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AI Engineer Salary

AI Engineers design, develop, and deploy artificial intelligence systems. They work on machine learning models, neural networks, and AI infrastructure to solve complex business problems.

$83,000 - $384,000Based on 32 jobs

Salary Breakdown

Compensation statistics for AI Engineer roles

$83,000

Minimum

$207,500

Median

$224,363

Average

$384,000

Maximum

$83,000Median: $207,500$384,000

Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range

AI Engineer Salary Trend

$226,700$209,375$192,050

Dec 2025

$197,000

6 jobs

Jan 2026

$221,750

26 jobs

DecJan

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

Top Skills for AI Engineers

Based on median salary of jobs requiring these skills

1
mlops
$217,300
6 jobs
2
RAG
$213,500
9 jobs
3
Deep Learning
$210,000
9 jobs
4
LLM
$209,250
24 jobs
5
python
$198,500
18 jobs
6
Tensorflow
$198,500
8 jobs
7
Pytorch
$198,500
14 jobs
8
Langchain
$193,536
8 jobs
9
generative ai
$187,250
16 jobs

Skills extracted from job descriptions and tags

Salary by Experience

Mid Level
$202,500median
$175,00012 jobs$300,000
Senior
$197,000median
$107,50013 jobs$320,000
Staff/Principal
$239,600median
$179,5005 jobs$306,000
Executive
$302,350median
$302,3502 jobs$302,350

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