ML/AI Work Research · Posting corpus
ML/AI Work Salary Benchmark
As of 2026-06-10, the ML/AI Work Salary Benchmark puts median advertised pay for AI roles at $136,000 – $228,800/yr (USD), across 20,880 postings that disclose a salary (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).
Percentile bands (USD)
The middle half of AI postings advertises a floor between $105,400 and $167,000, and a ceiling between $193,200 and $279,000.
Drill down
Slice these benchmarks by specialization, country and seniority — including the AI-vs-non-AI premium ladder — in the interactive salary explorer. Tracking since 2026-06-07; month-over-month and year-over-year movement appears as the snapshot series accrues.
Methodology
Pay is annualized from the advertised interval, percentiles are computed within the modal currency among disclosing postings (no cross-currency mixing), and the series is published snapshot over snapshot. Details: methodology.
Cite this
ML/AI Work, "ML/AI Work Salary Benchmark", dataset v2026.06, n=20880, as of 2026-06-10. https://mlai.work/research/salary-benchmark