# Senior AI Engineer Salary

> Senior AI Engineer roles pay a median of $202k a year, based on 144 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $177k to $230k, and the top 10% more than $244k. 46% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: Decagon.

- **Median (USD):** $202k
- **25th to 75th percentile:** $177k to $230k
- **10th to 90th percentile:** $140k to $244k
- **Disclosed roles:** 144

## By city

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| San Francisco | 26 | $196k | $241k | $294k |
| New York | 10 | $222k | $236k | $242k |
| Bellevue | 7 | $228k | $244k | $244k |
| San Diego | 5 | $185k | $185k | $185k |
| Seattle | 5 | $170k | $190k | $190k |
| Mountain View | 4 | $194k | $195k | $206k |
| Boston | 4 | $163k | $178k | $185k |
| Menlo Park | 4 | $207k | $224k | $237k |
| Sunnyvale | 3 | $212k | $212k | $212k |
| Redwood City | 3 | $173k | $174k | $178k |
| Vancouver | 3 | $174k | $174k | $181k |

## By country

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 110 | $190k | $212k | $238k |
| Canada | 15 | $163k | $181k | $184k |
| Portugal | 3 | $70k | $72k | $76k |

## Remote vs on-site

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On-site / hybrid | 78 | $175k | $196k | $237k |
| Remote | 66 | $179k | $202k | $228k |

## Top-paying companies

Companies with at least three disclosed salaries here, by median.

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Decagon](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/decagon) | 6 | $300k | $300k | $300k |
| [Snowflake](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/snowflake) | 8 | $242k | $244k | $244k |
| [Scale AI](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/scale-ai) | 3 | $243k | $243k | $243k |
| [Harvey](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/harvey) | 6 | $242k | $242k | $242k |
| [Cresta](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/cresta) | 4 | $225k | $233k | $236k |
| [Vanta](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/vanta) | 4 | $212k | $221k | $231k |
| [CoreWeave](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/coreweave) | 6 | $206k | $212k | $212k |
| [Samsara](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/samsara) | 5 | $207k | $207k | $207k |
| [Coinbase](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/coinbase) | 4 | $202k | $202k | $202k |
| [Anduril](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/anduril) | 4 | $170k | $196k | $222k |

## Other roles

- [Senior Machine Learning Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/machine-learning-engineer/senior)
- [Senior Research Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/research-scientist/senior)
- [Senior Data Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/senior)
- [Senior Data Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-engineer/senior)
- [Senior MLOps Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/mlops-infrastructure/senior)
- [Senior Computer Vision Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/computer-vision/senior)
- [Senior Robotics Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/robotics/senior)
- [Senior AI Product Manager Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-product-manager/senior)
- [Senior Prompt Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/prompt-eval-engineer/senior)
- [Senior Analytics Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/analytics-engineer/senior)

Every live listing here that discloses a number, in any currency. Converted to USD at ECB reference rates as of 2026-10-28. Hourly, weekly, and monthly figures are annualised (2,080 / 52 / 12). Where a salary is a range we use its midpoint. Live roles: [AI/LLM Engineer jobs](https://aijobsgrid.com/ai-jobs/ai-llm-engineer). Check an offer: https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/calculator?role=ai-llm-engineer&facet=senior&offer=185000

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