AI Salaries
The average salary for AI jobs is $181.3k – $286.6k per year across 124 jobs. Pay ranges from $156.4k – $269.1k for Mid Level roles to $229k – $310.3k at the Director level.
Median salary
$215k
Based on 124 jobs · 4% more than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$140k
Average
$234.0k
75th percentile
$355k
AI salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Level | $156.4k – $269.1k | 28 | +9% |
| Senior | $183.9k – $291.8k | 81 | -1% |
| Director | $229k – $310.3k | 11 | -2% |
Top companies for AI salaries
10 companies hiring for AI roles, ranked by average salary.
NVIDIA
Avg. $165.4k – $284.2k · 21 jobs
Sierra
Avg. $192.5k – $311.7k · 11 jobs
Harvey
Avg. $171.3k – $225.2k · 10 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $261.2k – $328k · 10 jobs
Anthropic
Avg. $252.5k – $336.5k · 9 jobs
Tenstorrent
Avg. $100k – $500k · 8 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $167.5k – $239k · 6 jobs
Replit
Avg. $141.7k – $236.7k · 6 jobs
Nebius
Avg. $207k – $297k · 5 jobs
Decagon
Avg. $172.2k – $227.3k · 4 jobs
AI salaries by location
Average AI salaries across 6 locations.
Related titles
Top paying titles across 6 titles.
Software Engineering
Avg. $196.3k – $313.3k · 510 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $182.7k – $283.5k · 201 jobs
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $152.5k – $308.9k · 201 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $202.2k – $316.4k · 187 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $209.1k – $344.9k · 162 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $190.5k – $311.4k · 161 jobs
Related skills
AI salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.