AI Engineer salary 2026
Remote AI Engineer roles advertise a median of $245K a year, based on 26 open postings that publish pay.
$245KMedian
$229K–$265KMiddle 50%
$183K–$313KFull range
26Postings
By candidate region
Median of published ranges, grouped by where the posting accepts applicants from.
Worldwide
$246K
22 roles
North America
$212K
3 roles
Asia
$203K
1 role
Highest-paying open roles
Live postings, ranked by the midpoint of their published range.
1
Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities) · Perplexity
$220K - $405K
2
Applied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent · OpenAI
$230K - $385K
3
Senior / Staff Full-Stack AI Engineer · Suno
$228K - $363K
4
Applied AI Engineer, Fullstack · Ramp
$204.4K - $352K
5
Applied AI Engineer · Ramp
$204.4K - $352K
6
Applied AI Engineer, API Platform, Digital Natives · OpenAI
$251K - $278K
7
Applied AI Engineer, API Platform, Digital Natives · OpenAI
$251K - $278K
8
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise · OpenAI
$251K - $278K
9
Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government · OpenAI
$211K - $302K
10
Applied AI Engineer, Government · OpenAI
$211K - $302K
How this is calculated: we take every currently open AI Engineer posting on the board whose title matches the role and that publishes a salary range in US dollars, use the midpoint of each range, and report the median and percentiles. Postings without pay, or with pay in another currency, are excluded — nothing is estimated. Refreshed with every daily job update.
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