AI Engineering Roles · Louisville, KY
AI Engineering Roles salary in Louisville.
321 roles tracked. Median $117,040. 12% below national.
$29,920
Low
$117,040
Median
$305,360
High
Louisville is home to UPS Worldport, the world's largest automated package handling facility, making it a logistics and supply chain powerhouse. The city also has strong healthcare and bourbon distillery industries. Its central location and affordable cost of living make it attractive for distribution and operations roles.
Kentucky has a flat 4% state income tax. Louisville has an occupational tax of about 2.2%. The combined rate is moderate, and the low cost of living offsets the local tax.
Leverage UPS and the logistics corridor when negotiating. Supply chain and operations professionals command premiums in Louisville's distribution heavy economy.
AI Engineering Roles ranked by pay in Louisville.
RoleLowMedianHigh
Machine Learning Director$199,760$234,960$305,360AI Protein Structure Specialist$151,360$193,600$251,680AI Technical Lead$158,400$184,800$222,640ML Technical Lead$158,400$184,800$222,640Staff AI Engineer$158,400$184,800$222,640Principal AI Engineer$158,400$184,800$222,640Staff AI Agent Engineer$158,400$184,800$222,640Principal AI Agent Engineer$158,400$184,800$222,640Staff AI Agent Architect$158,400$184,800$222,640Principal AI Agent Architect$158,400$184,800$222,640Staff AI Compiler Engineer$158,400$184,800$222,640Principal AI Compiler Engineer$158,400$184,800$222,640Lead Radiology AI Engineer$158,400$184,800$222,640Lead KYC/AML Engineer$158,400$184,800$222,640Lead Contract AI Developer$158,400$184,800$222,640Staff ML Engineer$149,600$183,920$237,600Principal ML Engineer$149,600$183,920$237,600Staff NLP Engineer$149,600$183,920$237,600Principal NLP Engineer$149,600$183,920$237,600Staff LLM Engineer$149,600$183,920$237,600Principal LLM Engineer$149,600$183,920$237,600EV Battery AI Optimization Engineer$140,800$180,400$234,960AI Business Development Manager$118,800$172,480$233,200Route Optimization AI Specialist$130,240$167,200$217,360Humanoid Robotics Engineer$123,200$165,440$218,240Senior AI Chip Designer$146,960$162,800$182,160AI Inventory Optimization Specialist$123,200$158,400$205,920AI Data Labeling Manager$113,520$150,480$196,240AI Transformation Officer$113,520$150,480$196,240AI Environment Manager$113,520$150,480$196,240Model Registry Manager$113,520$150,480$196,240Engineering Manager, AI$113,520$150,480$196,240Prompt Operations Manager$113,520$150,480$196,240AI Agent Operations Manager$113,520$150,480$196,240AI Manager$113,520$150,480$196,240Machine Learning Manager$113,520$150,480$196,240AI Transformation Lead$125,840$149,600$186,560AI Operations Lead$114,400$149,600$193,600AI Adoption Lead$125,840$149,600$186,560AI Change Management Lead$125,840$149,600$186,560Senior AI Engineer$129,360$148,720$172,480Senior AI Agent Engineer$129,360$148,720$172,480Senior AI Agent Architect$129,360$148,720$172,480Senior AI Compiler Engineer$129,360$148,720$172,480Senior Radiology AI Engineer$129,360$148,720$172,480Senior KYC/AML Engineer$129,360$148,720$172,480Senior Contract AI Developer$129,360$148,720$172,480Senior AI Developer$129,360$148,720$172,480Senior ML Systems Engineer$129,360$148,720$172,480AI Learning Experience Designer$113,520$145,200$189,200No-Code AI Specialist$113,520$145,200$189,200Senior ML Engineer$113,520$137,280$167,200Senior NLP Engineer$113,520$137,280$167,200Senior LLM Engineer$113,520$137,280$167,200Senior Azure AI Engineer$113,520$137,280$167,200Senior GCP ML Engineer$113,520$137,280$167,200AI Hardware/Chip Design Engineer$96,800$136,400$167,200AI Hardware Engineer$96,800$136,400$167,200AI Chip Designer$96,800$136,400$167,200AI Semiconductor Test Engineer$96,800$136,400$167,200AI Chipset Designer$96,800$136,400$167,200AI Chip Architect$96,800$136,400$167,200AI Accelerator Engineer$96,800$136,400$167,200AI Auditor$101,200$132,000$171,600AI Recruitment Specialist$99,440$127,600$166,320AI Transparency Lead$104,720$127,600$161,920AI Trust and Safety Lead$104,720$127,600$161,920AI Reasoning Specialist$85,360$124,080$164,560AI Agent Designer$95,920$123,200$160,160AI Vendor Manager$90,640$123,200$159,280AI Data Engineer$91,520$119,680$154,000Data Architect (AI/ML)$91,520$119,680$154,000AI Analytics Engineer$91,520$119,680$154,000Data Pipeline Engineer (ML)$91,520$119,680$154,000AI Data Quality Engineer$91,520$119,680$154,000Knowledge Graph Engineer$91,520$119,680$154,000Responsible AI Lead$99,440$119,680$150,480Machine Learning Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120ML Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120NLP Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Computer Vision Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120LLM Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120LLM Fine-Tuning Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Solutions Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120Generative AI Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120Robotics AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Agent Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120Edge AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Agentic Orchestrator$87,120$117,040$153,120Full Stack AI Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Systems Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Application Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Backend Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Frontend Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Embedded AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Firmware Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI API Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Microservices Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Integration Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Real-Time AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Compiler Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Model Distillation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120ML Pipeline Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Speech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Chatbot Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Localization Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120LiDAR AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Robotic Process Automation Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120Motion Planning AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Manipulation AI Specialist$87,120$117,040$153,120Robot Perception Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Agent Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Workflow Automation Specialist$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Simulation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Embodied AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Neuro AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120On-Device AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Wearables Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Spatial Computing AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Personal Assistant Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Workflow Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Fairness Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120LLM Operations Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Digital Twin Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120Developer Advocate, AI$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Accessibility Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Incident Commander$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Data Marketplace Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Knowledge Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Telecom Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Computer Vision Applications Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120NLP Applications Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Model Compression Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Search Ranking Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Embedded Systems Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Agent Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Systems Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120ML Solutions Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120Generative AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Evaluation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120TinyML Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120GovTech ML Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Workflow Automation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Prompt Operations Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Spatial Computing Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Tutor Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120Consulting ML Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Telecom ML Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Model Serving Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Training Data Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Founding ML Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Diagnostics Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Digital Therapeutics AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120MarTech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120SaaS AI Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120Adaptive Learning AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120InsurTech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Underwriting Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AgTech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI NPC Designer$87,120$117,040$153,120Telecom AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120HRTech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120GovTech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Building Design Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120FoodTech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Space Tech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Digital Health AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Spatial AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120LLM Ops Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Model Registry Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Carbon Capture AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120Chatbot Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI CRM Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Customer Support Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Email Marketing Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Pricing Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Revenue Optimization Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Accounting Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Payroll Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Audit Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Expense Management Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Credit Scoring Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Lending Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Document Review Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Property Valuation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Fleet Management Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Warehouse Optimization Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Demand Forecasting Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Quality Control Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Predictive Maintenance Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Digital Twin Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Assessment Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Recommendation Engine Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Vehicle Diagnostics Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Traffic Systems Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Network Planning Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Spectrum Optimization Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Claims Adjudication Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Visual Search Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Store Analytics Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Demand Planning Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Coaching Systems Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Recipe Recommendation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Talent Matching Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Workforce Planning Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Generative AI Solutions Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Agent Solutions Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Agent Integration Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Enterprise AI Agent Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Workflow Designer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Process Automation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Freelance AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120OpenAI API Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120Agentic AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Copilot Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Assistant Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Chatbot Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Search Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Benchmarking Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Document Understanding Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Code Generation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Reasoning Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Planning Systems Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Benchmark Developer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Data Pipeline Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Experiment Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Responsible AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI 3D Generation Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Text-to-Speech AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120Speech-to-Text AI Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Dubbing Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120ML Systems Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120ML Systems Architect$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Monitoring Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Incident Response Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Compiler Optimization Engineer$87,120$117,040$153,120AI Cloud Architect$86,240$114,400$149,600AI Customer Success Engineer$88,880$114,400$148,720Senior Magento Developer$88,000$112,640$146,080AI Training Manager$80,080$111,760$154,880AI Incident Response Analyst$76,560$110,000$145,200AI Privacy Engineer$76,560$110,000$145,200AI Enablement & Literacy Lead$88,000$108,240$140,800AI/GenAI Sales Engineer$75,680$107,360$145,200AI Sales Engineer$75,680$107,360$145,200Solutions Engineer, AI$75,680$107,360$145,200AI Solutions Engineer$75,680$107,360$145,200AI Pre-Sales Engineer$75,680$107,360$145,200AI Customer Engineer$75,680$107,360$145,200AI Field Engineer$75,680$107,360$145,200AI Demo Engineer$75,680$107,360$145,200Robotics Engineer$71,280$103,840$139,040AI Trainer / RLHF Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Training Data Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560Deep Learning Engineer$68,640$99,440$142,560AI/ML Data Analyst$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Business Intelligence Analyst$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Bias & Fairness Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Agricultural Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Model Evaluator$68,640$99,440$142,560Intelligence AI Analyst$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Trainer$68,640$99,440$142,560LLM Fine-Tuning Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560LLM Evaluator$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Ad Optimization Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Claims Processing Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Contract Analysis Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Crop Analysis Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560Network AI Optimization Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Analyst$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Consultant$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Specialist$68,640$99,440$142,560Machine Learning Analyst$68,640$99,440$142,560Machine Learning Consultant$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Model Trainer$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Data Curator$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Feature Engineer$68,640$99,440$142,560AI A/B Testing Engineer$68,640$99,440$142,560Time Series ML Engineer$68,640$99,440$142,560Graph ML Engineer$68,640$99,440$142,560Bayesian ML Engineer$68,640$99,440$142,560AI Localization Specialist$70,400$95,040$123,200AI Quality Assurance Engineer$66,880$90,640$119,680AI Testing Engineer$66,880$90,640$119,680Junior AI Engineer$77,440$90,640$104,720Junior AI Agent Engineer$77,440$90,640$104,720Junior AI Agent Architect$77,440$90,640$104,720Junior AI Compiler Engineer$77,440$90,640$104,720AI Agent QA Engineer$66,880$90,640$119,680AI Solutions Consultant$64,240$88,880$121,440AI Transformation Consultant$64,240$88,880$121,440AI Value Realization Analyst$64,240$88,880$121,440AI Roadmap Strategist$64,240$88,880$121,440AI Venture Analyst$66,000$88,880$120,560AI Workforce Planner$64,240$88,880$121,440AI Business Analyst$64,240$88,880$121,440AI Change Manager$64,240$88,880$121,440AI Adoption Manager$64,240$88,880$121,440AI Cost Analyst$66,000$88,880$120,560AI FinOps Engineer$66,000$88,880$120,560Magento Developer$68,640$88,000$114,400AI Documentation Engineer$57,200$80,960$91,520AI Transportation Planner$56,320$73,920$95,040Junior ML Engineer$59,840$73,040$87,120Junior NLP Engineer$59,840$73,040$87,120Junior LLM Engineer$59,840$73,040$87,120AI Partnership Manager$51,040$71,280$100,320AI Ecosystem Manager$51,040$71,280$100,320AI Geospatial Analyst$53,680$68,640$90,640AI Regulation Specialist$49,280$68,640$95,920AI Marketing Technologist$46,640$67,760$95,920AI Market Intelligence Analyst$46,640$67,760$95,920AI Pricing Analyst$46,640$67,760$95,920AI Procurement Analyst$49,280$66,880$90,640Technical Recruiter, AI$46,640$64,240$88,880AI Annotation Lead$43,120$48,400$55,440AI Customer Support Specialist$30,800$37,840$44,880AI Trainer / Data Annotator$29,920$35,200$42,240Salaries adjusted for Louisville cost of living (-12% vs. national). Click any role for the full role-city breakdown including equity, bonuses, and city-specific negotiation tips.
Common questions.
The median salary across 321 ai engineering roles tracked in Louisville, KY is $117,040. The full range runs from $29,920 at the entry level for the lowest-paying tracked role up to $305,360 at the top of the highest-paying tracked role. Louisville sits 12% below the national average for cost-adjusted compensation.
Machine Learning Director is the highest-paying ai engineering role in Louisville, with a median base salary of $234,960 when adjusted for local cost of living. Total compensation including equity and bonuses runs significantly higher at top-tier employers.
Yes. Louisville is one of the active markets for AI talent in 2026. Louisville is home to UPS Worldport, the world's largest automated package handling facility, making it a logistics and supply chain powerhouse. AI Engineering Roles specifically benefit from local employer demand and the broader AI hiring boom that has pushed compensation up year over year.
Louisville pays roughly 12% 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.
AI Engineering Roles in other cities.
Negotiate your next offer with confidence.
Open the salary calculator