AI Engineering Roles · Anchorage, AK
AI Engineering Roles salary in Anchorage.
321 roles tracked. Median $150,290. 13% above national.
$38,420
Low
$150,290
Median
$392,110
High
Anchorage is Alaska's economic center, driven by oil and gas, military spending, and healthcare. The city offers premium pay to offset its remote location and high cost of goods. Federal and state government roles dominate, with growing demand in telehealth and energy technology.
Alaska has no state income tax and no state sales tax. Anchorage charges no local income tax either. The result is one of the lowest overall tax burdens in the nation.
Negotiate relocation packages and cost of living adjustments. Anchorage employers expect to pay 10 to 20% premiums over Lower 48 salaries for comparable roles.
AI Engineering Roles ranked by pay in Anchorage.
RoleLowMedianHigh
Machine Learning Director$256,510$301,710$392,110AI Protein Structure Specialist$194,360$248,600$323,180AI Technical Lead$203,400$237,300$285,890ML Technical Lead$203,400$237,300$285,890Staff AI Engineer$203,400$237,300$285,890Principal AI Engineer$203,400$237,300$285,890Staff AI Agent Engineer$203,400$237,300$285,890Principal AI Agent Engineer$203,400$237,300$285,890Staff AI Agent Architect$203,400$237,300$285,890Principal AI Agent Architect$203,400$237,300$285,890Staff AI Compiler Engineer$203,400$237,300$285,890Principal AI Compiler Engineer$203,400$237,300$285,890Lead Radiology AI Engineer$203,400$237,300$285,890Lead KYC/AML Engineer$203,400$237,300$285,890Lead Contract AI Developer$203,400$237,300$285,890Staff ML Engineer$192,100$236,170$305,100Principal ML Engineer$192,100$236,170$305,100Staff NLP Engineer$192,100$236,170$305,100Principal NLP Engineer$192,100$236,170$305,100Staff LLM Engineer$192,100$236,170$305,100Principal LLM Engineer$192,100$236,170$305,100EV Battery AI Optimization Engineer$180,800$231,650$301,710AI Business Development Manager$152,550$221,480$299,450Route Optimization AI Specialist$167,240$214,700$279,110Humanoid Robotics Engineer$158,200$212,440$280,240Senior AI Chip Designer$188,710$209,050$233,910AI Inventory Optimization Specialist$158,200$203,400$264,420AI Data Labeling Manager$145,770$193,230$251,990AI Transformation Officer$145,770$193,230$251,990AI Environment Manager$145,770$193,230$251,990Model Registry Manager$145,770$193,230$251,990Engineering Manager, AI$145,770$193,230$251,990Prompt Operations Manager$145,770$193,230$251,990AI Agent Operations Manager$145,770$193,230$251,990AI Manager$145,770$193,230$251,990Machine Learning Manager$145,770$193,230$251,990AI Transformation Lead$161,590$192,100$239,560AI Operations Lead$146,900$192,100$248,600AI Adoption Lead$161,590$192,100$239,560AI Change Management Lead$161,590$192,100$239,560Senior AI Engineer$166,110$190,970$221,480Senior AI Agent Engineer$166,110$190,970$221,480Senior AI Agent Architect$166,110$190,970$221,480Senior AI Compiler Engineer$166,110$190,970$221,480Senior Radiology AI Engineer$166,110$190,970$221,480Senior KYC/AML Engineer$166,110$190,970$221,480Senior Contract AI Developer$166,110$190,970$221,480Senior AI Developer$166,110$190,970$221,480Senior ML Systems Engineer$166,110$190,970$221,480AI Learning Experience Designer$145,770$186,450$242,950No-Code AI Specialist$145,770$186,450$242,950Senior ML Engineer$145,770$176,280$214,700Senior NLP Engineer$145,770$176,280$214,700Senior LLM Engineer$145,770$176,280$214,700Senior Azure AI Engineer$145,770$176,280$214,700Senior GCP ML Engineer$145,770$176,280$214,700AI Hardware/Chip Design Engineer$124,300$175,150$214,700AI Hardware Engineer$124,300$175,150$214,700AI Chip Designer$124,300$175,150$214,700AI Semiconductor Test Engineer$124,300$175,150$214,700AI Chipset Designer$124,300$175,150$214,700AI Chip Architect$124,300$175,150$214,700AI Accelerator Engineer$124,300$175,150$214,700AI Auditor$129,950$169,500$220,350AI Recruitment Specialist$127,690$163,850$213,570AI Transparency Lead$134,470$163,850$207,920AI Trust and Safety Lead$134,470$163,850$207,920AI Reasoning Specialist$109,610$159,330$211,310AI Agent Designer$123,170$158,200$205,660AI Vendor Manager$116,390$158,200$204,530AI Data Engineer$117,520$153,680$197,750Data Architect (AI/ML)$117,520$153,680$197,750AI Analytics Engineer$117,520$153,680$197,750Data Pipeline Engineer (ML)$117,520$153,680$197,750AI Data Quality Engineer$117,520$153,680$197,750Knowledge Graph Engineer$117,520$153,680$197,750Responsible AI Lead$127,690$153,680$193,230Machine Learning Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620ML Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620NLP Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Computer Vision Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620LLM Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620LLM Fine-Tuning Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Solutions Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620Generative AI Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620Robotics AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Agent Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620Edge AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Agentic Orchestrator$111,870$150,290$196,620Full Stack AI Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Systems Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Application Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Backend Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Frontend Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Embedded AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Firmware Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI API Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Microservices Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Integration Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Real-Time AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Compiler Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Model Distillation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620ML Pipeline Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Speech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Chatbot Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Localization Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620LiDAR AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Robotic Process Automation Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620Motion Planning AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Manipulation AI Specialist$111,870$150,290$196,620Robot Perception Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Agent Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Workflow Automation Specialist$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Simulation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Embodied AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Neuro AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620On-Device AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Wearables Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Spatial Computing AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Personal Assistant Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Workflow Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Fairness Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620LLM Operations Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Digital Twin Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620Developer Advocate, AI$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Accessibility Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Incident Commander$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Data Marketplace Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Knowledge Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Telecom Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Computer Vision Applications Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620NLP Applications Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Model Compression Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Search Ranking Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Embedded Systems Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Agent Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Systems Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620ML Solutions Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620Generative AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Evaluation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620TinyML Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620GovTech ML Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Workflow Automation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Prompt Operations Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Spatial Computing Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Tutor Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620Consulting ML Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Telecom ML Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Model Serving Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Training Data Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Founding ML Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Diagnostics Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Digital Therapeutics AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620MarTech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620SaaS AI Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620Adaptive Learning AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620InsurTech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Underwriting Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AgTech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI NPC Designer$111,870$150,290$196,620Telecom AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620HRTech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620GovTech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Building Design Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620FoodTech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Space Tech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Digital Health AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Spatial AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620LLM Ops Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Model Registry Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Carbon Capture AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620Chatbot Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI CRM Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Customer Support Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Email Marketing Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Pricing Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Revenue Optimization Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Accounting Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Payroll Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Audit Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Expense Management Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Credit Scoring Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Lending Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Document Review Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Property Valuation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Fleet Management Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Warehouse Optimization Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Demand Forecasting Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Quality Control Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Predictive Maintenance Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Digital Twin Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Assessment Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Recommendation Engine Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Vehicle Diagnostics Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Traffic Systems Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Network Planning Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Spectrum Optimization Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Claims Adjudication Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Visual Search Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Store Analytics Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Demand Planning Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Coaching Systems Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Recipe Recommendation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Talent Matching Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Workforce Planning Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Generative AI Solutions Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Agent Solutions Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Agent Integration Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Enterprise AI Agent Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Workflow Designer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Process Automation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Freelance AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620OpenAI API Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620Agentic AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Copilot Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Assistant Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Chatbot Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Search Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Benchmarking Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Document Understanding Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Code Generation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Reasoning Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Planning Systems Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Benchmark Developer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Data Pipeline Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Experiment Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Responsible AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI 3D Generation Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Text-to-Speech AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620Speech-to-Text AI Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Dubbing Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620ML Systems Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620ML Systems Architect$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Monitoring Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Incident Response Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Compiler Optimization Engineer$111,870$150,290$196,620AI Cloud Architect$110,740$146,900$192,100AI Customer Success Engineer$114,130$146,900$190,970Senior Magento Developer$113,000$144,640$187,580AI Training Manager$102,830$143,510$198,880AI Incident Response Analyst$98,310$141,250$186,450AI Privacy Engineer$98,310$141,250$186,450AI Enablement & Literacy Lead$113,000$138,990$180,800AI/GenAI Sales Engineer$97,180$137,860$186,450AI Sales Engineer$97,180$137,860$186,450Solutions Engineer, AI$97,180$137,860$186,450AI Solutions Engineer$97,180$137,860$186,450AI Pre-Sales Engineer$97,180$137,860$186,450AI Customer Engineer$97,180$137,860$186,450AI Field Engineer$97,180$137,860$186,450AI Demo Engineer$97,180$137,860$186,450Robotics Engineer$91,530$133,340$178,540AI Trainer / RLHF Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Training Data Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060Deep Learning Engineer$88,140$127,690$183,060AI/ML Data Analyst$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Business Intelligence Analyst$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Bias & Fairness Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Agricultural Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Model Evaluator$88,140$127,690$183,060Intelligence AI Analyst$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Trainer$88,140$127,690$183,060LLM Fine-Tuning Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060LLM Evaluator$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Ad Optimization Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Claims Processing Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Contract Analysis Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Crop Analysis Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060Network AI Optimization Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Analyst$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Consultant$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Specialist$88,140$127,690$183,060Machine Learning Analyst$88,140$127,690$183,060Machine Learning Consultant$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Model Trainer$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Data Curator$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Feature Engineer$88,140$127,690$183,060AI A/B Testing Engineer$88,140$127,690$183,060Time Series ML Engineer$88,140$127,690$183,060Graph ML Engineer$88,140$127,690$183,060Bayesian ML Engineer$88,140$127,690$183,060AI Localization Specialist$90,400$122,040$158,200AI Quality Assurance Engineer$85,880$116,390$153,680AI Testing Engineer$85,880$116,390$153,680Junior AI Engineer$99,440$116,390$134,470Junior AI Agent Engineer$99,440$116,390$134,470Junior AI Agent Architect$99,440$116,390$134,470Junior AI Compiler Engineer$99,440$116,390$134,470AI Agent QA Engineer$85,880$116,390$153,680AI Solutions Consultant$82,490$114,130$155,940AI Transformation Consultant$82,490$114,130$155,940AI Value Realization Analyst$82,490$114,130$155,940AI Roadmap Strategist$82,490$114,130$155,940AI Venture Analyst$84,750$114,130$154,810AI Workforce Planner$82,490$114,130$155,940AI Business Analyst$82,490$114,130$155,940AI Change Manager$82,490$114,130$155,940AI Adoption Manager$82,490$114,130$155,940AI Cost Analyst$84,750$114,130$154,810AI FinOps Engineer$84,750$114,130$154,810Magento Developer$88,140$113,000$146,900AI Documentation Engineer$73,450$103,960$117,520AI Transportation Planner$72,320$94,920$122,040Junior ML Engineer$76,840$93,790$111,870Junior NLP Engineer$76,840$93,790$111,870Junior LLM Engineer$76,840$93,790$111,870AI Partnership Manager$65,540$91,530$128,820AI Ecosystem Manager$65,540$91,530$128,820AI Geospatial Analyst$68,930$88,140$116,390AI Regulation Specialist$63,280$88,140$123,170AI Marketing Technologist$59,890$87,010$123,170AI Market Intelligence Analyst$59,890$87,010$123,170AI Pricing Analyst$59,890$87,010$123,170AI Procurement Analyst$63,280$85,880$116,390Technical Recruiter, AI$59,890$82,490$114,130AI Annotation Lead$55,370$62,150$71,190AI Customer Support Specialist$39,550$48,590$57,630AI Trainer / Data Annotator$38,420$45,200$54,240Salaries adjusted for Anchorage cost of living (+13% vs. national). 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Common questions.
The median salary across 321 ai engineering roles tracked in Anchorage, AK is $150,290. The full range runs from $38,420 at the entry level for the lowest-paying tracked role up to $392,110 at the top of the highest-paying tracked role. Anchorage sits 13% above the national average for cost-adjusted compensation.
Machine Learning Director is the highest-paying ai engineering role in Anchorage, with a median base salary of $301,710 when adjusted for local cost of living. Total compensation including equity and bonuses runs significantly higher at top-tier employers.
Yes. Anchorage is one of the active markets for AI talent in 2026. Anchorage is Alaska's economic center, driven by oil and gas, military spending, and healthcare. AI Engineering Roles specifically benefit from local employer demand and the broader AI hiring boom that has pushed compensation up year over year.
Anchorage pays roughly 13% more than the national average for ai engineering roles. Top markets like San Francisco, New York, and Seattle typically pay 30-50% above national. Mid-cost metros like Austin, Denver, and Raleigh pay closer to national.
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