AI Engineering Roles · Portland, OR
AI Engineering Roles salary in Portland.
321 roles tracked. Median $146,300. 10% above national.
$37,400
Low
$146,300
Median
$381,700
High
Portland's tech scene is anchored by Intel's semiconductor campus and a strong cluster of sportswear and creative companies including Nike and Adidas. The city attracts professionals who value work life balance and sustainability. Salaries are moderate compared to Seattle, but the lower cost of living makes Portland a solid value proposition.
Oregon has no sales tax, but state income tax rates climb to 9.9%. Portland adds a local arts tax and metro supportive housing tax. Factor these into your net pay calculations.
Highlight your willingness to work hybrid in Portland's tech campuses. Intel, Nike, and other major employers reward in person collaboration with higher compensation bands.
AI Engineering Roles ranked by pay in Portland.
RoleLowMedianHigh
Machine Learning Director$249,700$293,700$381,700AI Protein Structure Specialist$189,200$242,000$314,600AI Technical Lead$198,000$231,000$278,300ML Technical Lead$198,000$231,000$278,300Staff AI Engineer$198,000$231,000$278,300Principal AI Engineer$198,000$231,000$278,300Staff AI Agent Engineer$198,000$231,000$278,300Principal AI Agent Engineer$198,000$231,000$278,300Staff AI Agent Architect$198,000$231,000$278,300Principal AI Agent Architect$198,000$231,000$278,300Staff AI Compiler Engineer$198,000$231,000$278,300Principal AI Compiler Engineer$198,000$231,000$278,300Lead Radiology AI Engineer$198,000$231,000$278,300Lead KYC/AML Engineer$198,000$231,000$278,300Lead Contract AI Developer$198,000$231,000$278,300Staff ML Engineer$187,000$229,900$297,000Principal ML Engineer$187,000$229,900$297,000Staff NLP Engineer$187,000$229,900$297,000Principal NLP Engineer$187,000$229,900$297,000Staff LLM Engineer$187,000$229,900$297,000Principal LLM Engineer$187,000$229,900$297,000EV Battery AI Optimization Engineer$176,000$225,500$293,700AI Business Development Manager$148,500$215,600$291,500Route Optimization AI Specialist$162,800$209,000$271,700Humanoid Robotics Engineer$154,000$206,800$272,800Senior AI Chip Designer$183,700$203,500$227,700AI Inventory Optimization Specialist$154,000$198,000$257,400AI Data Labeling Manager$141,900$188,100$245,300AI Transformation Officer$141,900$188,100$245,300AI Environment Manager$141,900$188,100$245,300Model Registry Manager$141,900$188,100$245,300Engineering Manager, AI$141,900$188,100$245,300Prompt Operations Manager$141,900$188,100$245,300AI Agent Operations Manager$141,900$188,100$245,300AI Manager$141,900$188,100$245,300Machine Learning Manager$141,900$188,100$245,300AI Transformation Lead$157,300$187,000$233,200AI Operations Lead$143,000$187,000$242,000AI Adoption Lead$157,300$187,000$233,200AI Change Management Lead$157,300$187,000$233,200Senior AI Engineer$161,700$185,900$215,600Senior AI Agent Engineer$161,700$185,900$215,600Senior AI Agent Architect$161,700$185,900$215,600Senior AI Compiler Engineer$161,700$185,900$215,600Senior Radiology AI Engineer$161,700$185,900$215,600Senior KYC/AML Engineer$161,700$185,900$215,600Senior Contract AI Developer$161,700$185,900$215,600Senior AI Developer$161,700$185,900$215,600Senior ML Systems Engineer$161,700$185,900$215,600AI Learning Experience Designer$141,900$181,500$236,500No-Code AI Specialist$141,900$181,500$236,500Senior ML Engineer$141,900$171,600$209,000Senior NLP Engineer$141,900$171,600$209,000Senior LLM Engineer$141,900$171,600$209,000Senior Azure AI Engineer$141,900$171,600$209,000Senior GCP ML Engineer$141,900$171,600$209,000AI Hardware/Chip Design Engineer$121,000$170,500$209,000AI Hardware Engineer$121,000$170,500$209,000AI Chip Designer$121,000$170,500$209,000AI Semiconductor Test Engineer$121,000$170,500$209,000AI Chipset Designer$121,000$170,500$209,000AI Chip Architect$121,000$170,500$209,000AI Accelerator Engineer$121,000$170,500$209,000AI Auditor$126,500$165,000$214,500AI Recruitment Specialist$124,300$159,500$207,900AI Transparency Lead$130,900$159,500$202,400AI Trust and Safety Lead$130,900$159,500$202,400AI Reasoning Specialist$106,700$155,100$205,700AI Agent Designer$119,900$154,000$200,200AI Vendor Manager$113,300$154,000$199,100AI Data Engineer$114,400$149,600$192,500Data Architect (AI/ML)$114,400$149,600$192,500AI Analytics Engineer$114,400$149,600$192,500Data Pipeline Engineer (ML)$114,400$149,600$192,500AI Data Quality Engineer$114,400$149,600$192,500Knowledge Graph Engineer$114,400$149,600$192,500Responsible AI Lead$124,300$149,600$188,100Machine Learning Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400ML Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400NLP Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Computer Vision Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400LLM Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400LLM Fine-Tuning Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Solutions Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400Generative AI Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400Robotics AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Agent Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400Edge AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Agentic Orchestrator$108,900$146,300$191,400Full Stack AI Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Systems Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Application Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Backend Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Frontend Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Embedded AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Firmware Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI API Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Microservices Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Integration Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Real-Time AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Compiler Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Model Distillation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400ML Pipeline Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Speech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Chatbot Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Localization Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400LiDAR AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Robotic Process Automation Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400Motion Planning AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Manipulation AI Specialist$108,900$146,300$191,400Robot Perception Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Agent Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Workflow Automation Specialist$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Simulation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Embodied AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Neuro AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400On-Device AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Wearables Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Spatial Computing AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Personal Assistant Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Workflow Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Fairness Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400LLM Operations Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Digital Twin Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400Developer Advocate, AI$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Accessibility Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Incident Commander$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Data Marketplace Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Knowledge Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Telecom Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Computer Vision Applications Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400NLP Applications Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Model Compression Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Search Ranking Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Embedded Systems Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Agent Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Systems Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400ML Solutions Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400Generative AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Evaluation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400TinyML Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400GovTech ML Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Workflow Automation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Prompt Operations Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Spatial Computing Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Tutor Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400Consulting ML Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Telecom ML Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Model Serving Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Training Data Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Founding ML Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Diagnostics Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Digital Therapeutics AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400MarTech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400SaaS AI Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400Adaptive Learning AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400InsurTech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Underwriting Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AgTech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI NPC Designer$108,900$146,300$191,400Telecom AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400HRTech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400GovTech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Building Design Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400FoodTech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Space Tech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Digital Health AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Spatial AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400LLM Ops Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Model Registry Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Carbon Capture AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400Chatbot Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI CRM Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Customer Support Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Email Marketing Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Pricing Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Revenue Optimization Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Accounting Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Payroll Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Audit Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Expense Management Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Credit Scoring Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Lending Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Document Review Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Property Valuation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Fleet Management Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Warehouse Optimization Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Demand Forecasting Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Quality Control Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Predictive Maintenance Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Digital Twin Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Assessment Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Recommendation Engine Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Vehicle Diagnostics Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Traffic Systems Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Network Planning Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Spectrum Optimization Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Claims Adjudication Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Visual Search Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Store Analytics Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Demand Planning Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Coaching Systems Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Recipe Recommendation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Talent Matching Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Workforce Planning Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Generative AI Solutions Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Agent Solutions Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Agent Integration Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Enterprise AI Agent Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Workflow Designer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Process Automation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Freelance AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400OpenAI API Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400Agentic AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Copilot Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Assistant Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Chatbot Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Search Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Benchmarking Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Document Understanding Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Code Generation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Reasoning Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Planning Systems Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Benchmark Developer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Data Pipeline Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Experiment Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Responsible AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI 3D Generation Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Text-to-Speech AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400Speech-to-Text AI Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Dubbing Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400ML Systems Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400ML Systems Architect$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Monitoring Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Incident Response Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Compiler Optimization Engineer$108,900$146,300$191,400AI Cloud Architect$107,800$143,000$187,000AI Customer Success Engineer$111,100$143,000$185,900Senior Magento Developer$110,000$140,800$182,600AI Training Manager$100,100$139,700$193,600AI Incident Response Analyst$95,700$137,500$181,500AI Privacy Engineer$95,700$137,500$181,500AI Enablement & Literacy Lead$110,000$135,300$176,000AI/GenAI Sales Engineer$94,600$134,200$181,500AI Sales Engineer$94,600$134,200$181,500Solutions Engineer, AI$94,600$134,200$181,500AI Solutions Engineer$94,600$134,200$181,500AI Pre-Sales Engineer$94,600$134,200$181,500AI Customer Engineer$94,600$134,200$181,500AI Field Engineer$94,600$134,200$181,500AI Demo Engineer$94,600$134,200$181,500Robotics Engineer$89,100$129,800$173,800AI Trainer / RLHF Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Training Data Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200Deep Learning Engineer$85,800$124,300$178,200AI/ML Data Analyst$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Business Intelligence Analyst$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Bias & Fairness Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Agricultural Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Model Evaluator$85,800$124,300$178,200Intelligence AI Analyst$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Trainer$85,800$124,300$178,200LLM Fine-Tuning Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200LLM Evaluator$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Ad Optimization Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Claims Processing Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Contract Analysis Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Crop Analysis Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200Network AI Optimization Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Analyst$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Consultant$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Specialist$85,800$124,300$178,200Machine Learning Analyst$85,800$124,300$178,200Machine Learning Consultant$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Model Trainer$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Data Curator$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Feature Engineer$85,800$124,300$178,200AI A/B Testing Engineer$85,800$124,300$178,200Time Series ML Engineer$85,800$124,300$178,200Graph ML Engineer$85,800$124,300$178,200Bayesian ML Engineer$85,800$124,300$178,200AI Localization Specialist$88,000$118,800$154,000AI Quality Assurance Engineer$83,600$113,300$149,600AI Testing Engineer$83,600$113,300$149,600Junior AI Engineer$96,800$113,300$130,900Junior AI Agent Engineer$96,800$113,300$130,900Junior AI Agent Architect$96,800$113,300$130,900Junior AI Compiler Engineer$96,800$113,300$130,900AI Agent QA Engineer$83,600$113,300$149,600AI Solutions Consultant$80,300$111,100$151,800AI Transformation Consultant$80,300$111,100$151,800AI Value Realization Analyst$80,300$111,100$151,800AI Roadmap Strategist$80,300$111,100$151,800AI Venture Analyst$82,500$111,100$150,700AI Workforce Planner$80,300$111,100$151,800AI Business Analyst$80,300$111,100$151,800AI Change Manager$80,300$111,100$151,800AI Adoption Manager$80,300$111,100$151,800AI Cost Analyst$82,500$111,100$150,700AI FinOps Engineer$82,500$111,100$150,700Magento Developer$85,800$110,000$143,000AI Documentation Engineer$71,500$101,200$114,400AI Transportation Planner$70,400$92,400$118,800Junior ML Engineer$74,800$91,300$108,900Junior NLP Engineer$74,800$91,300$108,900Junior LLM Engineer$74,800$91,300$108,900AI Partnership Manager$63,800$89,100$125,400AI Ecosystem Manager$63,800$89,100$125,400AI Geospatial Analyst$67,100$85,800$113,300AI Regulation Specialist$61,600$85,800$119,900AI Marketing Technologist$58,300$84,700$119,900AI Market Intelligence Analyst$58,300$84,700$119,900AI Pricing Analyst$58,300$84,700$119,900AI Procurement Analyst$61,600$83,600$113,300Technical Recruiter, AI$58,300$80,300$111,100AI Annotation Lead$53,900$60,500$69,300AI Customer Support Specialist$38,500$47,300$56,100AI Trainer / Data Annotator$37,400$44,000$52,800Salaries adjusted for Portland cost of living (+10% vs. national). 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Common questions.
The median salary across 321 ai engineering roles tracked in Portland, OR is $146,300. The full range runs from $37,400 at the entry level for the lowest-paying tracked role up to $381,700 at the top of the highest-paying tracked role. Portland sits 10% above the national average for cost-adjusted compensation.
Machine Learning Director is the highest-paying ai engineering role in Portland, with a median base salary of $293,700 when adjusted for local cost of living. Total compensation including equity and bonuses runs significantly higher at top-tier employers.
Yes. Portland is one of the active markets for AI talent in 2026. Portland's tech scene is anchored by Intel's semiconductor campus and a strong cluster of sportswear and creative companies including Nike and Adidas. AI Engineering Roles specifically benefit from local employer demand and the broader AI hiring boom that has pushed compensation up year over year.
Portland pays roughly 10% 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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