AI salaries · updated November 3, 2026

Data Engineer at AI Companies salary

Data engineers build the pipelines that collect, clean and move the data AI companies run on. Across 25 open postings that publish pay, the median is $325K a year, and the middle half pay $214K to $363K.

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Median yearly pay

$325K

10th
$195K
25th
$214K
75th
$363K
90th
$365K

From 25 open postings at 13 companies that publish pay.

  • $325KMedian posted pay
  • $115K–$536KLowest to highest posted
  • 25Postings with pay
  • 37Open roles now

Pay breakdown

By experience level

Median of each posting's pay range, grouped by the level in the job title.

  • Mid level 12$363K
  • Senior 12$236K

Remote or in the office

Remote roles often pay by the location you live in; on-site roles here are mostly in high-cost cities.

  • Remote 7$310K
  • On-site or hybrid 18$329K

Top-paying companies

Companies with at least two open Data Engineer at AI Companies postings that show pay, by median.

  • OpenAI 4$368K
  • Anthropic 6$363K
  • Waymo 2$307K
  • Decagon 2$195K
  • Harvey 2$195K
  • Databricks 2$187K

How we calculate this

We read the pay ranges employers publish on their own job postings (US pay-transparency laws require most of them), count each posting once at the middle of its range, and use only yearly US-dollar pay. Equity and bonuses are not included; for sales roles some employers publish on-target earnings (base plus commission) instead of base pay. The data refreshes twice a day from 3,633 AI job postings with pay.

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