AI Engineering Roles · Birmingham, AL
AI Engineering Roles salary in Birmingham.
321 roles tracked. Median $111,720. 16% below national.
$28,560
Low
$111,720
Median
$291,480
High
Birmingham is Alabama's largest metro, anchored by a major medical center, banking, and a growing innovation district. UAB is one of the state's largest employers and a driver of biomedical research jobs. The extremely low cost of living makes Birmingham a strong value for professionals in healthcare and finance.
Alabama's top state income tax rate is 5%. Birmingham has no city income tax. The low rate combined with very affordable housing creates excellent take home pay ratios.
Leverage UAB and the medical corridor when negotiating. Healthcare and biotech roles command nationally competitive salaries even in this low cost market.
AI Engineering Roles ranked by pay in Birmingham.
RoleLowMedianHigh
Machine Learning Director$190,680$224,280$291,480AI Protein Structure Specialist$144,480$184,800$240,240AI Technical Lead$151,200$176,400$212,520ML Technical Lead$151,200$176,400$212,520Staff AI Engineer$151,200$176,400$212,520Principal AI Engineer$151,200$176,400$212,520Staff AI Agent Engineer$151,200$176,400$212,520Principal AI Agent Engineer$151,200$176,400$212,520Staff AI Agent Architect$151,200$176,400$212,520Principal AI Agent Architect$151,200$176,400$212,520Staff AI Compiler Engineer$151,200$176,400$212,520Principal AI Compiler Engineer$151,200$176,400$212,520Lead Radiology AI Engineer$151,200$176,400$212,520Lead KYC/AML Engineer$151,200$176,400$212,520Lead Contract AI Developer$151,200$176,400$212,520Staff ML Engineer$142,800$175,560$226,800Principal ML Engineer$142,800$175,560$226,800Staff NLP Engineer$142,800$175,560$226,800Principal NLP Engineer$142,800$175,560$226,800Staff LLM Engineer$142,800$175,560$226,800Principal LLM Engineer$142,800$175,560$226,800EV Battery AI Optimization Engineer$134,400$172,200$224,280AI Business Development Manager$113,400$164,640$222,600Route Optimization AI Specialist$124,320$159,600$207,480Humanoid Robotics Engineer$117,600$157,920$208,320Senior AI Chip Designer$140,280$155,400$173,880AI Inventory Optimization Specialist$117,600$151,200$196,560AI Data Labeling Manager$108,360$143,640$187,320AI Transformation Officer$108,360$143,640$187,320AI Environment Manager$108,360$143,640$187,320Model Registry Manager$108,360$143,640$187,320Engineering Manager, AI$108,360$143,640$187,320Prompt Operations Manager$108,360$143,640$187,320AI Agent Operations Manager$108,360$143,640$187,320AI Manager$108,360$143,640$187,320Machine Learning Manager$108,360$143,640$187,320AI Transformation Lead$120,120$142,800$178,080AI Operations Lead$109,200$142,800$184,800AI Adoption Lead$120,120$142,800$178,080AI Change Management Lead$120,120$142,800$178,080Senior AI Engineer$123,480$141,960$164,640Senior AI Agent Engineer$123,480$141,960$164,640Senior AI Agent Architect$123,480$141,960$164,640Senior AI Compiler Engineer$123,480$141,960$164,640Senior Radiology AI Engineer$123,480$141,960$164,640Senior KYC/AML Engineer$123,480$141,960$164,640Senior Contract AI Developer$123,480$141,960$164,640Senior AI Developer$123,480$141,960$164,640Senior ML Systems Engineer$123,480$141,960$164,640AI Learning Experience Designer$108,360$138,600$180,600No-Code AI Specialist$108,360$138,600$180,600Senior ML Engineer$108,360$131,040$159,600Senior NLP Engineer$108,360$131,040$159,600Senior LLM Engineer$108,360$131,040$159,600Senior Azure AI Engineer$108,360$131,040$159,600Senior GCP ML Engineer$108,360$131,040$159,600AI Hardware/Chip Design Engineer$92,400$130,200$159,600AI Hardware Engineer$92,400$130,200$159,600AI Chip Designer$92,400$130,200$159,600AI Semiconductor Test Engineer$92,400$130,200$159,600AI Chipset Designer$92,400$130,200$159,600AI Chip Architect$92,400$130,200$159,600AI Accelerator Engineer$92,400$130,200$159,600AI Auditor$96,600$126,000$163,800AI Recruitment Specialist$94,920$121,800$158,760AI Transparency Lead$99,960$121,800$154,560AI Trust and Safety Lead$99,960$121,800$154,560AI Reasoning Specialist$81,480$118,440$157,080AI Agent Designer$91,560$117,600$152,880AI Vendor Manager$86,520$117,600$152,040AI Data Engineer$87,360$114,240$147,000Data Architect (AI/ML)$87,360$114,240$147,000AI Analytics Engineer$87,360$114,240$147,000Data Pipeline Engineer (ML)$87,360$114,240$147,000AI Data Quality Engineer$87,360$114,240$147,000Knowledge Graph Engineer$87,360$114,240$147,000Responsible AI Lead$94,920$114,240$143,640Machine Learning Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160ML Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160NLP Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Computer Vision Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160LLM Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160LLM Fine-Tuning Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Solutions Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160Generative AI Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160Robotics AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Agent Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160Edge AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Agentic Orchestrator$83,160$111,720$146,160Full Stack AI Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Systems Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Application Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Backend Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Frontend Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Embedded AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Firmware Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI API Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Microservices Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Integration Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Real-Time AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Compiler Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Model Distillation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160ML Pipeline Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Speech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Chatbot Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Localization Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160LiDAR AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Robotic Process Automation Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160Motion Planning AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Manipulation AI Specialist$83,160$111,720$146,160Robot Perception Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Agent Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Workflow Automation Specialist$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Simulation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Embodied AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Neuro AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160On-Device AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Wearables Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Spatial Computing AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Personal Assistant Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Workflow Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Fairness Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160LLM Operations Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Digital Twin Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160Developer Advocate, AI$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Accessibility Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Incident Commander$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Data Marketplace Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Knowledge Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Telecom Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Computer Vision Applications Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160NLP Applications Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Model Compression Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Search Ranking Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Embedded Systems Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Agent Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Systems Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160ML Solutions Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160Generative AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Evaluation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160TinyML Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160GovTech ML Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Workflow Automation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Prompt Operations Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Spatial Computing Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Tutor Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160Consulting ML Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Telecom ML Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Model Serving Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Training Data Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Founding ML Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Diagnostics Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Digital Therapeutics AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160MarTech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160SaaS AI Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160Adaptive Learning AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160InsurTech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Underwriting Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AgTech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI NPC Designer$83,160$111,720$146,160Telecom AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160HRTech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160GovTech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Building Design Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160FoodTech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Space Tech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Digital Health AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Spatial AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160LLM Ops Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Model Registry Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Carbon Capture AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160Chatbot Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI CRM Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Customer Support Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Email Marketing Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Pricing Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Revenue Optimization Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Accounting Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Payroll Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Audit Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Expense Management Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Credit Scoring Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Lending Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Document Review Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Property Valuation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Fleet Management Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Warehouse Optimization Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Demand Forecasting Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Quality Control Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Predictive Maintenance Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Digital Twin Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Assessment Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Recommendation Engine Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Vehicle Diagnostics Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Traffic Systems Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Network Planning Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Spectrum Optimization Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Claims Adjudication Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Visual Search Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Store Analytics Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Demand Planning Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Coaching Systems Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Recipe Recommendation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Talent Matching Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Workforce Planning Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Generative AI Solutions Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Agent Solutions Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Agent Integration Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Enterprise AI Agent Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Workflow Designer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Process Automation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Freelance AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160OpenAI API Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160Agentic AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Copilot Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Assistant Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Chatbot Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Search Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Benchmarking Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Document Understanding Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Code Generation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Reasoning Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Planning Systems Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Benchmark Developer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Data Pipeline Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Experiment Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Responsible AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI 3D Generation Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Text-to-Speech AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160Speech-to-Text AI Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Dubbing Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160ML Systems Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160ML Systems Architect$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Monitoring Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Incident Response Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Compiler Optimization Engineer$83,160$111,720$146,160AI Cloud Architect$82,320$109,200$142,800AI Customer Success Engineer$84,840$109,200$141,960Senior Magento Developer$84,000$107,520$139,440AI Training Manager$76,440$106,680$147,840AI Incident Response Analyst$73,080$105,000$138,600AI Privacy Engineer$73,080$105,000$138,600AI Enablement & Literacy Lead$84,000$103,320$134,400AI/GenAI Sales Engineer$72,240$102,480$138,600AI Sales Engineer$72,240$102,480$138,600Solutions Engineer, AI$72,240$102,480$138,600AI Solutions Engineer$72,240$102,480$138,600AI Pre-Sales Engineer$72,240$102,480$138,600AI Customer Engineer$72,240$102,480$138,600AI Field Engineer$72,240$102,480$138,600AI Demo Engineer$72,240$102,480$138,600Robotics Engineer$68,040$99,120$132,720AI Trainer / RLHF Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Training Data Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080Deep Learning Engineer$65,520$94,920$136,080AI/ML Data Analyst$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Business Intelligence Analyst$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Bias & Fairness Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Agricultural Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Model Evaluator$65,520$94,920$136,080Intelligence AI Analyst$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Trainer$65,520$94,920$136,080LLM Fine-Tuning Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080LLM Evaluator$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Ad Optimization Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Claims Processing Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Contract Analysis Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Crop Analysis Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080Network AI Optimization Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Analyst$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Consultant$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Specialist$65,520$94,920$136,080Machine Learning Analyst$65,520$94,920$136,080Machine Learning Consultant$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Model Trainer$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Data Curator$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Feature Engineer$65,520$94,920$136,080AI A/B Testing Engineer$65,520$94,920$136,080Time Series ML Engineer$65,520$94,920$136,080Graph ML Engineer$65,520$94,920$136,080Bayesian ML Engineer$65,520$94,920$136,080AI Localization Specialist$67,200$90,720$117,600AI Quality Assurance Engineer$63,840$86,520$114,240AI Testing Engineer$63,840$86,520$114,240Junior AI Engineer$73,920$86,520$99,960Junior AI Agent Engineer$73,920$86,520$99,960Junior AI Agent Architect$73,920$86,520$99,960Junior AI Compiler Engineer$73,920$86,520$99,960AI Agent QA Engineer$63,840$86,520$114,240AI Solutions Consultant$61,320$84,840$115,920AI Transformation Consultant$61,320$84,840$115,920AI Value Realization Analyst$61,320$84,840$115,920AI Roadmap Strategist$61,320$84,840$115,920AI Venture Analyst$63,000$84,840$115,080AI Workforce Planner$61,320$84,840$115,920AI Business Analyst$61,320$84,840$115,920AI Change Manager$61,320$84,840$115,920AI Adoption Manager$61,320$84,840$115,920AI Cost Analyst$63,000$84,840$115,080AI FinOps Engineer$63,000$84,840$115,080Magento Developer$65,520$84,000$109,200AI Documentation Engineer$54,600$77,280$87,360AI Transportation Planner$53,760$70,560$90,720Junior ML Engineer$57,120$69,720$83,160Junior NLP Engineer$57,120$69,720$83,160Junior LLM Engineer$57,120$69,720$83,160AI Partnership Manager$48,720$68,040$95,760AI Ecosystem Manager$48,720$68,040$95,760AI Geospatial Analyst$51,240$65,520$86,520AI Regulation Specialist$47,040$65,520$91,560AI Marketing Technologist$44,520$64,680$91,560AI Market Intelligence Analyst$44,520$64,680$91,560AI Pricing Analyst$44,520$64,680$91,560AI Procurement Analyst$47,040$63,840$86,520Technical Recruiter, AI$44,520$61,320$84,840AI Annotation Lead$41,160$46,200$52,920AI Customer Support Specialist$29,400$36,120$42,840AI Trainer / Data Annotator$28,560$33,600$40,320Salaries adjusted for Birmingham cost of living (-16% vs. national). 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Common questions.
The median salary across 321 ai engineering roles tracked in Birmingham, AL is $111,720. The full range runs from $28,560 at the entry level for the lowest-paying tracked role up to $291,480 at the top of the highest-paying tracked role. Birmingham sits 16% below the national average for cost-adjusted compensation.
Machine Learning Director is the highest-paying ai engineering role in Birmingham, with a median base salary of $224,280 when adjusted for local cost of living. Total compensation including equity and bonuses runs significantly higher at top-tier employers.
Yes. Birmingham is one of the active markets for AI talent in 2026. Birmingham is Alabama's largest metro, anchored by a major medical center, banking, and a growing innovation district. AI Engineering Roles specifically benefit from local employer demand and the broader AI hiring boom that has pushed compensation up year over year.
Birmingham pays roughly 16% less 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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