Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer during 2025 is USD 182,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 108 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert AI Engineer salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 245,000 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 Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 108
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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 Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert AI Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python 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:
Engineering | 194 jobs Python | 192 jobs Machine Learning | 186 jobs Computer Science | 143 jobs LLMs | 141 jobs AWS | 123 jobs Azure | 117 jobs Architecture | 108 jobs Generative AI | 106 jobs Pipelines | 100 jobs PyTorch | 99 jobs NLP | 87 jobs Research | 86 jobs TensorFlow | 85 jobs GCP | 82 jobs Docker | 69 jobs Kubernetes | 66 jobs ML models | 66 jobs APIs | 65 jobs Deep Learning | 64 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 186 jobs Health care | 84 jobs Flex hours | 60 jobs Competitive pay | 56 jobs Startup environment | 55 jobs Equity / stock options | 48 jobs Flex vacation | 38 jobs Insurance | 38 jobs Salary bonus | 38 jobs Team events | 35 jobs Parental leave | 28 jobs Medical leave | 24 jobs Wellness | 17 jobs Transparency | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Conferences | 9 jobs Gear | 6 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs Yoga | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobsRelated salaries
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