Salary for Executive-level / Director Head of AI during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Head of AI during 2025 is USD 222,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 18 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director Head of AI salary lies between USD 176,000 and USD 284,000 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
Head of AI
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
18
Top 10%
$ 432,000
Top 25%
$ 284,000
Median
$ 222,500
Bottom 25%
$ 176,000
Bottom 10%
$ 142,842

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 Head of AI roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Head of AI job listings are Machine Learning, Engineering and Computer Science. 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 | 59 jobs Engineering | 57 jobs Computer Science | 54 jobs Research | 42 jobs Python | 32 jobs Security | 26 jobs Generative AI | 23 jobs AI strategy | 19 jobs Model training | 18 jobs PyTorch | 17 jobs LLMs | 16 jobs Deep Learning | 15 jobs Feature engineering | 15 jobs APIs | 15 jobs TensorFlow | 14 jobs Testing | 14 jobs AWS | 13 jobs Statistics | 12 jobs Architecture | 11 jobs Pipelines | 11 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Head of AI 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 | 60 jobs Health care | 32 jobs Competitive pay | 32 jobs Startup environment | 21 jobs Flex hours | 19 jobs Team events | 16 jobs Equity / stock options | 13 jobs Parental leave | 12 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Insurance | 6 jobs Wellness | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs

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