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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 ML Systems and Inference roles tracked by ML/AI Work is $159,200 – $247,250/yr (USD), across 320 postings that disclose pay (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).
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Figures in USD, the most common currency among the 320 disclosed-pay postings in this slice.
n=320 · as of 2026-07-28 · v2026.06 · methodology ↗
Salary distributionwithin ML Systems and Inference roles
Most common advertised floor: $125K–$150K — 79 of 320 disclosed-pay postings.
Median floor by senioritywithin ML Systems and Inference
Executive-level postings advertise the highest median floor — $224,000 (n=5).
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 ML Systems and Inference roles
CUDA tops skill pay in this slice — $180,000 median floor (n=53).
Remote vs onsitewithin ML Systems and Inference roles
Remote postings advertise a comparable median floor but a 9% lower median ceiling than onsite ($227K vs $250K).
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ML/AI Work, "AI & ML salary benchmarks — ML Systems and Inference roles", dataset v2026.06, n=320, as of 2026-07-28. https://mlai.work/salaries