Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Developer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Developer in United States during 2025 is USD 173,250
✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert AI Developer salary lies between USD 130,000 and USD 218,900 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 Developer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 14
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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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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 Architecture, Python and RAG. 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:
Architecture | 102 jobs Python | 88 jobs RAG | 83 jobs Security | 81 jobs Engineering | 80 jobs Machine Learning | 79 jobs JavaScript | 76 jobs Node.js | 70 jobs Microservices | 67 jobs Generative AI | 64 jobs MongoDB | 63 jobs Finance | 62 jobs Computer Science | 61 jobs MySQL | 60 jobs Blockchain | 59 jobs LLMs | 58 jobs Ruby | 57 jobs Rust | 57 jobs FinTech | 56 jobs Azure | 46 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, 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 | 137 jobs Health care | 34 jobs Flex hours | 31 jobs Team events | 18 jobs Flex vacation | 17 jobs Startup environment | 17 jobs Competitive pay | 17 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 12 jobs Parental leave | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 11 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs Transparency | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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