# Staff AI Engineer Salary

> Staff AI Engineer roles pay a median of $271k a year, based on 147 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $226k to $299k, and the top 10% more than $380k. 39% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: Anthropic.

- **Median (USD):** $271k
- **25th to 75th percentile:** $226k to $299k
- **10th to 90th percentile:** $204k to $380k
- **Disclosed roles:** 147

## By city

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| San Francisco | 46 | $275k | $292k | $353k |
| New York | 24 | $246k | $279k | $288k |
| Mountain View | 16 | $219k | $235k | $281k |
| Toronto | 6 | $192k | $207k | $245k |
| Boston | 6 | $268k | $283k | $296k |
| Menlo Park | 5 | $266k | $287k | $288k |
| Palo Alto | 3 | $249k | $273k | $349k |

## By country

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 124 | $237k | $279k | $300k |
| Canada | 14 | $190k | $205k | $206k |

## Remote vs on-site

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On-site / hybrid | 89 | $226k | $267k | $303k |
| Remote | 58 | $236k | $276k | $287k |

## Top-paying companies

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

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Anthropic](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/anthropic) | 17 | $403k | $445k | $445k |
| [Decagon](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/decagon) | 5 | $300k | $300k | $300k |
| [Suno](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/suno) | 4 | $296k | $296k | $296k |
| [Harvey](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/harvey) | 15 | $285k | $286k | $286k |
| [Scale AI](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/scale-ai) | 7 | $284k | $284k | $303k |
| [Waymo](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/waymo) | 5 | $281k | $281k | $333k |
| [Snowflake](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/snowflake) | 4 | $258k | $277k | $288k |
| [Snorkel AI](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/snorkel-ai) | 4 | $258k | $261k | $270k |
| [Robinhood](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/robinhood) | 3 | $252k | $255k | $271k |
| [Airbnb](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/airbnb) | 3 | $239k | $239k | $259k |

## Other roles

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

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=staff&offer=185000

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