AI Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median AI Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 175,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 169 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average AI Engineer salary lies between USD 140,000 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
- 169
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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 | 380 jobs Engineering | 356 jobs Machine Learning | 353 jobs Computer Science | 263 jobs LLMs | 241 jobs AWS | 206 jobs Azure | 203 jobs PyTorch | 186 jobs Generative AI | 185 jobs Architecture | 176 jobs Research | 173 jobs TensorFlow | 165 jobs NLP | 159 jobs Pipelines | 155 jobs GCP | 142 jobs APIs | 138 jobs ML models | 132 jobs Deep Learning | 122 jobs Docker | 108 jobs SQL | 107 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 | 354 jobs Health care | 157 jobs Flex hours | 116 jobs Startup environment | 113 jobs Competitive pay | 107 jobs Equity / stock options | 89 jobs Flex vacation | 66 jobs Insurance | 65 jobs Team events | 61 jobs Salary bonus | 60 jobs Parental leave | 55 jobs Medical leave | 46 jobs 401(k) matching | 34 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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