AI Infrastructure Engineer salary
2 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 13, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for AI infrastructure engineer roles at mid level across the United States: 9 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $152,500 and $242,995, with a median of $170,000.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. Every range in the table rests on fewer than 10 postings, so treat them as hints rather than benchmarks.
Every measured range
2 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $152,500 – $242,995 | $170,000 | 9hint |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $204,300 – $220,888 | $210,925 | 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 market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open AI infrastructure engineer roles · 14 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, $124,800–$283,800scale $70,000–$400,000
Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer LIGHTSPEED (OA Huoshui Platform) · California-Palo Alto $124,800–$283,800 11d ago 
Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer Tencent · California-Palo Alto $124,800–$283,800 11d ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer Percepta · New York $180,000–$400,000 2w ago Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $191,000–$253,000 4w ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer, pAGI OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$500,000 5w ago Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer, Physical Infrastructure Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $166,000–$220,000 7w ago Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $220,000–$292,000 2mo ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer Blackrock · New York $162,000–$215,000 2mo ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer Scout Motors · Charlotte $140,000–$170,000 2mo ago 
Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer - Model Training Kodiak · Mountain View $190,000–$260,000 3mo ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer vCluster Labs · Remote · US $140,000–$165,000 6mo ago 
Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer - EDA Infrastructure NVIDIA · Remote · US In listing 4d ago Senior Agentic AI Infrastructure Engineer I - Core Platforms Egug · New York $171,375–$247,600e 8d ago Agentic AI Infrastructure Engineer II - Core Platforms Egug · New York $141,625–$220,000e 8d ago Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer Telia · Solna Pay not stated 3w ago Lead AI Infrastructure Engineer Avride · Austin $180,000–$245,000e 3w ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer (GPU) - Remote EMEA Pragmatike · Remote · Ukraine Pay not stated 4w ago 
Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer Heidi · Melbourne Pay not stated 5w ago 
Data & AI Infrastructure Engineer Veolia Environnement SA · Bogota Pay not stated 5w ago Senior Applied AI Infrastructure Engineer - NREC Cmu · Pittsburgh $180,000–$245,000e 8w ago AI Infrastructure Engineer Palona AI · Los Altos $144,980–$225,625e 2mo ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer 42dot · Pangyo Pay not stated 3mo ago 
AI infrastructure Engineer - Norway Bitdeer Technologies Group · Tydal Pay not stated 4mo ago 
Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer Cassi Home · Remote · US $180,000–$245,000e 5mo ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer Fin · Dublin Pay not stated 6mo ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer - GoLang, Kubernetes, Dockers, Linux - 8-12 years Cisco · Bangalore Pay not stated 6mo ago 
AI Infrastructure Engineer Meshy LLC · Beijing Pay not stated 7mo ago AI Infrastructure Engineer (f/m/x) BMW Group · München Pay not stated