Salary for Entry-level / Junior AI Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior AI Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 100,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 27 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior AI Engineer salary lies between USD 73,600 and USD 140,000 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
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 27
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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 Entry-level / Junior AI Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior AI Engineer job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Engineering. 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 | 145 jobs Machine Learning | 127 jobs Engineering | 121 jobs Computer Science | 108 jobs LLMs | 72 jobs PyTorch | 67 jobs Research | 61 jobs Generative AI | 59 jobs TensorFlow | 57 jobs AWS | 51 jobs Deep Learning | 48 jobs NLP | 47 jobs Azure | 44 jobs ML models | 44 jobs SQL | 41 jobs APIs | 41 jobs Scikit-learn | 35 jobs Pipelines | 35 jobs Architecture | 33 jobs RAG | 33 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior AI Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior AI Engineer job listings are Career development, Startup environment 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 | 126 jobs Startup environment | 47 jobs Flex hours | 43 jobs Health care | 30 jobs Team events | 26 jobs Competitive pay | 24 jobs Equity / stock options | 20 jobs Flex vacation | 15 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 11 jobs Medical leave | 9 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 7 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs Relocation support | 6 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 3 jobsRelated salaries
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