Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 193,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 222 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert AI Engineer salary lies between USD 160,000 and USD 250,000 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
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 222
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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 Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 514 jobs Engineering | 509 jobs Machine Learning | 486 jobs LLMs | 372 jobs Computer Science | 346 jobs AWS | 332 jobs Azure | 298 jobs Generative AI | 289 jobs Architecture | 276 jobs Pipelines | 271 jobs PyTorch | 260 jobs Research | 239 jobs TensorFlow | 232 jobs GCP | 217 jobs NLP | 213 jobs APIs | 207 jobs Security | 200 jobs Deep Learning | 173 jobs RAG | 170 jobs Docker | 169 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 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 | 475 jobs Health care | 203 jobs Startup environment | 154 jobs Flex hours | 150 jobs Competitive pay | 141 jobs Equity / stock options | 112 jobs Team events | 98 jobs Flex vacation | 97 jobs Insurance | 92 jobs Salary bonus | 76 jobs Parental leave | 75 jobs Medical leave | 57 jobs 401(k) matching | 42 jobs Wellness | 34 jobs Transparency | 32 jobs Conferences | 32 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Home office stipend | 17 jobs Gear | 14 jobs Flexible spending account | 13 jobsRelated salaries
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