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$ AI & ML Salary Report

2025

Real salary data from 762+ active AI job listings. No surveys, no self-reported data — actual posted salary ranges from employers.

MEDIAN_SALARY
$165k
annual
JOBS_ANALYZED
762+
active
IQR_RANGE
$120k–$202k
p25 – p75
REMOTE_DELTA
-32%
vs on-site

Remote vs. On-Site

diff --stat remote.log onsite.log

Remote
$117k
IQR: $83k$178k
134 listings
Hybrid
$163k
IQR: $131k$192k
145 listings
On-Site
$172k
IQR: $139k$210k
483 listings

-32% lower median salary for remote AI roles vs. on-site. Remote roles attract a global applicant pool, which can compress or expand ranges depending on the company's location policy.

Highest-Paying Skills

SELECT skill, median_salary FROM tags ORDER BY median_salary DESC LIMIT 12

01similarity search
█████████████████████████
$241k
02observability
█████████████████████████
$241k
03Rust
████████████████████████
$230k
04Golang
████████████████████████
$226k
05experimentation
███████████████████████░░
$223k
06team leadership
███████████████████████░░
$220k
07VectorDBs
███████████████████████░░
$219k
08Nemo Guardrails
███████████████████████░░
$219k
09technical leadership
██████████████████████░░░
$215k
10distributed systems
██████████████████████░░░
$215k
11model evaluation
██████████████████████░░░
$213k
12Huggingface
██████████████████████░░░
$213k

* Median salary for jobs tagged with each skill. Min 10 listings to display.

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## Methodology

  • -Aggregated from 762+ live AI job listings updated continuously
  • -Only jobs with explicitly posted salary ranges are included
  • -Median uses the midpoint of each posting's min–max range
  • -Data refreshed hourly — reflects current market conditions
  • -US-based USD roles form the majority of the dataset

## Limitations

  • -Total compensation (equity, bonus) not included — base salary only
  • -Salary varies significantly by company size, stage, and funding
  • -Roles with fewer than 5 listings are excluded from breakdowns
  • -AI job market moves fast — treat as directional guidance

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