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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 Domain Specializations roles tracked by ML/AI Work is $156,000 – $241,500/yr (USD), across 2,174 postings that disclose pay (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).
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Domain Specializations roles
Figures in USD, the most common currency among the 2,174 disclosed-pay postings in this slice.
n=2,174 · as of 2026-07-28 · v2026.06 · methodology ↗
Salary distributionwithin Domain Specializations roles
Most common advertised floor: $150K–$175K — 508 of 2,174 disclosed-pay postings.
Median floor by senioritywithin Domain Specializations
Staff-level postings advertise the highest median floor — $184,225 (n=188).
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 Domain Specializations roles
AI Safety tops skill pay in this slice — $300,000 median floor (n=90).
Remote vs onsitewithin Domain Specializations roles
Remote postings advertise a comparable median floor but a 10% lower median ceiling than onsite ($225K vs $250K).
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ML/AI Work, "AI & ML salary benchmarks — Domain Specializations roles", dataset v2026.06, n=2174, as of 2026-07-28. https://mlai.work/salaries