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AI Engineering salary in Seattle

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 7, 2026

AI Engineering pay in Seattle is measured from 5 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 5 postings put the middle half between $170,000 and $210,000, with a median of $208,550.

Against the 13 other measured markets for AI engineering at senior, this sits below 5 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.

25 AI engineering roles are open in Seattle right now, 19 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Senior $170,000 – $210,000 $208,550 5hint

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 Seattle · 19 with stated pay

this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $115,000–$275,550scale $60,000–$390,000

Staff AI Engineer Zoom · Seattle $206,600–$451,800 6d ago Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tools Docker · Remote · US $170,350–$275,550 8d ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Developer Tools Docker · Remote · US $160,900–$260,700 8d ago Staff Engineer - Applied AI GEICO · Bethesda $115,000–$230,000 2w ago Sr. Staff AI Engineer, AI Agent Platform (Agent & Evaluation Harness) GEICO · New York $115,000–$260,000 3w ago Senior Quality Engineer, Applied AI Anduril Industries · Seattle $146,000–$194,000 3w ago Senior AI Software Engineer, Risk - Insurance Claims Management Lyft · San Francisco $148,000–$185,000 5w ago Senior AI Software Engineer, Risk - Insurance Claims Management Lyft · Seattle $136,160–$170,200 5w ago AI Enablement Engineer Socure · New York $210,000–$230,000 6w ago Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Digital Natives) OpenAI · San Francisco $302,000–$335,000 8w ago Sr. Software Engineer - Applied AI GEICO · Palo Alto $100,000–$215,000 2mo ago Senior Engineer - Applied AI GEICO · Bethesda $100,000–$215,000 2mo ago Senior Engineer, Interactive Voice Response - AI/ML GEICO · Bethesda $100,000–$215,000 2mo ago Staff Engineer - Applied AI GEICO · Bethesda $110,000–$230,000 3mo ago Applied AI Engineer, API Platform, Digital Natives OpenAI · San Francisco $251,000–$278,000 3mo ago People Analytics AI Engineer Samsara · Remote · US $146,370–$221,400 4mo ago Senior AI Engineer Metropolis · New York $170,000–$200,000 6mo ago Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent OpenAI · San Francisco $230,000–$385,000 7mo ago Applied AI Architect, Industries Anthropic · New York $240,000–$315,000 1y ago Core Agent Engineer Adobe · San Francisco In listing 7d ago Software Engineer II (GenAI) Disney · Seattle In listing 11d ago Software Engineer II (GenAI) Disney (Disneycareerdc) · Seattle In listing 11d ago Sr. Staff Engineer (Martech/AI/LLM) GEICO · Bethesda In listing 5w ago Gen AI Intern Clearwateranalytics · Seattle In listing 7w ago Senior AI Engineer (2 year LTE) Gatesfoundation · Seattle In listing 2mo ago