AI Engineer Salary in 2025
💰 The median AI Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 170,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 187 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average AI Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 225,000 globally. 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.
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- AI Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 187
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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 Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with AI Engineer 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 | 368 jobs Engineering | 347 jobs Machine Learning | 346 jobs Computer Science | 256 jobs LLMs | 238 jobs AWS | 200 jobs Azure | 198 jobs PyTorch | 181 jobs Generative AI | 178 jobs Architecture | 171 jobs Research | 169 jobs TensorFlow | 160 jobs NLP | 156 jobs Pipelines | 151 jobs GCP | 135 jobs APIs | 134 jobs ML models | 130 jobs Deep Learning | 115 jobs SQL | 104 jobs Docker | 103 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for AI Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with AI Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 343 jobs Health care | 154 jobs Flex hours | 115 jobs Startup environment | 112 jobs Competitive pay | 105 jobs Equity / stock options | 86 jobs Insurance | 64 jobs Flex vacation | 63 jobs Salary bonus | 59 jobs Team events | 58 jobs Parental leave | 53 jobs Medical leave | 44 jobs 401(k) matching | 31 jobs Transparency | 26 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs Conferences | 15 jobs Fitness / gym | 13 jobs Gear | 12 jobs Relocation support | 11 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 9 jobsRelated salaries
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