Applied AI Engineer salary
6 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for applied AI engineer roles at mid level across the United States: 52 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $161,500 and $245,625, with a median of $201,250.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $201,250 and senior $210,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 4% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 1 of the 6 ranges in the table rests on fewer than 10 postings and is marked hint: treat it as a hint rather than a benchmark.
Applied AI Engineer pay by specialization
AI Engineering 224ML Platform & Ops 3Machine Learning Engineering 1
Live applied AI engineer roles by AI and machine learning function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
6 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $161,500 – $245,625 | $201,250 | 52 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $196,750 – $227,500 | $210,000 | 25 |
| Remote · United States | Mid | $214,550 – $247,500 | $230,000 | 9hint |
| New York | Mid | $175,000 – $276,600 | $264,500 | 11 |
| San Francisco | Mid | $200,000 – $255,000 | $205,000 | 17 |
| San Francisco | Senior | $204,625 – $233,125 | $217,500 | 10 |
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.
Pay by market
3 pagesOpen applied AI engineer roles · 86 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $140,000–$300,000scale $80,000–$420,000
60 of 228 open roles. All applied AI engineer jobs