Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert AI Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 180,995

✏️ This salary info is based on 62 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert AI Engineer salary lies between USD 140,000 and USD 212,000 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
2024
Sample size
62
Top 10%
$ 257,000
Top 25%
$ 212,000
Median
$ 180,995
Bottom 25%
$ 140,000
Bottom 10%
$ 95,325

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.

Last updated: May 19, 2024

Salary trend

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 Machine Learning, Python and Engineering. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Machine Learning | 123 jobs Python | 110 jobs Engineering | 110 jobs Computer Science | 76 jobs Research | 69 jobs LLMs | 65 jobs Deep Learning | 57 jobs PyTorch | 57 jobs Generative AI | 57 jobs Architecture | 52 jobs NLP | 50 jobs TensorFlow | 49 jobs Pipelines | 47 jobs AWS | 45 jobs ML models | 40 jobs Azure | 39 jobs Security | 38 jobs Kubernetes | 36 jobs Testing | 33 jobs Docker | 32 jobs

Top 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 Equity. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 122 jobs Health care | 58 jobs Equity | 51 jobs Flex hours | 44 jobs Competitive pay | 40 jobs Flex vacation | 33 jobs Startup environment | 32 jobs Parental leave | 27 jobs Salary bonus | 27 jobs Team events | 24 jobs 401(k) matching | 20 jobs Medical leave | 20 jobs Wellness | 18 jobs Insurance | 16 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs Relocation support | 6 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 6 jobs

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