AI Engineer Salary in 2025
💰 The median AI Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 169,900
✏️ This salary info is based on 1260 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average AI Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 220,000 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
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 1260
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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 | 2651 jobs Engineering | 2641 jobs Machine Learning | 2496 jobs LLMs | 1878 jobs Computer Science | 1652 jobs Generative AI | 1475 jobs AWS | 1473 jobs Pipelines | 1395 jobs Azure | 1369 jobs Architecture | 1249 jobs PyTorch | 1228 jobs Research | 1212 jobs APIs | 1156 jobs TensorFlow | 1094 jobs NLP | 1052 jobs GCP | 996 jobs RAG | 922 jobs Security | 914 jobs ML models | 888 jobs MLOps | 815 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 Startup environment. 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 | 2341 jobs Health care | 1046 jobs Startup environment | 818 jobs Flex hours | 814 jobs Competitive pay | 722 jobs Equity / stock options | 614 jobs Team events | 458 jobs Flex vacation | 442 jobs Salary bonus | 421 jobs Insurance | 409 jobs Parental leave | 407 jobs Medical leave | 336 jobs 401(k) matching | 255 jobs Wellness | 224 jobs Transparency | 164 jobs Conferences | 133 jobs Fitness / gym | 104 jobs Relocation support | 92 jobs Home office stipend | 89 jobs Gear | 88 jobsRelated salaries
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