AI Engineering Roles · Austin, TX
AI Engineering Roles salary in Austin.
321 roles tracked. Median $136,990. 3% above national.
$35,020
Low
$136,990
Median
$357,410
High
Austin has transformed into one of America's fastest growing tech hubs, attracting relocations from Apple, Tesla, Oracle, and Samsung. The city's combination of no state income tax, a vibrant startup scene, and a strong university pipeline makes it highly competitive. Salaries have risen sharply over the past five years, narrowing the gap with coastal cities.
Texas has no state income tax, which can mean 5 to 10% more take home pay compared to California roles. Property taxes are above average, however, running about 1.8% of home value.
Use the no income tax advantage as a negotiation lever. Ask employers to match 90% of a Bay Area offer and show that your net pay will actually be higher.
AI Engineering Roles ranked by pay in Austin.
RoleLowMedianHigh
Machine Learning Director$233,810$275,010$357,410AI Protein Structure Specialist$177,160$226,600$294,580AI Technical Lead$185,400$216,300$260,590ML Technical Lead$185,400$216,300$260,590Staff AI Engineer$185,400$216,300$260,590Principal AI Engineer$185,400$216,300$260,590Staff AI Agent Engineer$185,400$216,300$260,590Principal AI Agent Engineer$185,400$216,300$260,590Staff AI Agent Architect$185,400$216,300$260,590Principal AI Agent Architect$185,400$216,300$260,590Staff AI Compiler Engineer$185,400$216,300$260,590Principal AI Compiler Engineer$185,400$216,300$260,590Lead Radiology AI Engineer$185,400$216,300$260,590Lead KYC/AML Engineer$185,400$216,300$260,590Lead Contract AI Developer$185,400$216,300$260,590Staff ML Engineer$175,100$215,270$278,100Principal ML Engineer$175,100$215,270$278,100Staff NLP Engineer$175,100$215,270$278,100Principal NLP Engineer$175,100$215,270$278,100Staff LLM Engineer$175,100$215,270$278,100Principal LLM Engineer$175,100$215,270$278,100EV Battery AI Optimization Engineer$164,800$211,150$275,010AI Business Development Manager$139,050$201,880$272,950Route Optimization AI Specialist$152,440$195,700$254,410Humanoid Robotics Engineer$144,200$193,640$255,440Senior AI Chip Designer$172,010$190,550$213,210AI Inventory Optimization Specialist$144,200$185,400$241,020AI Data Labeling Manager$132,870$176,130$229,690AI Transformation Officer$132,870$176,130$229,690AI Environment Manager$132,870$176,130$229,690Model Registry Manager$132,870$176,130$229,690Engineering Manager, AI$132,870$176,130$229,690Prompt Operations Manager$132,870$176,130$229,690AI Agent Operations Manager$132,870$176,130$229,690AI Manager$132,870$176,130$229,690Machine Learning Manager$132,870$176,130$229,690AI Transformation Lead$147,290$175,100$218,360AI Operations Lead$133,900$175,100$226,600AI Adoption Lead$147,290$175,100$218,360AI Change Management Lead$147,290$175,100$218,360Senior AI Engineer$151,410$174,070$201,880Senior AI Agent Engineer$151,410$174,070$201,880Senior AI Agent Architect$151,410$174,070$201,880Senior AI Compiler Engineer$151,410$174,070$201,880Senior Radiology AI Engineer$151,410$174,070$201,880Senior KYC/AML Engineer$151,410$174,070$201,880Senior Contract AI Developer$151,410$174,070$201,880Senior AI Developer$151,410$174,070$201,880Senior ML Systems Engineer$151,410$174,070$201,880AI Learning Experience Designer$132,870$169,950$221,450No-Code AI Specialist$132,870$169,950$221,450Senior ML Engineer$132,870$160,680$195,700Senior NLP Engineer$132,870$160,680$195,700Senior LLM Engineer$132,870$160,680$195,700Senior Azure AI Engineer$132,870$160,680$195,700Senior GCP ML Engineer$132,870$160,680$195,700AI Hardware/Chip Design Engineer$113,300$159,650$195,700AI Hardware Engineer$113,300$159,650$195,700AI Chip Designer$113,300$159,650$195,700AI Semiconductor Test Engineer$113,300$159,650$195,700AI Chipset Designer$113,300$159,650$195,700AI Chip Architect$113,300$159,650$195,700AI Accelerator Engineer$113,300$159,650$195,700AI Auditor$118,450$154,500$200,850AI Recruitment Specialist$116,390$149,350$194,670AI Transparency Lead$122,570$149,350$189,520AI Trust and Safety Lead$122,570$149,350$189,520AI Reasoning Specialist$99,910$145,230$192,610AI Agent Designer$112,270$144,200$187,460AI Vendor Manager$106,090$144,200$186,430AI Data Engineer$107,120$140,080$180,250Data Architect (AI/ML)$107,120$140,080$180,250AI Analytics Engineer$107,120$140,080$180,250Data Pipeline Engineer (ML)$107,120$140,080$180,250AI Data Quality Engineer$107,120$140,080$180,250Knowledge Graph Engineer$107,120$140,080$180,250Responsible AI Lead$116,390$140,080$176,130Machine Learning Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220ML Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220NLP Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Computer Vision Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220LLM Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220LLM Fine-Tuning Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Solutions Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220Generative AI Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220Robotics AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Agent Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220Edge AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Agentic Orchestrator$101,970$136,990$179,220Full Stack AI Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Systems Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Application Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Backend Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Frontend Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Embedded AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Firmware Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI API Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Microservices Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Integration Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Real-Time AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Compiler Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Model Distillation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220ML Pipeline Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Speech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Chatbot Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Localization Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220LiDAR AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Robotic Process Automation Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220Motion Planning AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Manipulation AI Specialist$101,970$136,990$179,220Robot Perception Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Agent Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Workflow Automation Specialist$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Simulation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Embodied AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Neuro AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220On-Device AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Wearables Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Spatial Computing AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Personal Assistant Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Workflow Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Fairness Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220LLM Operations Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Digital Twin Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220Developer Advocate, AI$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Accessibility Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Incident Commander$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Data Marketplace Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Knowledge Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Telecom Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Computer Vision Applications Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220NLP Applications Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Model Compression Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Search Ranking Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Embedded Systems Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Agent Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Systems Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220ML Solutions Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220Generative AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Evaluation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220TinyML Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220GovTech ML Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Workflow Automation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Prompt Operations Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Spatial Computing Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Tutor Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220Consulting ML Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Telecom ML Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Model Serving Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Training Data Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Founding ML Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Diagnostics Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Digital Therapeutics AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220MarTech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220SaaS AI Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220Adaptive Learning AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220InsurTech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Underwriting Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AgTech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI NPC Designer$101,970$136,990$179,220Telecom AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220HRTech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220GovTech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Building Design Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220FoodTech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Space Tech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Digital Health AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Spatial AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220LLM Ops Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Model Registry Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Carbon Capture AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220Chatbot Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI CRM Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Customer Support Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Email Marketing Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Pricing Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Revenue Optimization Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Accounting Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Payroll Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Audit Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Expense Management Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Credit Scoring Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Lending Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Document Review Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Property Valuation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Fleet Management Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Warehouse Optimization Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Demand Forecasting Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Quality Control Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Predictive Maintenance Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Digital Twin Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Assessment Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Recommendation Engine Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Vehicle Diagnostics Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Traffic Systems Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Network Planning Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Spectrum Optimization Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Claims Adjudication Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Visual Search Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Store Analytics Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Demand Planning Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Coaching Systems Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Recipe Recommendation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Talent Matching Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Workforce Planning Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Generative AI Solutions Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Agent Solutions Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Agent Integration Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Enterprise AI Agent Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Workflow Designer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Process Automation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Freelance AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220OpenAI API Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220Agentic AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Copilot Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Assistant Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Chatbot Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Search Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Benchmarking Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Document Understanding Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Code Generation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Reasoning Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Planning Systems Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Benchmark Developer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Data Pipeline Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Experiment Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Responsible AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI 3D Generation Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Text-to-Speech AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220Speech-to-Text AI Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Dubbing Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220ML Systems Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220ML Systems Architect$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Monitoring Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Incident Response Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Compiler Optimization Engineer$101,970$136,990$179,220AI Cloud Architect$100,940$133,900$175,100AI Customer Success Engineer$104,030$133,900$174,070Senior Magento Developer$103,000$131,840$170,980AI Training Manager$93,730$130,810$181,280AI Incident Response Analyst$89,610$128,750$169,950AI Privacy Engineer$89,610$128,750$169,950AI Enablement & Literacy Lead$103,000$126,690$164,800AI/GenAI Sales Engineer$88,580$125,660$169,950AI Sales Engineer$88,580$125,660$169,950Solutions Engineer, AI$88,580$125,660$169,950AI Solutions Engineer$88,580$125,660$169,950AI Pre-Sales Engineer$88,580$125,660$169,950AI Customer Engineer$88,580$125,660$169,950AI Field Engineer$88,580$125,660$169,950AI Demo Engineer$88,580$125,660$169,950Robotics Engineer$83,430$121,540$162,740AI Trainer / RLHF Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Training Data Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860Deep Learning Engineer$80,340$116,390$166,860AI/ML Data Analyst$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Business Intelligence Analyst$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Bias & Fairness Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Agricultural Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Model Evaluator$80,340$116,390$166,860Intelligence AI Analyst$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Trainer$80,340$116,390$166,860LLM Fine-Tuning Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860LLM Evaluator$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Ad Optimization Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Claims Processing Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Contract Analysis Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Crop Analysis Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860Network AI Optimization Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Analyst$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Consultant$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Specialist$80,340$116,390$166,860Machine Learning Analyst$80,340$116,390$166,860Machine Learning Consultant$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Model Trainer$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Data Curator$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Feature Engineer$80,340$116,390$166,860AI A/B Testing Engineer$80,340$116,390$166,860Time Series ML Engineer$80,340$116,390$166,860Graph ML Engineer$80,340$116,390$166,860Bayesian ML Engineer$80,340$116,390$166,860AI Localization Specialist$82,400$111,240$144,200AI Quality Assurance Engineer$78,280$106,090$140,080AI Testing Engineer$78,280$106,090$140,080Junior AI Engineer$90,640$106,090$122,570Junior AI Agent Engineer$90,640$106,090$122,570Junior AI Agent Architect$90,640$106,090$122,570Junior AI Compiler Engineer$90,640$106,090$122,570AI Agent QA Engineer$78,280$106,090$140,080AI Solutions Consultant$75,190$104,030$142,140AI Transformation Consultant$75,190$104,030$142,140AI Value Realization Analyst$75,190$104,030$142,140AI Roadmap Strategist$75,190$104,030$142,140AI Venture Analyst$77,250$104,030$141,110AI Workforce Planner$75,190$104,030$142,140AI Business Analyst$75,190$104,030$142,140AI Change Manager$75,190$104,030$142,140AI Adoption Manager$75,190$104,030$142,140AI Cost Analyst$77,250$104,030$141,110AI FinOps Engineer$77,250$104,030$141,110Magento Developer$80,340$103,000$133,900AI Documentation Engineer$66,950$94,760$107,120AI Transportation Planner$65,920$86,520$111,240Junior ML Engineer$70,040$85,490$101,970Junior NLP Engineer$70,040$85,490$101,970Junior LLM Engineer$70,040$85,490$101,970AI Partnership Manager$59,740$83,430$117,420AI Ecosystem Manager$59,740$83,430$117,420AI Geospatial Analyst$62,830$80,340$106,090AI Regulation Specialist$57,680$80,340$112,270AI Marketing Technologist$54,590$79,310$112,270AI Market Intelligence Analyst$54,590$79,310$112,270AI Pricing Analyst$54,590$79,310$112,270AI Procurement Analyst$57,680$78,280$106,090Technical Recruiter, AI$54,590$75,190$104,030AI Annotation Lead$50,470$56,650$64,890AI Customer Support Specialist$36,050$44,290$52,530AI Trainer / Data Annotator$35,020$41,200$49,440Salaries adjusted for Austin cost of living (+3% vs. national). 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Common questions.
The median salary across 321 ai engineering roles tracked in Austin, TX is $136,990. The full range runs from $35,020 at the entry level for the lowest-paying tracked role up to $357,410 at the top of the highest-paying tracked role. Austin sits 3% above the national average for cost-adjusted compensation.
Machine Learning Director is the highest-paying ai engineering role in Austin, with a median base salary of $275,010 when adjusted for local cost of living. Total compensation including equity and bonuses runs significantly higher at top-tier employers.
Yes. Austin is one of the active markets for AI talent in 2026. Austin has transformed into one of America's fastest growing tech hubs, attracting relocations from Apple, Tesla, Oracle, and Samsung. AI Engineering Roles specifically benefit from local employer demand and the broader AI hiring boom that has pushed compensation up year over year.
Austin pays roughly 3% 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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