AI Engineering salary in Santa Clara
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 15, 2026
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AI Engineering pay in Santa Clara is measured from 8 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 8 postings put the middle half between $194,306 and $242,225, with a median of $211,695.
Against the 13 other measured markets for AI engineering at senior, this sits below 4 of them; Mountain View leads at $237,500.
The one range here rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read it as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.
16 AI engineering roles are open in Santa Clara right now, 11 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $194,306 – $242,225 | $211,695 | 8hint |
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 Santa Clara · 11 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, $113,700–$300,800scale $60,000–$430,000
Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Platform and AI Engineering) Paloaltonetworks · Santa Clara $156,400–$253,000 7d ago 
Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- Applied AI ServiceNow · Santa Clara $166,500–$291,400 9d ago Sr Staff AI Engineer - Veza ServiceNow · Remote · US $171,900–$300,800 3w ago 
Full Stack AI Engineer/Developer - Onsite NTT DATA · Santa Clara $104,904–$218,550 3w ago Sr Principal Engineer AI/ML Globalfoundries · Santa Clara $171,000–$325,000 4w ago 
Lead, AI Engineering & SDLC Automation Agilent · Santa Clara $167,328–$261,450 5w ago Sr Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Platform and AI Engineering) Paloaltonetworks · Santa Clara $183,600–$297,000 6w ago Senior AI Engineering Enablement Lead ServiceNow · Remote · US $113,700–$199,000 6w ago Staff Systems Engineer, AI/ML Globalfoundries · Richardson $106,000–$205,000 8w ago Senior Engineering Manager, Agentic & Generative AI Benchmarking and Evaluations ServiceNow · Santa Clara $201,300–$352,300 3mo ago Research Intern, Knowledge Engineering & Generative AI Hitachi · Santa Clara Pay not stated 8d ago AI Engineering - Assoc Software Engineer Internships - Summer 2027 (Bachelors) ServiceNow · Santa Clara Pay not stated 9d ago AI Engineering - Software Engineer Internships - Summer 2027 (Masters) ServiceNow · Santa Clara Pay not stated 9d ago Staff Technologist-AI Architect Iawmqy · Santa Clara $194,306–$242,225e 2w ago Ph.D. Intern - AI/ML & Design Automation Marvell · Santa Clara Pay not stated 6w ago