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7 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 23, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for applied AI engineer roles at mid level across the United States: 52 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $161,500 and $245,625, with a median of $201,250.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $201,250 and senior $207,500. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 3% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 2 of the 7 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

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Every measured range

7 by market and level
MarketLevelMarket rangeMedianSample
United States · country-wide Mid $161,500 – $245,625 $201,250 52
United States · country-wide Senior $187,750 – $226,875 $207,500 26
Remote · United States Mid $214,550 – $247,500 $230,000 9hint
Remote · United States Senior $210,000 – $220,500 $217,554 5hint
New York Mid $175,000 – $276,600 $264,500 11
San Francisco Mid $200,000 – $255,000 $205,000 17
San Francisco Senior $204,625 – $233,125 $217,500 10

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

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Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.

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