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AI Engineer salary in United States
The median salary in AI Engineer job ads in United States is $222,052 a year (about $18,504 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $188,250 to $237,125, based on 10 salaries from 7 employers, updated 28 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $222,052
- a year
- Salaries
- 10
- from 7 employers
- Last updated
- 28 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 28 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $130,250
- 25th percentile
- $188,250
- Median
- $222,052
- 75th percentile
- $237,125
- 90th percentile
- $240,000
10 salaries · 20 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 10 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 28 Oct 2026
Salary brackets
AI Engineer salary brackets in United States
How the 10 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| Under $120K | 10% 1 listing | |
| $120K–$140K | 10% 1 listing | |
| $140K–$160K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $160K–$180K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $180K–$200K | 10% 1 listing | |
| $200K–$220K | 20% 2 listings | |
| $220K–$240KMedian here | 20% 2 listings | |
| $240K and over | 30% 3 listings |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
Pay listed by employers
Latest AI Engineer jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- AI engineerWRITER · Senior level · posted 23 Sept 2026$198,000 – $259,000
- AI Engineer, WorkbenchBrex · Senior level · posted 18 Sept 2026$216,000 – $240,000
- AI Engineer, Customer SuccessSamsara · Mid level · posted 17 Oct 2026$105,910 – $160,200
- AI Engineer - Data and EvalsGlean · Senior level · posted 23 Oct 2026$200,000 – $280,000
- AI Engineer - Quality and Post-TrainingGlean · Senior level · posted 23 Oct 2026$200,000 – $280,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
10 salaries from 7 employers, posted between 28 Oct 2025 and 28 Oct 2026. Last updated 28 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 100%
Live jobs
AI Engineer jobs in United States
- AI Engineer - AI Platform
Addepar · New York, New York, United States
$163K – $203.5K/yr · listed by the employer
- AI Engineer - GenAI
CVS Health · Dallas, Texas, United States
- AI Engineer
StatusNeo · New York, New York, United States
- AI Engineer - Data and Evals
Glean · San Francisco Bay Area
$200K – $280K/yr · listed by the employer
- AI Engineer - Quality and Post-Training
Glean · San Francisco Bay Area
$200K – $280K/yr · listed by the employer
- AI Engineer, Trading Ops & Management
Crypto.com · United States
$80K – $130K/yr · listed by the employer
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
Frequently asked questions
AI Engineer salary in United States: common questions
What is the average AI Engineer salary in United States in 2026?
Job ads for AI Engineer in United States on Jobiba list a median salary of $222,052 a year, based on 10 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $188,250 and $237,125 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate AI Engineer salary in United States?
From 10 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.