AI Engineering Salaries
The average AI Engineering salary is $201.5k – $311.3k per year across 134 jobs. Pay ranges from $146.2k – $212.8k for Entry Level roles to $208.8k – $318.4k at the Senior level.
Average salary range
$201.5k – $311.3k
Based on 134 jobs · 13% more than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$161.3k
Average
$256.4k
75th percentile
$380k
AI Engineering salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $146.2k – $212.8k | 6 | +44% |
| Mid Level | $182.0k – $306.5k | 32 | +25% |
| Senior | $208.8k – $318.4k | 93 | +10% |
Top companies for AI Engineering salaries
10 companies hiring for AI Engineering roles, ranked by average salary.
NVIDIA
Avg. $177.3k – $316.5k · 38 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $243.6k – $325.8k · 10 jobs
Anthropic
Avg. $275.6k – $340.2k · 9 jobs
Sierra
Avg. $205.5k – $353.0k · 8 jobs
Decagon
Avg. $245k – $337.5k · 8 jobs
Scale
Avg. $236.8k – $301.3k · 7 jobs
Harvey
Avg. $231.6k – $300.3k · 7 jobs
LangChain
Avg. $167.1k – $210k · 7 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $162.0k – $234.6k · 5 jobs
Perplexity
Avg. $236k – $402k · 5 jobs
AI Engineering salaries by location
Average AI Engineering salaries across 7 locations.
Related skills
Top paying skills across 6 skills.
Related 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
AI Engineering 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.