Applied AI / Product Engineering MLabs · New York New $160,000–$250,000 2d ago Principal, AI Engineer Aresmgmt · New York New $275,000–$350,000 3d ago 
Applied AI Engineer Fanatics Inc. · New York New $150,000–$200,000 3d ago 
Director of AI Engineering, Internal Products Via · New York $250,000–$290,000 6d ago Senior AI Engineer Stblaw · New York $175,000–$200,000 8d ago 
Director, AI Developer Experience Attentive · New York $285,000–$385,000 9d ago Director, AI Engineer Dentsuaegis · New York $94,000–$170,000 9d ago Senior GenAI & High Performance Computing (HPC) Delivery Engineer Iawmqy · New York $176,927–$228,965 9d ago Senior AI Engineer (m/f/d) eigenblue · New York $100,000–$250,000 9d ago Senior Technology (Gen AI) Delivery Manager Mmc · New York $133,900–$267,700 10d ago Vice President, Applied AI Engineer - Credit Technology Aresmgmt · New York $225,000–$250,000 13d ago Senior AI Engineer Humana · New York $141,100–$194,000 13d ago Senior Director, AI Engineering Jobs at Dataminr · New York $229,600–$337,000 13d ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI Peregrine Technologies · New York $200,000–$275,000 13d ago 
Applied AI Engineer, GTM Stuut · New York $150,000–$200,000 2w ago 
Software Engineer, Staff: Applied AI, Science & Engineering Anthropic · New York $405,000–$485,000 2w ago 
Real Estate – Innovation, Applied AI Engineer Blackstone · New York $130,000–$200,000 2w ago Staff AI Engineer Via · New York $250,000–$300,000 2w ago 
Senior AI Engineer, AI Enablement GameChanger · Remote · US $140,000–$155,000 2w ago AI Engineer - VP Ms · New York $150,000–$215,000 3w ago VP, Generative AI, Backend Engineer Ms · New York $155,000–$215,000 3w ago 
Manager, Applied AI Architect OpenAI · San Francisco $280,000–$300,000 3w ago Sr. Staff AI Engineer, AI Agent Platform (Agent & Evaluation Harness) GEICO · New York $115,000–$260,000 3w ago 
Lead AI Engineer Guardian Life · Holmdel $118,980–$195,465 3w ago Applied AI Engineer, API Platform, Digital Natives OpenAI · New York $251,000–$278,000 3w ago 
Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI Finch Legal · New York $180,000–$280,000 3w ago Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI Finch Legal · New York $180,000–$280,000 3w ago Senior AI Engineer Synechron · New York $115,000–$130,000 3w ago 
AVP, Applied AI & Engineering Voya Financial, Inc · New York $171,300–$214,120 3w ago AI Engineer prospect · New York $130,000–$180,000 3w ago 
Corporate Vice President - Enterprise AI Architect New York Life Insurance · New York $147,500–$211,000 3w ago Corporate Vice President - Senior Full-Stack AI Engineer New York Life Insurance · New York $147,500–$211,000 3w ago Associate - Full-Stack AI Engineer New York Life Insurance · New York $81,000–$115,500 3w ago Lead Full-Stack AI Engineer New York Life Insurance · New York $124,000–$177,000 3w ago Senior Associate - Full-Stack AI Engineer New York Life Insurance · New York $100,000–$143,000 3w ago Sr. Manager, AI Engineering Deckers · Remote · US $137,500–$185,600 4w ago Director - AI Engineering New York Life Insurance · New York $147,500–$211,000 4w ago Principal AI Engineer New York Life Insurance · New York $185,000–$264,500 4w ago 
Senior AI Enablement Engineer, People Justworks · New York $166,000–$214,000 4w ago 
Software Engineer, Applied AI Rebar · New York $150,000–$250,000 4w ago Principal AI Engineer Humana · New York $206,600–$284,300 4w ago Lead AI Engineer Humana · New York $170,800–$234,800 4w ago VP, Head of Responsible AI Engineering New York Life Insurance · New York $270,000–$320,000 4w ago 
Director, Applied AI & Strategy Aenetworks · Remote · US $188,034–$220,000 4w ago 
Staff Integration and AI Engineer (Order-to-Cash) DDN · New York $155,000–$235,000 4w ago 
Applied AI Engineer Iterative Health · Cambridge $170,000–$240,000 4w ago 
AI Engineer (French Speaking) Distyl AI · New York $150,000–$250,000 5w ago 
Software Engineer, Applied AI Fluidstack · San Francsisco $173,000–$250,000 5w ago GenAI Software Engineering Transformation, Director MUFG · Jersey City $214,000–$280,000 5w ago Enterprise AI Architect Distyl AI · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 5w ago Software Engineer - Applied AI Cogent Security · San Francisco $100,000–$300,000 5w ago Senior Associate - Python AI Developer New York Life Insurance · New York $100,000–$143,000 5w ago 
Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI) Solstice · New York $200,000–$300,000 5w ago 60 of 235 open roles. All AI engineering jobs