-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

01similarity search

$241k14 jobs

02observability

$241k17 jobs

03Rust

$230k13 jobs

04Golang

$226k13 jobs

05experimentation

$223k18 jobs

06team leadership

$220k28 jobs

07VectorDBs

$219k18 jobs

08Nemo Guardrails

$219k17 jobs

09technical leadership

$215k14 jobs

10distributed systems

$215k25 jobs

11model evaluation

$213k22 jobs

12Huggingface

$213k12 jobs

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

Methodology & Data Sources

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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