AI Engineer salary
Typical advertised pay for AI Engineer roles, from real job postings on FindRole.
Median advertised base salary
$211,200
Most postings fall between $180,200 and $246,150.
Based on 139 postings across 39 companies. Updated October 27, 2026.
As of October 2026, the median advertised base salary for AI Engineer roles is $211,200, based on 139 live job postings from 39 employers tracked by FindRole.
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Salary by seniority
| Level | 25th %ile | Median | 75th %ile | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $145,139 | $176,875 | $285,000 | 22 |
| Principal | $170,125 | $246,725 | $278,500 | 10 |
Skills employers ask for
Share of AI Engineer postings that name each skill.
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Python 91% · 126 of 139
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AWS 63% · 88 of 139
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Java 58% · 80 of 139
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Go 56% · 78 of 139
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PyTorch 55% · 76 of 139
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VectorDBs 55% · 76 of 139
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C++ 53% · 73 of 139
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CUDA 50% · 70 of 139
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C# 50% · 69 of 139
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Huggingface 49% · 68 of 139
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Scala 48% · 67 of 139
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Agentic AI 47% · 66 of 139
Counted once per posting across 139 AI Engineer postings with an extracted skill list, as of October 2026. Spellings are folded to one name (K8s → Kubernetes) — see methodology.
Related roles
Titles whose postings ask for many of the same skills.
- Engineering Manager shares Python, AWS, Java median $261,250
- Forward Deployed Engineer shares Python, AWS, Java median $219,575
- Machine Learning Engineer shares Python, AWS, Java median $235,750
- Software Engineer shares Python, AWS, Java median $197,400
- Solutions Architect shares Python, AWS, Java median $196,750
- Software Engineering shares Python, AWS, Java median $178,325
Remote vs. onsite
Remote median
$261,950
16 postings
Onsite median
$211,200
123 postings
Top companies hiring AI Engineers
- Capital One Financial 67 postings · median $246,150
- SpaceX 18 postings · median $285,000
- Booz Allen Hamilton 6 postings · median $162,000
- Humana 4 postings · median $185,175
- Mastercard 4 postings · median $149,500
- CNA Financial 3 postings · median $106,500
- eBay 2 postings · median $118,350
- State Street 2 postings · median $142,500
Open AI Engineer roles right now
The postings these numbers come from — see all AI Engineer jobs.
- Distinguished AI Engineer Cisco · San Jose, CA View →
- AI Engineer III, GCP FedEx · Plano, TX View →
- Senior AI Engineer Humana · New York, NY View →
- AI Principal Engineer Intuit · Mountain View, CA View →
- Principal AI Engineer Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Remote (Wisconsin) View →
- Senior AI Engineer CVS Health · Remote (NY) View →
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