Salary for Executive-level / Director AI Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director AI Engineer during 2025 is USD 221,930

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The average executive-level / director AI Engineer salary lies between USD 168,350 and USD 250,000 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
AI Engineer
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
16
Top 10%
$ 293,000
Top 25%
$ 250,000
Median
$ 221,930
Bottom 25%
$ 168,350
Bottom 10%
$ 142,250

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director AI Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director AI Engineer job listings are Engineering, Machine Learning and Python. 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 | 20 jobs Machine Learning | 18 jobs Python | 15 jobs APIs | 13 jobs Computer Science | 13 jobs Security | 12 jobs Research | 11 jobs Generative AI | 9 jobs TensorFlow | 8 jobs Architecture | 8 jobs PyTorch | 7 jobs Agile | 7 jobs Testing | 6 jobs Model training | 6 jobs LLMs | 6 jobs Privacy | 6 jobs Kubernetes | 5 jobs AWS | 5 jobs Banking | 5 jobs Azure | 5 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director AI Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director AI Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 13 jobs Competitive pay | 12 jobs Equity / stock options | 8 jobs Flex hours | 8 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Team events | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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