Remote Applied AI Engineer salary
Base pay in the United States, from 6 postings by 6 employers that published the pay range.
Median base pay per year
$227,500
A typical posting offers $185,000 to $267,500.
10th percentile $208k – $253k
middle half $263k
90th percentile
What a Applied AI Engineer does
Applied AI engineers take existing AI models and make them solve a specific business or customer problem. The emphasis is on application: choosing a model, adapting it through prompting or fine-tuning, proving with evaluations that it works on real data, and shipping it. At AI vendors the role is often customer-facing, helping client teams get a use case into production.
By level
| Level | Typical range | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | $200,000 – $275,000 | $230,000 | 3 |
| Staff & Principal | $180,000 – $225,000 | $202,500 | 3 |
Open Applied AI Engineer jobs with published pay
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Staff Applied AI Engineer - Pre-Sales
Snorkel · Remote · New York City, NY
Sales $190,000 – $330,000 per year Posted Nov 11, 2026 -
Applied AI Engineer, Enterprise - EDU
OpenAI · Remote (US)
Customer Support Full-time $251K - $278K Posted Nov 6, 2026 -
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Sr. Staff Applied AI Engineer, GTM
Zscaler · Remote (US)
Data & AI Full-time $180,000 – $225,000 per year Posted Oct 26, 2026 -
Staff Applied AI Engineer, Product & Agent Performance
Arcadia · Remote (US)
Product Full-time $175,000 – $200,000 per year Posted Aug 20, 2026