Salary for Executive-level / Director AI Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director AI Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 227,500

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director AI Engineer salary lies between USD 200,000 and USD 250,000 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
Executive-level / Director
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 270,000
Top 25%
$ 250,000
Median
$ 227,500
Bottom 25%
$ 200,000
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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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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 Machine Learning, Engineering 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:

Machine Learning | 6 jobs Engineering | 6 jobs Python | 5 jobs Agile | 5 jobs Computer Science | 5 jobs TensorFlow | 4 jobs Scikit-learn | 4 jobs Java | 4 jobs R | 3 jobs Security | 3 jobs KPIs | 3 jobs Privacy | 3 jobs NLP | 2 jobs PyTorch | 2 jobs Kubernetes | 2 jobs Research | 2 jobs Banking | 2 jobs Testing | 2 jobs Architecture | 2 jobs MLOps | 2 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 Equity / stock options. 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 | 6 jobs Health care | 5 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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