AI Engineering Roles · Phoenix, AZ
AI Engineering Roles salary in Phoenix.
321 roles tracked. Median $127,680. 4% below national.
$32,640
Low
$127,680
Median
$333,120
High
Phoenix is one of the fastest growing metros in the U.S., fueled by semiconductor manufacturing, financial services, and tech company expansions. Intel, TSMC, and other chipmakers have made massive investments in the area. The combination of affordable housing and rising salaries has made Phoenix increasingly attractive to relocating professionals.
Arizona has a flat 2.5% income tax rate, one of the lowest in the nation. Phoenix has no additional city income tax, making overall take home pay very competitive.
Reference the influx of semiconductor and tech employers to justify higher offers. Phoenix salaries are rising fast, and employers know they must compete with coastal recruiters.
AI Engineering Roles ranked by pay in Phoenix.
RoleLowMedianHigh
Machine Learning Director$217,920$256,320$333,120AI Protein Structure Specialist$165,120$211,200$274,560AI Technical Lead$172,800$201,600$242,880ML Technical Lead$172,800$201,600$242,880Staff AI Engineer$172,800$201,600$242,880Principal AI Engineer$172,800$201,600$242,880Staff AI Agent Engineer$172,800$201,600$242,880Principal AI Agent Engineer$172,800$201,600$242,880Staff AI Agent Architect$172,800$201,600$242,880Principal AI Agent Architect$172,800$201,600$242,880Staff AI Compiler Engineer$172,800$201,600$242,880Principal AI Compiler Engineer$172,800$201,600$242,880Lead Radiology AI Engineer$172,800$201,600$242,880Lead KYC/AML Engineer$172,800$201,600$242,880Lead Contract AI Developer$172,800$201,600$242,880Staff ML Engineer$163,200$200,640$259,200Principal ML Engineer$163,200$200,640$259,200Staff NLP Engineer$163,200$200,640$259,200Principal NLP Engineer$163,200$200,640$259,200Staff LLM Engineer$163,200$200,640$259,200Principal LLM Engineer$163,200$200,640$259,200EV Battery AI Optimization Engineer$153,600$196,800$256,320AI Business Development Manager$129,600$188,160$254,400Route Optimization AI Specialist$142,080$182,400$237,120Humanoid Robotics Engineer$134,400$180,480$238,080Senior AI Chip Designer$160,320$177,600$198,720AI Inventory Optimization Specialist$134,400$172,800$224,640AI Data Labeling Manager$123,840$164,160$214,080AI Transformation Officer$123,840$164,160$214,080AI Environment Manager$123,840$164,160$214,080Model Registry Manager$123,840$164,160$214,080Engineering Manager, AI$123,840$164,160$214,080Prompt Operations Manager$123,840$164,160$214,080AI Agent Operations Manager$123,840$164,160$214,080AI Manager$123,840$164,160$214,080Machine Learning Manager$123,840$164,160$214,080AI Transformation Lead$137,280$163,200$203,520AI Operations Lead$124,800$163,200$211,200AI Adoption Lead$137,280$163,200$203,520AI Change Management Lead$137,280$163,200$203,520Senior AI Engineer$141,120$162,240$188,160Senior AI Agent Engineer$141,120$162,240$188,160Senior AI Agent Architect$141,120$162,240$188,160Senior AI Compiler Engineer$141,120$162,240$188,160Senior Radiology AI Engineer$141,120$162,240$188,160Senior KYC/AML Engineer$141,120$162,240$188,160Senior Contract AI Developer$141,120$162,240$188,160Senior AI Developer$141,120$162,240$188,160Senior ML Systems Engineer$141,120$162,240$188,160AI Learning Experience Designer$123,840$158,400$206,400No-Code AI Specialist$123,840$158,400$206,400Senior ML Engineer$123,840$149,760$182,400Senior NLP Engineer$123,840$149,760$182,400Senior LLM Engineer$123,840$149,760$182,400Senior Azure AI Engineer$123,840$149,760$182,400Senior GCP ML Engineer$123,840$149,760$182,400AI Hardware/Chip Design Engineer$105,600$148,800$182,400AI Hardware Engineer$105,600$148,800$182,400AI Chip Designer$105,600$148,800$182,400AI Semiconductor Test Engineer$105,600$148,800$182,400AI Chipset Designer$105,600$148,800$182,400AI Chip Architect$105,600$148,800$182,400AI Accelerator Engineer$105,600$148,800$182,400AI Auditor$110,400$144,000$187,200AI Recruitment Specialist$108,480$139,200$181,440AI Transparency Lead$114,240$139,200$176,640AI Trust and Safety Lead$114,240$139,200$176,640AI Reasoning Specialist$93,120$135,360$179,520AI Agent Designer$104,640$134,400$174,720AI Vendor Manager$98,880$134,400$173,760AI Data Engineer$99,840$130,560$168,000Data Architect (AI/ML)$99,840$130,560$168,000AI Analytics Engineer$99,840$130,560$168,000Data Pipeline Engineer (ML)$99,840$130,560$168,000AI Data Quality Engineer$99,840$130,560$168,000Knowledge Graph Engineer$99,840$130,560$168,000Responsible AI Lead$108,480$130,560$164,160Machine Learning Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040ML Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040NLP Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Computer Vision Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040LLM Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040LLM Fine-Tuning Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Solutions Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040Generative AI Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040Robotics AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Agent Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040Edge AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Agentic Orchestrator$95,040$127,680$167,040Full Stack AI Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Systems Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Application Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Backend Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Frontend Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Embedded AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Firmware Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI API Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Microservices Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Integration Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Real-Time AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Compiler Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Model Distillation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040ML Pipeline Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Speech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Chatbot Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Localization Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040LiDAR AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Robotic Process Automation Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040Motion Planning AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Manipulation AI Specialist$95,040$127,680$167,040Robot Perception Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Agent Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Workflow Automation Specialist$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Simulation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Embodied AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Neuro AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040On-Device AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Wearables Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Spatial Computing AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Personal Assistant Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Workflow Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Fairness Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040LLM Operations Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Digital Twin Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040Developer Advocate, AI$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Accessibility Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Incident Commander$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Data Marketplace Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Knowledge Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Telecom Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Computer Vision Applications Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040NLP Applications Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Model Compression Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Search Ranking Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Embedded Systems Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Agent Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Systems Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040ML Solutions Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040Generative AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Evaluation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040TinyML Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040GovTech ML Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Workflow Automation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Prompt Operations Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Spatial Computing Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Tutor Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040Consulting ML Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Telecom ML Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Model Serving Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Training Data Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Founding ML Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Diagnostics Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Digital Therapeutics AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040MarTech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040SaaS AI Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040Adaptive Learning AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040InsurTech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Underwriting Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AgTech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI NPC Designer$95,040$127,680$167,040Telecom AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040HRTech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040GovTech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Building Design Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040FoodTech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Space Tech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Digital Health AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Spatial AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040LLM Ops Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Model Registry Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Carbon Capture AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040Chatbot Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI CRM Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Customer Support Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Email Marketing Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Pricing Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Revenue Optimization Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Accounting Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Payroll Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Audit Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Expense Management Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Credit Scoring Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Lending Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Document Review Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Property Valuation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Fleet Management Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Warehouse Optimization Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Demand Forecasting Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Quality Control Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Predictive Maintenance Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Digital Twin Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Assessment Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Recommendation Engine Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Vehicle Diagnostics Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Traffic Systems Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Network Planning Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Spectrum Optimization Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Claims Adjudication Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Visual Search Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Store Analytics Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Demand Planning Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Coaching Systems Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Recipe Recommendation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Talent Matching Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Workforce Planning Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Generative AI Solutions Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Agent Solutions Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Agent Integration Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Enterprise AI Agent Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Workflow Designer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Process Automation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Freelance AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040OpenAI API Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040Agentic AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Copilot Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Assistant Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Chatbot Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Search Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Benchmarking Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Document Understanding Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Code Generation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Reasoning Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Planning Systems Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Benchmark Developer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Data Pipeline Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Experiment Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Responsible AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI 3D Generation Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Text-to-Speech AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040Speech-to-Text AI Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Dubbing Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040ML Systems Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040ML Systems Architect$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Monitoring Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Incident Response Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Compiler Optimization Engineer$95,040$127,680$167,040AI Cloud Architect$94,080$124,800$163,200AI Customer Success Engineer$96,960$124,800$162,240Senior Magento Developer$96,000$122,880$159,360AI Training Manager$87,360$121,920$168,960AI Incident Response Analyst$83,520$120,000$158,400AI Privacy Engineer$83,520$120,000$158,400AI Enablement & Literacy Lead$96,000$118,080$153,600AI/GenAI Sales Engineer$82,560$117,120$158,400AI Sales Engineer$82,560$117,120$158,400Solutions Engineer, AI$82,560$117,120$158,400AI Solutions Engineer$82,560$117,120$158,400AI Pre-Sales Engineer$82,560$117,120$158,400AI Customer Engineer$82,560$117,120$158,400AI Field Engineer$82,560$117,120$158,400AI Demo Engineer$82,560$117,120$158,400Robotics Engineer$77,760$113,280$151,680AI Trainer / RLHF Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Training Data Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520Deep Learning Engineer$74,880$108,480$155,520AI/ML Data Analyst$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Business Intelligence Analyst$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Bias & Fairness Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Agricultural Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Model Evaluator$74,880$108,480$155,520Intelligence AI Analyst$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Trainer$74,880$108,480$155,520LLM Fine-Tuning Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520LLM Evaluator$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Ad Optimization Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Claims Processing Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Contract Analysis Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Crop Analysis Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520Network AI Optimization Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Analyst$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Consultant$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Specialist$74,880$108,480$155,520Machine Learning Analyst$74,880$108,480$155,520Machine Learning Consultant$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Model Trainer$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Data Curator$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Feature Engineer$74,880$108,480$155,520AI A/B Testing Engineer$74,880$108,480$155,520Time Series ML Engineer$74,880$108,480$155,520Graph ML Engineer$74,880$108,480$155,520Bayesian ML Engineer$74,880$108,480$155,520AI Localization Specialist$76,800$103,680$134,400AI Quality Assurance Engineer$72,960$98,880$130,560AI Testing Engineer$72,960$98,880$130,560Junior AI Engineer$84,480$98,880$114,240Junior AI Agent Engineer$84,480$98,880$114,240Junior AI Agent Architect$84,480$98,880$114,240Junior AI Compiler Engineer$84,480$98,880$114,240AI Agent QA Engineer$72,960$98,880$130,560AI Solutions Consultant$70,080$96,960$132,480AI Transformation Consultant$70,080$96,960$132,480AI Value Realization Analyst$70,080$96,960$132,480AI Roadmap Strategist$70,080$96,960$132,480AI Venture Analyst$72,000$96,960$131,520AI Workforce Planner$70,080$96,960$132,480AI Business Analyst$70,080$96,960$132,480AI Change Manager$70,080$96,960$132,480AI Adoption Manager$70,080$96,960$132,480AI Cost Analyst$72,000$96,960$131,520AI FinOps Engineer$72,000$96,960$131,520Magento Developer$74,880$96,000$124,800AI Documentation Engineer$62,400$88,320$99,840AI Transportation Planner$61,440$80,640$103,680Junior ML Engineer$65,280$79,680$95,040Junior NLP Engineer$65,280$79,680$95,040Junior LLM Engineer$65,280$79,680$95,040AI Partnership Manager$55,680$77,760$109,440AI Ecosystem Manager$55,680$77,760$109,440AI Geospatial Analyst$58,560$74,880$98,880AI Regulation Specialist$53,760$74,880$104,640AI Marketing Technologist$50,880$73,920$104,640AI Market Intelligence Analyst$50,880$73,920$104,640AI Pricing Analyst$50,880$73,920$104,640AI Procurement Analyst$53,760$72,960$98,880Technical Recruiter, AI$50,880$70,080$96,960AI Annotation Lead$47,040$52,800$60,480AI Customer Support Specialist$33,600$41,280$48,960AI Trainer / Data Annotator$32,640$38,400$46,080Salaries adjusted for Phoenix cost of living (-4% vs. national). 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Common questions.
The median salary across 321 ai engineering roles tracked in Phoenix, AZ is $127,680. The full range runs from $32,640 at the entry level for the lowest-paying tracked role up to $333,120 at the top of the highest-paying tracked role. Phoenix sits 4% below the national average for cost-adjusted compensation.
Machine Learning Director is the highest-paying ai engineering role in Phoenix, with a median base salary of $256,320 when adjusted for local cost of living. Total compensation including equity and bonuses runs significantly higher at top-tier employers.
Yes. Phoenix is one of the active markets for AI talent in 2026. Phoenix is one of the fastest growing metros in the U. AI Engineering Roles specifically benefit from local employer demand and the broader AI hiring boom that has pushed compensation up year over year.
Phoenix pays roughly 4% 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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