Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 143,500

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate AI Engineer salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 188,500 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
52
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 188,500
Median
$ 143,500
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 83,200

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 Mid-level / Intermediate AI Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate AI Engineer job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Engineering. 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 | 87 jobs Machine Learning | 80 jobs Engineering | 73 jobs Azure | 50 jobs TensorFlow | 48 jobs Computer Science | 48 jobs PyTorch | 47 jobs LLMs | 46 jobs APIs | 44 jobs Research | 43 jobs NLP | 40 jobs Architecture | 39 jobs AWS | 36 jobs Generative AI | 34 jobs Pipelines | 32 jobs ML models | 31 jobs SQL | 27 jobs GCP | 26 jobs LangChain | 25 jobs Deep Learning | 24 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 | 77 jobs Health care | 34 jobs Startup environment | 27 jobs Competitive pay | 24 jobs Equity / stock options | 23 jobs Flex hours | 17 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Parental leave | 16 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Flex vacation | 10 jobs Team events | 10 jobs Medical leave | 10 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 5 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs

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