AI Engineer Salary Comparison

Compare ai engineer salaries with related technologies, roles, and industries.

Salary Comparison

Compare salary ranges against related languages, adjacent roles, and hiring industries.

Related Technology and Role Comparison

Compare adjacent software roles and languages against the selected occupation.

Name
Range
Median
AI Engineer (benchmark)
$140K – $210K
$175K
Machine Learning Engineer
$145K – $205K
$175K
Applied AI Engineer
$150K – $200K
$175K
AI Research Engineer
$155K – $225K
$185K
Data Scientist
$120K – $175K
$150K
Data Engineer
$125K – $180K
$155K
MLOps Engineer
$145K – $200K
$170K
Software Engineer
$110K – $160K
$135K
Backend Engineer
$115K – $160K
$140K
NLP Engineer
$155K – $220K
$180K
Computer Vision Engineer
$145K – $210K
$170K
LLM / Generative AI Engineer
$160K – $225K
$190K

Industry Comparison

Compare compensation patterns across industries that commonly hire this role.

Name
Range
Median
Technology / AI Platforms
$150K – $210K
$180K
Finance / Fintech
$130K – $180K
$155K
Healthcare
$145K – $200K
$175K
IT Consulting / Professional Services
$110K – $180K
$145K
Federal Government
$90K – $160K
$125K
Defense / Intelligence
$140K – $180K
$160K
Retail / E-commerce
$130K – $190K
$160K
Media / Entertainment
$135K – $190K
$160K
Education / EdTech
$102K – $163K
$132K
Manufacturing / Industrial Robotics
$160K – $190K
$175K
Telecommunications
$120K – $190K
$155K
Life Sciences / Biopharma
$145K – $210K
$175K

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