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 190,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 412 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert AI Engineer salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 240,800 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
- 412
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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 | 905 jobs Engineering | 904 jobs Machine Learning | 870 jobs LLMs | 672 jobs Computer Science | 626 jobs AWS | 565 jobs Generative AI | 518 jobs Azure | 500 jobs Architecture | 493 jobs Pipelines | 478 jobs Research | 441 jobs PyTorch | 432 jobs TensorFlow | 386 jobs APIs | 370 jobs NLP | 369 jobs GCP | 368 jobs Security | 349 jobs ML models | 321 jobs RAG | 314 jobs MLOps | 299 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 | 848 jobs Health care | 364 jobs Startup environment | 278 jobs Flex hours | 264 jobs Competitive pay | 260 jobs Equity / stock options | 196 jobs Team events | 172 jobs Flex vacation | 168 jobs Insurance | 144 jobs Parental leave | 143 jobs Salary bonus | 139 jobs Medical leave | 102 jobs 401(k) matching | 79 jobs Wellness | 73 jobs Transparency | 60 jobs Conferences | 54 jobs Gear | 32 jobs Home office stipend | 31 jobs Fitness / gym | 30 jobs Relocation support | 26 jobsRelated salaries
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