AI Engineer Salary – Nov 2024

How much do AI Engineers get paid?

The average AI Engineer salary is $64K - $200K per year.

The salary depends on the technology, programming language, years of experience, location and the seniority.

  • AI ML Engineer makes $21K – $500K per year
  • AI Prompt Engineer makes $70K – $500K per year
  • AI Software Engineer makes $20 – $385K per year

AI Salaries by Engineering Role Types

NLP engineers has the highest average salary $200K per year, with a minimum base salary of $100K and a maximum of $320K.

Healthcare AI engineers has the lowest salary. Their average yearly salary is $64K, with a minimum base salary of $50K and a maximum of $75K.

Position Avg Yearly Salary Min Yearly Salary Max Yearly Salary

AI/ML

$176K

$21K

$500K

Annotation

$83K

$42K

$220K

Architect

$188K

$88K

$375K

Cybersecurity

$130K

$37K

$280K

Developer

$127K

$17K

$315K

Engineer

$176K

$38K

$500K

Generative AI

$179K

$75K

$281K

Healthcare AI

$64K

$50K

$75K

LLM

$200K

$52K

$500K

NLP

$200K

$100K

$320K

Programmer

$141K

$70K

$250K

Prompt Engineer

$161K

$70K

$500K

Robotics

$131K

$42K

$360K

Software Engineer

$165K

$20

$385K

Solutions

$170K

$69K

$375K

Testing

$136K

$33K

$284K

Trend in AI Engineer Salary

How AI Engineer Salary has changed in March 2024 - September 2024:
  • March 2024: $166K
  • April 2024: $284K
  • May 2024: $371K
  • June 2024: $698K
  • July 2024: $862K
  • August 2024: $900K
  • September 2024: $3668K

How many AI Engineer Jobs are there?

Check how many new AI engineers jobs are posted per month in March 2024 - September 2024:
  • March 2024 : 76
  • April 2024 : 119
  • May 2024 : 193
  • June 2024 : 141
  • July 2024 : 154
  • August 2024 : 150
  • September 2024 : 29

AI Salaries by Seniority

Chief of AI has the highest average salary $256K per year, with a minimum base salary of $165K and a maximum of $345K.

Project Manager has the lowest salary. Their average yearly salary is $131K, with a minimum base salary of $93K and a maximum of $200K.

Position Avg Yearly Salary Min Yearly Salary Max Yearly Salary

Chief of AI

$256K

$165K

$345K

Head of AI

$223K

$179K

$250K

Junior

$132K

$21K

$500K

Manager

$175K

$45K

$500K

Product Manager

$181K

$100K

$276K

Project Manager

$131K

$93K

$200K

Senior

$177K

$88K

$500K

AI Engineers Salary by Country

USA AI Engineers have the highest average salary $172K per year, with a minimum base salary of $20 and a maximum of $500K.

France AI Engineers have the lowest salary. Their average yearly salary is $17K, with a minimum base salary of $17K and a maximum of $18K.

Country Avg Yearly Salary Min Yearly Salary Max Yearly Salary

Australia

$118K

$95K

$140K

Canada

$114K

$58K

$256K

Europe

$98K

$45K

$216K

France

$17K

$17K

$18K

India

$110K

$62K

$173K

Netherlands

$39K

$38K

$40K

Philippines

$51K

$50K

$52K

Spain

$65K

$60K

$70K

UK

$89K

$45K

$138K

USA

$172K

$20

$500K

Related Resources

Latest AI jobs with salaries