AI Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median AI Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 180,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 717 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average AI Engineer salary lies between USD 138,000 and USD 230,000 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 Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 717
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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 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 | 1729 jobs Engineering | 1700 jobs Machine Learning | 1635 jobs LLMs | 1170 jobs Computer Science | 1140 jobs AWS | 951 jobs Generative AI | 937 jobs Azure | 874 jobs Research | 829 jobs Pipelines | 816 jobs PyTorch | 815 jobs Architecture | 798 jobs TensorFlow | 734 jobs APIs | 718 jobs NLP | 690 jobs GCP | 639 jobs ML models | 599 jobs Security | 578 jobs RAG | 549 jobs Testing | 498 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 | 1554 jobs Health care | 675 jobs Startup environment | 518 jobs Flex hours | 510 jobs Competitive pay | 493 jobs Equity / stock options | 397 jobs Team events | 300 jobs Flex vacation | 290 jobs Salary bonus | 258 jobs Parental leave | 252 jobs Insurance | 252 jobs Medical leave | 195 jobs 401(k) matching | 167 jobs Wellness | 136 jobs Transparency | 105 jobs Conferences | 84 jobs Fitness / gym | 76 jobs Gear | 56 jobs Home office stipend | 56 jobs Relocation support | 51 jobsRelated salaries
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