AI Engineering Roles · Little Rock, AR
AI Engineering Roles salary in Little Rock.
321 roles tracked. Median $109,060. 18% below national.
$27,880
Low
$109,060
Median
$284,540
High
Little Rock's economy is driven by Walmart's nearby headquarters ecosystem, state government, healthcare, and logistics. The metro's extremely low cost of living means even moderate salaries deliver strong purchasing power. Tech jobs are growing as companies seek affordable alternatives to major metros.
Arkansas has a top income tax rate of 4.4%. Little Rock has no city income tax. The combination of low taxes and very affordable housing creates one of the best net pay environments in the country.
Reference the Walmart and Tyson ecosystem when negotiating. Northwest Arkansas and Little Rock employers benchmark against national corporate pay scales.
AI Engineering Roles ranked by pay in Little Rock.
RoleLowMedianHigh
Machine Learning Director$186,140$218,940$284,540AI Protein Structure Specialist$141,040$180,400$234,520AI Technical Lead$147,600$172,200$207,460ML Technical Lead$147,600$172,200$207,460Staff AI Engineer$147,600$172,200$207,460Principal AI Engineer$147,600$172,200$207,460Staff AI Agent Engineer$147,600$172,200$207,460Principal AI Agent Engineer$147,600$172,200$207,460Staff AI Agent Architect$147,600$172,200$207,460Principal AI Agent Architect$147,600$172,200$207,460Staff AI Compiler Engineer$147,600$172,200$207,460Principal AI Compiler Engineer$147,600$172,200$207,460Lead Radiology AI Engineer$147,600$172,200$207,460Lead KYC/AML Engineer$147,600$172,200$207,460Lead Contract AI Developer$147,600$172,200$207,460Staff ML Engineer$139,400$171,380$221,400Principal ML Engineer$139,400$171,380$221,400Staff NLP Engineer$139,400$171,380$221,400Principal NLP Engineer$139,400$171,380$221,400Staff LLM Engineer$139,400$171,380$221,400Principal LLM Engineer$139,400$171,380$221,400EV Battery AI Optimization Engineer$131,200$168,100$218,940AI Business Development Manager$110,700$160,720$217,300Route Optimization AI Specialist$121,360$155,800$202,540Humanoid Robotics Engineer$114,800$154,160$203,360Senior AI Chip Designer$136,940$151,700$169,740AI Inventory Optimization Specialist$114,800$147,600$191,880AI Data Labeling Manager$105,780$140,220$182,860AI Transformation Officer$105,780$140,220$182,860AI Environment Manager$105,780$140,220$182,860Model Registry Manager$105,780$140,220$182,860Engineering Manager, AI$105,780$140,220$182,860Prompt Operations Manager$105,780$140,220$182,860AI Agent Operations Manager$105,780$140,220$182,860AI Manager$105,780$140,220$182,860Machine Learning Manager$105,780$140,220$182,860AI Transformation Lead$117,260$139,400$173,840AI Operations Lead$106,600$139,400$180,400AI Adoption Lead$117,260$139,400$173,840AI Change Management Lead$117,260$139,400$173,840Senior AI Engineer$120,540$138,580$160,720Senior AI Agent Engineer$120,540$138,580$160,720Senior AI Agent Architect$120,540$138,580$160,720Senior AI Compiler Engineer$120,540$138,580$160,720Senior Radiology AI Engineer$120,540$138,580$160,720Senior KYC/AML Engineer$120,540$138,580$160,720Senior Contract AI Developer$120,540$138,580$160,720Senior AI Developer$120,540$138,580$160,720Senior ML Systems Engineer$120,540$138,580$160,720AI Learning Experience Designer$105,780$135,300$176,300No-Code AI Specialist$105,780$135,300$176,300Senior ML Engineer$105,780$127,920$155,800Senior NLP Engineer$105,780$127,920$155,800Senior LLM Engineer$105,780$127,920$155,800Senior Azure AI Engineer$105,780$127,920$155,800Senior GCP ML Engineer$105,780$127,920$155,800AI Hardware/Chip Design Engineer$90,200$127,100$155,800AI Hardware Engineer$90,200$127,100$155,800AI Chip Designer$90,200$127,100$155,800AI Semiconductor Test Engineer$90,200$127,100$155,800AI Chipset Designer$90,200$127,100$155,800AI Chip Architect$90,200$127,100$155,800AI Accelerator Engineer$90,200$127,100$155,800AI Auditor$94,300$123,000$159,900AI Recruitment Specialist$92,660$118,900$154,980AI Transparency Lead$97,580$118,900$150,880AI Trust and Safety Lead$97,580$118,900$150,880AI Reasoning Specialist$79,540$115,620$153,340AI Agent Designer$89,380$114,800$149,240AI Vendor Manager$84,460$114,800$148,420AI Data Engineer$85,280$111,520$143,500Data Architect (AI/ML)$85,280$111,520$143,500AI Analytics Engineer$85,280$111,520$143,500Data Pipeline Engineer (ML)$85,280$111,520$143,500AI Data Quality Engineer$85,280$111,520$143,500Knowledge Graph Engineer$85,280$111,520$143,500Responsible AI Lead$92,660$111,520$140,220Machine Learning Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680ML Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680NLP Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Computer Vision Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680LLM Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680LLM Fine-Tuning Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Solutions Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680Generative AI Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680Robotics AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Agent Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680Edge AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Agentic Orchestrator$81,180$109,060$142,680Full Stack AI Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Systems Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Application Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Backend Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Frontend Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Embedded AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Firmware Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI API Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Microservices Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Integration Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Real-Time AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Compiler Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Model Distillation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680ML Pipeline Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Speech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Chatbot Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Localization Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680LiDAR AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Robotic Process Automation Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680Motion Planning AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Manipulation AI Specialist$81,180$109,060$142,680Robot Perception Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Agent Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Workflow Automation Specialist$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Simulation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Embodied AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Neuro AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680On-Device AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Wearables Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Spatial Computing AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Personal Assistant Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Workflow Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Fairness Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680LLM Operations Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Digital Twin Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680Developer Advocate, AI$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Accessibility Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Incident Commander$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Data Marketplace Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Knowledge Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Telecom Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Computer Vision Applications Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680NLP Applications Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Model Compression Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Search Ranking Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Embedded Systems Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Agent Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Systems Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680ML Solutions Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680Generative AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Evaluation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680TinyML Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680GovTech ML Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Workflow Automation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Prompt Operations Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Spatial Computing Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Tutor Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680Consulting ML Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Telecom ML Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Model Serving Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Training Data Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Founding ML Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Diagnostics Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Digital Therapeutics AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680MarTech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680SaaS AI Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680Adaptive Learning AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680InsurTech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Underwriting Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AgTech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI NPC Designer$81,180$109,060$142,680Telecom AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680HRTech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680GovTech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Building Design Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680FoodTech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Space Tech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Digital Health AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Spatial AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680LLM Ops Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Model Registry Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Carbon Capture AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680Chatbot Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI CRM Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Customer Support Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Email Marketing Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Pricing Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Revenue Optimization Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Accounting Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Payroll Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Audit Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Expense Management Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Credit Scoring Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Lending Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Document Review Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Property Valuation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Fleet Management Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Warehouse Optimization Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Demand Forecasting Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Quality Control Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Predictive Maintenance Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Digital Twin Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Assessment Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Recommendation Engine Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Vehicle Diagnostics Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Traffic Systems Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Network Planning Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Spectrum Optimization Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Claims Adjudication Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Visual Search Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Store Analytics Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Demand Planning Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Coaching Systems Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Recipe Recommendation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Talent Matching Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Workforce Planning Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Generative AI Solutions Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Agent Solutions Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Agent Integration Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Enterprise AI Agent Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Workflow Designer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Process Automation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Freelance AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680OpenAI API Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680Agentic AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Copilot Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Assistant Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Chatbot Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Search Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Benchmarking Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Document Understanding Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Code Generation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Reasoning Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Planning Systems Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Benchmark Developer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Data Pipeline Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Experiment Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Responsible AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI 3D Generation Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Text-to-Speech AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680Speech-to-Text AI Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Dubbing Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680ML Systems Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680ML Systems Architect$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Monitoring Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Incident Response Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Compiler Optimization Engineer$81,180$109,060$142,680AI Cloud Architect$80,360$106,600$139,400AI Customer Success Engineer$82,820$106,600$138,580Senior Magento Developer$82,000$104,960$136,120AI Training Manager$74,620$104,140$144,320AI Incident Response Analyst$71,340$102,500$135,300AI Privacy Engineer$71,340$102,500$135,300AI Enablement & Literacy Lead$82,000$100,860$131,200AI/GenAI Sales Engineer$70,520$100,040$135,300AI Sales Engineer$70,520$100,040$135,300Solutions Engineer, AI$70,520$100,040$135,300AI Solutions Engineer$70,520$100,040$135,300AI Pre-Sales Engineer$70,520$100,040$135,300AI Customer Engineer$70,520$100,040$135,300AI Field Engineer$70,520$100,040$135,300AI Demo Engineer$70,520$100,040$135,300Robotics Engineer$66,420$96,760$129,560AI Trainer / RLHF Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Training Data Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840Deep Learning Engineer$63,960$92,660$132,840AI/ML Data Analyst$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Business Intelligence Analyst$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Bias & Fairness Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Agricultural Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Model Evaluator$63,960$92,660$132,840Intelligence AI Analyst$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Trainer$63,960$92,660$132,840LLM Fine-Tuning Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840LLM Evaluator$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Ad Optimization Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Claims Processing Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Contract Analysis Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Crop Analysis Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840Network AI Optimization Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Analyst$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Consultant$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Specialist$63,960$92,660$132,840Machine Learning Analyst$63,960$92,660$132,840Machine Learning Consultant$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Model Trainer$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Data Curator$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Feature Engineer$63,960$92,660$132,840AI A/B Testing Engineer$63,960$92,660$132,840Time Series ML Engineer$63,960$92,660$132,840Graph ML Engineer$63,960$92,660$132,840Bayesian ML Engineer$63,960$92,660$132,840AI Localization Specialist$65,600$88,560$114,800AI Quality Assurance Engineer$62,320$84,460$111,520AI Testing Engineer$62,320$84,460$111,520Junior AI Engineer$72,160$84,460$97,580Junior AI Agent Engineer$72,160$84,460$97,580Junior AI Agent Architect$72,160$84,460$97,580Junior AI Compiler Engineer$72,160$84,460$97,580AI Agent QA Engineer$62,320$84,460$111,520AI Solutions Consultant$59,860$82,820$113,160AI Transformation Consultant$59,860$82,820$113,160AI Value Realization Analyst$59,860$82,820$113,160AI Roadmap Strategist$59,860$82,820$113,160AI Venture Analyst$61,500$82,820$112,340AI Workforce Planner$59,860$82,820$113,160AI Business Analyst$59,860$82,820$113,160AI Change Manager$59,860$82,820$113,160AI Adoption Manager$59,860$82,820$113,160AI Cost Analyst$61,500$82,820$112,340AI FinOps Engineer$61,500$82,820$112,340Magento Developer$63,960$82,000$106,600AI Documentation Engineer$53,300$75,440$85,280AI Transportation Planner$52,480$68,880$88,560Junior ML Engineer$55,760$68,060$81,180Junior NLP Engineer$55,760$68,060$81,180Junior LLM Engineer$55,760$68,060$81,180AI Partnership Manager$47,560$66,420$93,480AI Ecosystem Manager$47,560$66,420$93,480AI Geospatial Analyst$50,020$63,960$84,460AI Regulation Specialist$45,920$63,960$89,380AI Marketing Technologist$43,460$63,140$89,380AI Market Intelligence Analyst$43,460$63,140$89,380AI Pricing Analyst$43,460$63,140$89,380AI Procurement Analyst$45,920$62,320$84,460Technical Recruiter, AI$43,460$59,860$82,820AI Annotation Lead$40,180$45,100$51,660AI Customer Support Specialist$28,700$35,260$41,820AI Trainer / Data Annotator$27,880$32,800$39,360Salaries adjusted for Little Rock cost of living (-18% vs. national). 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Common questions.
The median salary across 321 ai engineering roles tracked in Little Rock, AR is $109,060. The full range runs from $27,880 at the entry level for the lowest-paying tracked role up to $284,540 at the top of the highest-paying tracked role. Little Rock sits 18% below the national average for cost-adjusted compensation.
Machine Learning Director is the highest-paying ai engineering role in Little Rock, with a median base salary of $218,940 when adjusted for local cost of living. Total compensation including equity and bonuses runs significantly higher at top-tier employers.
Yes. Little Rock is one of the active markets for AI talent in 2026. Little Rock's economy is driven by Walmart's nearby headquarters ecosystem, state government, healthcare, and logistics. AI Engineering Roles specifically benefit from local employer demand and the broader AI hiring boom that has pushed compensation up year over year.
Little Rock pays roughly 18% 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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