Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer during 2025 is USD 150,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 286 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate AI Engineer salary lies between USD 102,000 and USD 200,000 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
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 286
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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 Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate AI Engineer job listings are Python, Engineering and Machine Learning. 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 | 376 jobs Engineering | 363 jobs Machine Learning | 346 jobs LLMs | 235 jobs Computer Science | 205 jobs Azure | 199 jobs Generative AI | 197 jobs PyTorch | 186 jobs Research | 185 jobs AWS | 183 jobs APIs | 176 jobs TensorFlow | 171 jobs Pipelines | 168 jobs Architecture | 159 jobs NLP | 150 jobs GCP | 140 jobs ML models | 136 jobs SQL | 116 jobs RAG | 108 jobs Security | 104 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate AI Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care 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 | 314 jobs Health care | 150 jobs Flex hours | 114 jobs Startup environment | 110 jobs Competitive pay | 109 jobs Equity / stock options | 101 jobs Insurance | 66 jobs Flex vacation | 61 jobs Team events | 60 jobs Parental leave | 58 jobs 401(k) matching | 51 jobs Salary bonus | 51 jobs Medical leave | 41 jobs Wellness | 26 jobs Transparency | 22 jobs Fitness / gym | 19 jobs Gear | 17 jobs Lunch / meals | 15 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 15 jobs Home office stipend | 14 jobsRelated salaries
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