AI engineer pay as stated at tech companies · 102 roles stating pay · 90 days to Oct 16, 2026
Updated
In short
The median stated pay of AI engineer roles at tech companies in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026 is $198.8k a year. Pay is stated in 102 of 220 (46%) AI engineer roles. The median is taken over stated pay in US dollars a year, a range counting as its midpoint.
Median stated pay
- All levels
- $198.8k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 102 of 220 (46%) roles state pay.
Junior, mid-level, senior, staff, principal and lead: fewer than 50 roles at each level state pay, so no median is shown.
Each stated range counts as its midpoint, and a single figure or a one-sided "from" or "up to" amount as that figure, in US dollars a year. The median is taken over the roles that state pay and never estimated for the rest.
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Questions about AI engineer roles
How many AI engineer roles state pay?
Companies with the most AI engineer roles
- Airwallex4 roles
- Databricks4 roles
- Anduril Industries3 roles
- Anthropic3 roles
- Egen3 roles
- OpenAI3 roles
- SpaceX3 roles
- Agility Robotics2 roles
- Arcadia2 roles
- CHAOS Industries2 roles
Guides
How we count: 220 roles from 183 employers in the 90 days to Oct 16, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Methodology