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AI EdTech Specialist Salary.

Across 81 U.S. cities.

$113,000

estimated national base salary

$78,000 to $162,000. Last updated September 2026.

Orbyt prices 65 titles at this same figure, including AI Trainer / RLHF Specialist, AI Training Data Specialist, and Deep Learning Engineer. Orbyt does not hold title-level wage data that would separate them.

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Government benchmark for this occupation

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a median annual wage of $120,230 for Data Scientists (SOC 15-2051) across the United States, based on 262,440 employed workers (May 2025 release).

10th percentile

$67,240

25th percentile

$85,660

Median

$120,230

75th percentile

$158,880

90th percentile

$199,130

Workers surveyed

262,440

What BLS published in each release

May 2024 release

$112,590

May 2025 release

$120,230

These are two separate published estimates, not a time series. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not encourage the use of OEWS data for time-series analysis. Differences between releases reflect changes in occupational classification, survey methodology, and the three-year pooled sample as well as any change in pay, so the two figures should not be read as a rate of wage growth.

BLS publishes wages by occupation code, not by job title, so this figure covers every role mapped to Data Scientists (SOC 15-2051) rather than AI EdTech Specialist specifically. The national range at the top of this page is Orbyt’s role-level estimate, which is a different thing and is labelled as such.

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Highest Paying

$153,000

San Francisco, CA

Best Purchasing Power

$118,000

Denver, CO

Lowest Paying

$88,000

Jackson, MS

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated September 2026. This role maps to BLS occupation code 15-2051. Full methodology.

Orbyt estimates the average AI EdTech Specialist salary in the United States at $113,000 in 2026, within a range of $78,000 to $162,000. These figures are Orbyt estimates, computed rather than measured, and must not be cited as Bureau of Labor Statistics figures; the published BLS wage for the occupation this role maps to is shown separately on this page. This figure is not specific to this title: Orbyt prices 65 titles at the same estimate. San Francisco is the highest of the 81 cities at $153,000, while Denver offers the best purchasing power after cost-of-living adjustments. Pay varies significantly between well-funded edtech companies and educational institutions.

AI EdTech Specialist salary by city.

Salary comparison across 81 cities
CityMedianRangeCOLAdjustedRank
San Francisco, CA$153,000$105,000 to $219,0001.35x$113,000#2780 of 3445
San Jose, CA$153,000$105,000 to $219,0001.38x$111,000#2805 of 3445
Washington DC, DC$144,000$99,000 to $207,0001.25x$115,000#2743 of 3445
Honolulu, HI$144,000$99,000 to $206,0001.30x$111,000#2808 of 3445
New York, NY$143,000$99,000 to $205,0001.28x$112,000#2790 of 3445
Seattle, WA$143,000$99,000 to $205,0001.24x$115,000#2753 of 3445
Boston, MA$142,000$98,000 to $204,0001.22x$116,000#2743 of 3445
Jersey City, NJ$140,000$96,000 to $200,0001.20x$117,000#2730 of 3445
Arlington, VA$134,000$92,000 to $192,0001.22x$110,000#2828 of 3445
Los Angeles, CA$132,000$91,000 to $189,0001.18x$112,000#2791 of 3445
San Diego, CA$132,000$91,000 to $190,0001.17x$113,000#2781 of 3445
Newark, NJ$132,000$91,000 to $189,0001.18x$112,000#2800 of 3445
Boulder, CO$131,000$91,000 to $188,0001.15x$114,000#2764 of 3445
Denver, CO$127,000$88,000 to $182,0001.08x$118,000#2715 of 3445
Philadelphia, PA$126,000$87,000 to $180,0001.09x$116,000#2751 of 3445
Portland, OR$126,000$87,000 to $180,0001.10x$115,000#2764 of 3445
Anchorage, AK$125,000$86,000 to $179,0001.13x$111,000#2811 of 3445
Princeton, NJ$125,000$86,000 to $179,0001.15x$109,000#2852 of 3445
Hartford, CT$124,000$86,000 to $178,0001.08x$115,000#2758 of 3445
Baltimore, MD$123,000$85,000 to $177,0001.08x$114,000#2760 of 3445
Portland, ME$122,000$84,000 to $175,0001.05x$116,000#2728 of 3445
Miami, FL$121,000$84,000 to $174,0001.12x$108,000#2861 of 3445
Burlington, VT$121,000$84,000 to $173,0001.06x$114,000#2768 of 3445
Sacramento, CA$121,000$83,000 to $173,0001.10x$110,000#2825 of 3445
Manchester, NH$120,000$83,000 to $172,0001.06x$113,000#2779 of 3445
Austin, TX$119,000$82,000 to $170,0001.03x$116,000#2752 of 3445
Dallas, TX$118,000$81,000 to $169,0001.01x$117,000#2738 of 3445
Providence, RI$118,000$81,000 to $168,0001.04x$113,000#2783 of 3445
Chicago, IL$117,000$81,000 to $168,0001.07x$109,000#2834 of 3445
Nashville, TN$116,000$80,000 to $167,0001.00x$116,000#2728 of 3445
Minneapolis, MN$115,000$79,000 to $165,0001.05x$110,000#2831 of 3445
Salt Lake City, UT$115,000$79,000 to $165,0000.98x$117,000#2715 of 3445
Raleigh, NC$114,000$79,000 to $164,0000.99x$115,000#2758 of 3445
Wilmington, DE$113,000$78,000 to $162,0001.02x$111,000#2807 of 3445
Las Vegas, NV$113,000$78,000 to $162,0000.96x$118,000#2704 of 3445
Virginia Beach, VA$113,000$78,000 to $162,0000.98x$115,000#2742 of 3445
Atlanta, GA$112,000$77,000 to $160,0001.02x$110,000#2831 of 3445
Ann Arbor, MI$112,000$77,000 to $160,0001.02x$110,000#2834 of 3445
Tampa, FL$111,000$76,000 to $159,0000.96x$116,000#2735 of 3445
Charleston, SC$111,000$76,000 to $159,0000.98x$113,000#2784 of 3445
Phoenix, AZ$110,000$76,000 to $157,0000.96x$115,000#2766 of 3445
Richmond, VA$110,000$76,000 to $157,0001.01x$109,000#2847 of 3445
Columbus, OH$109,000$75,000 to $157,0000.93x$117,000#2715 of 3445
Orlando, FL$109,000$76,000 to $157,0000.95x$115,000#2751 of 3445
Madison, WI$109,000$76,000 to $157,0000.95x$115,000#2758 of 3445
Boise, ID$108,000$75,000 to $155,0000.95x$114,000#2754 of 3445
Albany, NY$108,000$75,000 to $156,0000.96x$113,000#2783 of 3445
North Charleston, SC$107,000$74,000 to $154,0000.94x$114,000#2766 of 3445
Houston, TX$106,000$73,000 to $152,0000.97x$109,000#2836 of 3445
Charlotte, NC$105,000$73,000 to $151,0000.97x$108,000#2858 of 3445
Reno, NV$105,000$73,000 to $151,0000.96x$109,000#2830 of 3445
Spokane, WA$105,000$72,000 to $151,0000.92x$114,000#2769 of 3445
Detroit, MI$104,000$72,000 to $149,0000.90x$116,000#2752 of 3445
Knoxville, TN$104,000$72,000 to $149,0000.89x$117,000#2726 of 3445
Pittsburgh, PA$103,000$71,000 to $148,0000.92x$112,000#2800 of 3445
Columbus, OH$103,000$71,000 to $148,0000.93x$111,000#2806 of 3445
New Orleans, LA$102,000$70,000 to $146,0000.92x$111,000#2810 of 3445
Columbia, SC$102,000$70,000 to $146,0000.90x$113,000#2788 of 3445
Kansas City, MO$101,000$70,000 to $145,0000.93x$109,000#2855 of 3445
St. Louis, MO$101,000$69,000 to $144,0000.90x$112,000#2786 of 3445
Milwaukee, WI$101,000$70,000 to $144,0000.91x$111,000#2816 of 3445
San Antonio, TX$101,000$70,000 to $144,0000.91x$111,000#2812 of 3445
Cincinnati, OH$100,000$69,000 to $143,0000.90x$111,000#2817 of 3445
Des Moines, IA$100,000$69,000 to $143,0000.86x$116,000#2730 of 3445
Indianapolis, IN$99,000$68,000 to $142,0000.91x$109,000#2850 of 3445
Birmingham, AL$97,000$67,000 to $139,0000.84x$115,000#2755 of 3445
Omaha, NE$97,000$67,000 to $140,0000.88x$110,000#2805 of 3445
Sioux Falls, SD$97,000$67,000 to $139,0000.85x$114,000#2757 of 3445
Baton Rouge, LA$97,000$67,000 to $140,0000.88x$110,000#2812 of 3445
Louisville, KY$96,000$67,000 to $138,0000.88x$109,000#2835 of 3445
Oklahoma City, OK$96,000$66,000 to $137,0000.84x$114,000#2757 of 3445
Wichita, KS$95,000$66,000 to $137,0000.82x$116,000#2731 of 3445
Albuquerque, NM$95,000$66,000 to $137,0000.88x$108,000#2860 of 3445
Fargo, ND$94,000$65,000 to $135,0000.85x$111,000#2805 of 3445
Cheyenne, WY$94,000$65,000 to $135,0000.87x$108,000#2850 of 3445
Des Moines, IA$93,000$64,000 to $134,0000.86x$108,000#2853 of 3445
Lexington, KY$93,000$64,000 to $134,0000.86x$108,000#2856 of 3445
Charleston, WV$92,000$63,000 to $131,0000.78x$118,000#2705 of 3445
Little Rock, AR$91,000$63,000 to $130,0000.82x$111,000#2800 of 3445
Tulsa, OK$91,000$63,000 to $130,0000.83x$110,000#2827 of 3445
Jackson, MS$88,000$61,000 to $127,0000.79x$111,000#2800 of 3445

Skills that increase AI EdTech Specialist pay.

The premiums below are Orbyt's modelled scenarios for AI EdTech Specialists, not effects measured from job postings: each is a fixed percentage applied to the estimated base. At the top premium that works out to $15,820 a year.

LLM Fine-Tuning+14%

≈ +$15,820 per year

Reinforcement Learning+13%

≈ +$14,690 per year

CUDA+12%

≈ +$13,560 per year

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)+11%

≈ +$12,430 per year

Transformers+10%

≈ +$11,300 per year

Rust+10%

≈ +$11,300 per year

Vector Databases+10%

≈ +$11,300 per year

PyTorch+9%

≈ +$10,170 per year

What you should know.

Pay varies significantly between well-funded edtech companies and educational institutions. Corporate training platforms and enterprise learning companies pay the most. Specialists building adaptive learning algorithms, automated assessment, and intelligent tutoring systems earn top rates in this vertical.

Junior learning engineers start around $80,000. Mid-career AI edtech specialists earn $130,000 to $155,000. Directors of learning science or VP of AI at major edtech platforms reach $200,000 to $260,000 with equity.

Edtech startups offer equity that can be meaningful given the sector's growth trajectory. University roles provide tuition benefits and sabbatical options. Corporate training companies offer standard tech bonus structures of 10% to 15%.

Total compensation breakdown.

Base Salary
$113,000
Equity / Year
$35,000
Annual Bonus
15%
$17,000
Signing Bonus
$14,000
Total Comp
$165,000

Salary by company size

Startup
< 50 employees
$102,000
Growth
50-500 employees
$107,000
Scale-up
500-5K employees
$113,000
Public
5K+ employees
$136,000

Remote salary adjustment

Remote AI EdTech Specialists typically earn $105,000 (7% less than on-site). This reflects location-adjusted pay policies at companies using geographic salary bands. Some companies pay flat national rates regardless of location.

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Common questions about AI EdTech Specialist pay.

Orbyt estimates the national median AI EdTech Specialist salary at $113,000 in 2026, within a range of $78,000 to $162,000. This is a computed estimate, not a measured wage. Where you land depends on your experience, skills, the company's size, and your location.

Entry level AI EdTech Specialists (0 to 2 years) typically earn $73,000 to $90,000. Mid level (3 to 5 years) run $96,000 to $119,000. Senior (6 to 9 years) reach $124,000 to $147,000, and lead level (10 plus years) $141,000 to $175,000.

With a national median of $113,000 and senior pay reaching $147,000 to $175,000, AI EdTech Specialist is a well compensated field. Pay varies by city, so compare cost of living adjusted numbers before judging any single offer.

Entry level AI EdTech Specialist roles start around $73,000 to $90,000. Candidates with strong internships, certifications, or portfolio work often negotiate toward the national median of $113,000.

Edtech startups offer equity that can be meaningful given the sector's growth trajectory. University roles provide tuition benefits and sabbatical options. Corporate training companies offer standard tech bonus structures of 10% to 15%.

Pay varies significantly between well-funded edtech companies and educational institutions. Corporate training platforms and enterprise learning companies pay the most. Specialists building adaptive learning algorithms, automated assessment, and intelligent tutoring systems earn top rates in this vertical.

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