Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer during 2025 is USD 159,300

✏️ This salary info is based on 222 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average mid-level / intermediate AI Engineer salary lies between USD 105,000 and USD 206,100 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
222
Top 10%
$ 270,000
Top 25%
$ 206,100
Median
$ 159,300
Bottom 25%
$ 105,000
Bottom 10%
$ 80,000

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 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 | 270 jobs Engineering | 261 jobs Machine Learning | 254 jobs Computer Science | 160 jobs LLMs | 158 jobs Research | 151 jobs Azure | 147 jobs PyTorch | 141 jobs Generative AI | 135 jobs TensorFlow | 132 jobs APIs | 132 jobs AWS | 131 jobs Pipelines | 116 jobs NLP | 111 jobs Architecture | 110 jobs ML models | 103 jobs GCP | 94 jobs SQL | 86 jobs Security | 78 jobs Deep Learning | 71 jobs

Top 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 Startup environment. 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 | 237 jobs Health care | 110 jobs Startup environment | 86 jobs Flex hours | 80 jobs Equity / stock options | 79 jobs Competitive pay | 77 jobs Insurance | 51 jobs Parental leave | 50 jobs Flex vacation | 43 jobs Team events | 43 jobs 401(k) matching | 40 jobs Medical leave | 34 jobs Salary bonus | 30 jobs Wellness | 19 jobs Fitness / gym | 15 jobs Transparency | 15 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 13 jobs Lunch / meals | 12 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 12 jobs Home office stipend | 12 jobs

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