ML/AIWork

ML/AI Work Research · Posting corpus

ML/AI Work Salary Benchmark

As of 2026-07-26, the ML/AI Work Salary Benchmark puts median advertised pay for AI roles at $140,000 – $230,000/yr (USD), across 24,596 postings that disclose a salary (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).

  • +1.5% month-over-month (median)

Percentile bands (USD)

Advertised floor (salary min) — p25 / median / p75
$0p25 $107K · median $140K · p75 $170K$400K
Advertised ceiling (salary max) — p25 / median / p75
$0p25 $193K · median $230K · p75 $280K$400K

The middle half of AI postings advertises a floor between $106,605 and $170,000, and a ceiling between $193,200 and $280,000.

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=24596, as of 2026-07-26. https://mlai.work/research/salary-benchmark

https://mlai.work/research/salary-benchmark