xAI pays AI Engineer roles an average of $178.6k – $418.2k per year, based on 11 job postings — 19% above the average of $190.9k – $309.0k for AI Engineer positions listed on Inference Jobs.
Mid Level roles pay $180k – $440k, rising to $180k – $440k at the Senior level.
Average AI Engineer salary at xAI: $178.6k – $418.2k
xAIAverage on Inference JobsAll AI Engineer salaries
$155.3k$418.2k
Salaries at xAI by seniority
xAI salaries range from Mid Level at $180k – $440k to Senior at $180k – $440k.
Mid Level
$180k$440k
Senior
$180k$440k
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AI Engineer positions at xAI average $178.6k – $418.2k per year, based on 11 job postings with published salary data.
Mid Level AI Engineer roles at xAI average $180k – $440k, while Senior roles reach $180k – $440k. The company has salary data across 2 seniority levels for this category.
xAI pays 19% above the average of $190.9k – $309.0k for AI Engineer positions listed on Inference Jobs.
Among 3 comparable companies, 1 pays more and 2 pay less than xAI for AI Engineer roles. The highest-paying comparable company is Anthropic at $292.1k – $371.1k.
Senior AI Engineer roles are the highest paying at xAI, averaging $180k – $440k per year.
Salary data is sourced from published job postings with explicit compensation ranges, normalized to annual USD equivalents. Statistical outliers are removed using interquartile range (IQR) filtering. Figures reflect advertised salary ranges and may not include bonuses, equity, or other compensation.
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.
