Some Jobs in AI pay $1M+. Others are disappearing. Know the difference.

We track which AI roles are booming, which are getting cut, and what they all pay — so you can make power moves instead of landing on the chopping block.

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AI Engineer
@
Siemens
$83K
Machine Learning Engineer
@
Meta
$400K
Machine Learning Engineer
@
Roblox
$503K
AI Engineer
@
IBM
$158K
AI Software Engineer
@
Nvidia
$215K
Software Engineer
@
Open AI
$350K
Machine Learning Engineer
@
Contextual AI
$200K
Machine Learning Engineer
@
Uber
$420K
AI Engineer
@
Siemens
$83K
Machine Learning Engineer
@
Meta
$400K
Machine Learning Engineer
@
Roblox
$503K
AI Engineer
@
IBM
$158K
AI Software Engineer
@
Nvidia
$215K
Software Engineer
@
Open AI
$350K
Machine Learning Engineer
@
Contextual AI
$200K
Machine Learning Engineer
@
Uber
$420K
The market right now

Who Thriving? Who Getting Chopped?

Update weekly with real data. Buckle up.

On the Chopping Block
Junior Data Analyst
Postings down 34% YoY
34%
Prompt Engineer
Avg salary dropped $18K
22%
AI Content Moderator
Headcount cut 41% since Q1
41%
Junior ML Engineer
Hiring frozen at 6 of top 10 cos
33%
Ridding The Wave
AI Safety Researcher
Avg $485K (+27% YoY)
27%
Forward Deployed Engineer
$300K+ median, demand up 3x
3x
AI Infrastructure Architect
Open roles up 78% since Jan
75%
LLM Product Manager
New role, already at $190K median
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What’s your AI role actually worth?

Spoiler: probably more than you think. Or less. Let’s find out.

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Eloquent AI
Sanfrancisco, CA
1 day ago
AI Engineer
L3
6
yrs
1
yrs total
385,000
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Salary data from people at

Popular this week

Top salary pages.

The role × city combos people are searching most.

Machine Learning Engineer
San Francisco
0.16
Median total compensation
320000
Base
173800
599200
310
submissions
32
open jobs
Preview
AI Engineer
New York
0.1
Median total compensation
167500
Base
117000
399600
85
submissions
15
open jobs
Preview
Software Engineer, Machine Learning
Los Angeles
0.09
Median total compensation
216300
Base
95200
508700
147
submissions
Preview
AI Researcher
Atlanta
-0.21
Median total compensation
135000
Base
37600
218600
20
submissions
Preview
Data Scientist
Canada
0.32
Median total compensation
131500
Base
79100
189100
22
submissions
Preview
AI Engineer
San Francisco
-0.14
Median total compensation
242200
Base
120000
460000
54
submissions
53
open jobs
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Stories the data is telling us

What we obsess over so you don't have to.

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A job that didn’t exist 12 months ago now pays $400K

AI Jobs. With actual salary numbers.

Revolutionary concept, we know.
United States
United States
$150,000 – $210,000

Senior Product Operations Manager, Evaluation

Full-time
Program Manager
United States
United States
$100,000 – $190,000

Forward Deployed Engineer I/II

Full-time
Technical Support Engineer
United States
United States
$108,000 – $170,000

AI Agent Engineer, Client Facing

Full-time
AI Engineer
United States
United States
$108,000 – $170,000

Sr. Manager, Integrated Campaigns and ABX

Full-time
AI Engineer
Singapore
Singapore
SGD 295,000 – SGD 495,000

Software Engineer, Agent (Cantonese Speaking)

Full-time
Software Engineer
No items found.
$190,000 – $270,000

Systems Research Engineer Intern - GPU Programming (Fall 2026)

Full-time
DevOps Engineer

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