Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Developer during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Developer during 2025 is USD 149,940
✏️ This salary info is based on 40 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert AI Developer salary lies between USD 105,100 and USD 183,000 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.
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- AI Developer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 40
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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 Senior-level / Expert AI Developer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Developer 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 | 165 jobs Engineering | 152 jobs Machine Learning | 149 jobs Architecture | 148 jobs Computer Science | 115 jobs RAG | 112 jobs Generative AI | 110 jobs LLMs | 109 jobs Security | 106 jobs Azure | 105 jobs JavaScript | 91 jobs Pipelines | 91 jobs APIs | 90 jobs AWS | 82 jobs Node.js | 78 jobs Microservices | 76 jobs MongoDB | 70 jobs NLP | 69 jobs Agile | 66 jobs Finance | 65 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert AI Developer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Developer job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Health care. 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 | 217 jobs Flex hours | 68 jobs Health care | 65 jobs Startup environment | 39 jobs Flex vacation | 36 jobs Salary bonus | 33 jobs Competitive pay | 31 jobs Insurance | 31 jobs Team events | 30 jobs Equity / stock options | 24 jobs Wellness | 23 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs Medical leave | 12 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 9 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Gear | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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