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Senior AI Engineer salary guide

Salary data for Senior AI Engineer roles paying $300k+ or more, taken from the pay ranges employers publish in their own job listings.
Updated · 8 live $300k+ listings

Key Takeaways

  • We track 8 live $300k+ Senior AI Engineer listings, 8 of them in USD. A median needs at least 20 USD listings, so this page shows no salary figures yet.
  • These figures cover only listings that publish a salary of $300k+ or more, so they sit above pay for Senior AI Engineer roles overall.
  • New listings are added from company career pages every day, and the figures appear here as soon as the sample is large enough.
Median base salary
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Median of listing midpoints, USD listings only.
Middle half of listings
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25th to 75th percentile.
Listings counted
0
Live USD listings paying $300k+.
Countries with data
1
Countries with at least 5 listings.

Which companies are hiring for Senior AI Engineer roles at $300k+?

Companies with at least 2 open $300k+ Senior AI Engineer listings, ordered by number of listings.
Companies with the most open Senior AI Engineer listings
CompanyOpen listingsMedian pay
SpaceX4$285,000
NVIDIA2$266,000

How does Senior AI Engineer pay compare across countries?

Each country is shown in its own currency, so the rows are not comparable with each other. Countries with fewer than 5 listings are left out.
Senior AI Engineer annual pay by country, in each country's currency
CountryCurrencyListingsMedian payMiddle half
United StatesUSD8$278,000$256,000 to $285,000

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Senior AI Engineer job openings ($300k+)

NVIDIA logo
$184k - $357kUS, USA
SpaceX logo
$220k - $350kWashington, USA
SpaceX logo
$220k - $350kWashington, USA
SpaceX logo
$220k - $350kWashington, USA
NVIDIA logo
$200k - $322kUS, USA
Intel logo
$171k - $315kUS, USA
Workday logo

Senior AI Engineer

Workday · 17d ago

$169k - $312kUSA, USA

How is this Senior AI Engineer salary data calculated?

The figures are computed from live job listings, not from surveys.
  • Source: the salary ranges employers publish in their own job listings, collected from company career pages and applicant-tracking systems.
  • Method: each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range. Headline figures use USD listings only, and the median is the middle value, not an average.
  • Coverage: only listings paying $300k+ or more are included, so the data does not describe all Senior AI Engineer pay. Listings that publish no salary are not counted.
  • Freshness: closed and stale listings are removed, and the figures are recalculated as the listings change.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a Senior AI Engineer make?

We do not publish a Senior AI Engineer median yet: it needs at least 20 live USD listings and we currently have 8. This page covers only listings paying $300k+ or more.

Which companies are hiring for Senior AI Engineer roles at $300k+?

The companies with the most open $300k+ Senior AI Engineer listings are SpaceX (4 listings, median $285,000) and NVIDIA (2 listings, median $266,000).

Where does this Senior AI Engineer salary data come from?

The figures come from the salary ranges employers publish in their own job listings, collected from company career pages and applicant-tracking systems. Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range. Only USD listings go into the headline figures, and listings that are closed or stale are removed. The data was last refreshed on November 13, 2026.

Are remote and hybrid Senior AI Engineer jobs included?

Yes. Each listing is tagged remote, hybrid or on-site, and remote roles carry a region (US only, EMEA, APAC or global), so you can filter the live job list to the arrangement you want.