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AI Job Salaries 2026

Real salary data from 315+ job listings. Compare compensation across AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science roles.

$225,000/YR

Median Total Comp

$190,000

25th%

$276,000

75th%

$342,000

90th%

Salaries by Role

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👁️

CV Engineer

$204,000 - $850,000
$323,718 median
·4 jobs
🔬

Research Scientist

$142,700 - $850,000
$292,500 median
·13 jobs
⚙️

ML Engineer

$96,928 - $407,330
$232,000 median
·36 jobs
📊

Data Scientist

$96,928 - $515,000
$231,875 median
·22 jobs
🤖

AI Engineer

$125,000 - $350,000
$215,000 median
·11 jobs
💬

NLP Engineer

$150,000 - $368,000
$195,000 median
·5 jobs
🔧

Data Engineer

$100,000 - $440,000
$194,500 median
·15 jobs
🧪

Applied Scientist

$120,700 - $370,000
$183,000 median
·3 jobs
📈

Data Analyst

$98,600 - $176,000
$140,000 median
·6 jobs

Salary Comparison

Compare median salaries across different AI roles

Median Salary by Role

Based on 115 job listings with salary data

👁️CV Engineer
$323,718
$204,000$850,000
🔬Research Scientist
$292,500
$142,700$850,000
⚙️ML Engineer
$232,000
$96,928$407,330
📊Data Scientist
$231,875
$96,928$515,000
🤖AI Engineer
$215,000
$125,000$350,000
💬NLP Engineer
$195,000
$150,000$368,000
🔧Data Engineer
$194,500
$100,000$440,000
🧪Applied Scientist
$183,000
$120,700$370,000
Median salary
Salary range

Remote vs On-site Salaries

On-site jobs pay 7% more on average

Remote

39 jobs analyzed

$215,000

Median salary

Min: $120,000Max: $425,000

On-site

113 jobs analyzed

$230,000

Median salary

Min: $68,016Max: $675,000

Based on disclosed salary data from the last 60 days

Salary Trend Over Time

Median monthly salary trend derived from job listings in the last 6 months

Salary by Location

Based on 111 job listings with salary data

SF Bay Area
$245K
$68K$675K
New York City
$225K
$140K$325K
Seattle
$208K
$180K$239K
Boston
$195K
$183K$247K
Thailand
$74K
$74K$74K
Median salary
Salary range
Skills That Pay More
claude
$353Kmedian
$166K10 jobs$675K
BigQuery
$323Kmedian
$148K7 jobs$363K
computer vision
$276Kmedian
$180K17 jobs$600K
rlhf
$265Kmedian
$190K7 jobs$675K
reinforcement learning
$252Kmedian
$169K20 jobs$675K
Chatgpt
$250Kmedian
$238K6 jobs$425K
mlops
$243Kmedian
$150K8 jobs$314K
LLM
$237Kmedian
$123K60 jobs$675K
Pytorch
$236Kmedian
$105K47 jobs$675K
Deep Learning
$236Kmedian
$153K29 jobs$600K
Tensorflow
$235Kmedian
$105K19 jobs$325K
generative ai
$232Kmedian
$150K23 jobs$293K
llama
$232Kmedian
$160K6 jobs$239K
CUDA
$230Kmedian
$166K12 jobs$675K
python
$229Kmedian
$105K94 jobs$675K
Salary by Experience Level
Entry Level
$149Kmedian
$105K2 jobs$193K
Mid Level
$220Kmedian
$68K74 jobs$675K
Senior
$215Kmedian
$123K42 jobs$478K
Staff/Principal
$254Kmedian
$165K34 jobs$475K

Top Paying AI Companies

1
Inflection AI logo

Inflection AI

1 job
$475,000
$475,000 - $475,000
2
Anthropic logo

Anthropic

14 jobs
$387,500
$322,500 - $675,000
3
Wayve logo

Wayve

2 jobs
$364,805
$340,925 - $388,685
4
Nomagic logo

Nomagic

1 job
$342,000
$342,000 - $342,000
5
Cohere logo

Cohere

1 job
$325,000
$325,000 - $325,000
6
Tenstorrent logo

Tenstorrent

1 job
$300,000
$300,000 - $300,000
7
OpenAI logo

OpenAI

10 jobs
$293,000
$209,000 - $478,000
8
Pika logo

Pika

1 job
$292,500
$292,500 - $292,500

Ranked by median salary from disclosed compensation data

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Salary FAQs

Common questions about AI, ML, and Data Science salaries

AI Engineers typically earn between $150K and $300K+ annually, with significant variation based on experience, location, and company size.

  • Entry level: $100K - $150K
  • Mid level: $150K - $250K
  • Senior/Staff: $250K - $400K+
  • See detailed data: AI Engineer Salary Guide