AI Developer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median AI Developer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 125,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average AI Developer salary lies between USD 110,000 and USD 135,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- AI Developer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 8
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for AI Developer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with AI Developer job listings are Python, Engineering and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 63 jobs Engineering | 56 jobs Machine Learning | 54 jobs Architecture | 54 jobs Security | 48 jobs Generative AI | 48 jobs RAG | 47 jobs Azure | 42 jobs Computer Science | 42 jobs JavaScript | 40 jobs LLMs | 39 jobs Microservices | 37 jobs MongoDB | 36 jobs Node.js | 36 jobs AWS | 35 jobs Finance | 34 jobs Blockchain | 33 jobs Agile | 33 jobs Ruby | 32 jobs NLP | 32 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for AI Developer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with AI Developer job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 84 jobs Flex hours | 21 jobs Health care | 16 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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