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Median advertised pay for AI, ML, LLM and data-science roles — drill into a specialization, country or seniority and the numbers update from live postings.
As of 2026-07-28, the median advertised salary for Architecture and Leadership roles tracked by ML/AI Work is $148,000 – $265,100/yr (USD), across 3,878 postings that disclose pay (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).
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Architecture and Leadership roles
Figures in USD, the most common currency among the 3,878 disclosed-pay postings in this slice.
n=3,878 · as of 2026-07-28 · v2026.06 · methodology ↗
Salary distributionwithin Architecture and Leadership roles
Most common advertised floor: $150K–$175K — 1,044 of 3,878 disclosed-pay postings.
Median floor by senioritywithin Architecture and Leadership
Lead-level postings advertise the highest median floor — $189,200 (n=423).
Median floor by specializationwithin all AI roles
ML Systems and Inference pays the highest median floor ($159K); AI Safety and Evaluation the lowest ($105K).
Salary coverage by countryshare of postings with a salary range
United States leads salary coverage at 82.2%; 17 other markets are not yet covered.
Top-paying skillswithin Architecture and Leadership roles
Scala tops skill pay in this slice — $180,656 median floor (n=65).
Remote vs onsitewithin Architecture and Leadership roles
Remote postings advertise a comparable median floor but a 15% lower median ceiling than onsite ($225K vs $265K).
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ML/AI Work, "AI & ML salary benchmarks — Architecture and Leadership roles", dataset v2026.06, n=3878, as of 2026-07-28. https://mlai.work/salaries