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 165,050
✏️ This salary info is based on 282 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate AI Engineer salary lies between USD 119,650 and USD 206,100 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
- 282
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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 | 457 jobs Engineering | 452 jobs Machine Learning | 426 jobs LLMs | 299 jobs Computer Science | 251 jobs Generative AI | 246 jobs Azure | 241 jobs PyTorch | 222 jobs AWS | 222 jobs Research | 219 jobs Pipelines | 215 jobs APIs | 211 jobs TensorFlow | 203 jobs Architecture | 190 jobs NLP | 180 jobs GCP | 162 jobs ML models | 159 jobs RAG | 143 jobs Prompt engineering | 135 jobs SQL | 129 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 | 375 jobs Health care | 180 jobs Flex hours | 135 jobs Startup environment | 132 jobs Competitive pay | 128 jobs Equity / stock options | 114 jobs Team events | 73 jobs Insurance | 73 jobs Flex vacation | 72 jobs Parental leave | 67 jobs Salary bonus | 59 jobs 401(k) matching | 57 jobs Medical leave | 49 jobs Wellness | 32 jobs Gear | 24 jobs Transparency | 24 jobs Fitness / gym | 22 jobs Home office stipend | 17 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 17 jobs Lunch / meals | 15 jobsRelated salaries
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