Prompt Engineer Salary in 2025

💰 The median Prompt Engineer Salary in 2025 is USD 122,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average Prompt Engineer salary lies between USD 56,633 and USD 145,000 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.

Job title
Prompt Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 160,000
Top 25%
$ 145,000
Median
$ 122,500
Bottom 25%
$ 56,633
Bottom 10%
$ 52,631

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 Prompt Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Prompt Engineer job listings are Engineering, Prompt engineering and LLMs. 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:

Engineering | 23 jobs Prompt engineering | 19 jobs LLMs | 18 jobs Machine Learning | 17 jobs Generative AI | 17 jobs NLP | 16 jobs Python | 14 jobs Research | 12 jobs GPT | 12 jobs Testing | 11 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs Conversational AI | 8 jobs PyTorch | 8 jobs Linguistics | 8 jobs RAG | 8 jobs OpenAI | 7 jobs Architecture | 6 jobs Git | 6 jobs R&D | 6 jobs APIs | 5 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Prompt Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Prompt 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 | 20 jobs Health care | 12 jobs Startup environment | 11 jobs Flex hours | 8 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Insurance | 6 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Team events | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Paid sabbatical | 1 jobs

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