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salary report · updated november 2026

How Much Do AI Engineer Jobs Pay in San Jose? (November 2026)

As of November 2026, the median AI Engineer salary in San Jose is $246,150 a year. Most roles pay between $211,200 and $305,000 (the 10th–90th percentile), drawn from 101 live salaried listings across 14 companies. All figures are converted to annual US dollars so different sources compare like-for-like.

Median salary
$246,150
per year · annual USD
Typical range
$211k – $305k
10th–90th percentile
Range seen
$79k – $337k
lowest to highest
Sample
101
salaried listings · 14 companies
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How pay has moved

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Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.

Highest-paying employers

  1. #1
    O
    OKX
    2 salaried listings in San Jose
    $313,055
    median
    Principal AI Engineer, AI Agent Development$250k – $376k·San Jose, California, United StatesPrincipal AI Engineer, Chatbot Development$250k – $376k·San Jose, California, United States
    All OKX roles →
  2. #2
    FA
    Figure AI
    5 salaried listings in San Jose
    $300,000
    median
    Helix AI Engineer, Android$200k – $400k·San Jose, CAHelix AI Engineer, Backend $200k – $400k·San Jose, CAHelix AI Engineer, Perception$200k – $400k·San Jose, CAHelix AI Engineer, Training Performance$200k – $400k·San Jose, CAHelix AI Engineer, Video Pretraining$200k – $400k·San Jose, CA
    All Figure AI roles →
  3. #3
    B
    Bakertilly
    2 salaried listings in San Jose
    $276,250
    median
    Head of AI Engineering$250k – $400k·USA CA San Jose 300 Santana RowForward Deployed AI Engineer$205k – $250k·USA CA San Jose 300 Santana Row
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  4. #4
    E
    Etched
    3 salaried listings in San Jose
    $275,000
    median
    Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Kernels)$150k – $400k·San JoseInternal Acceleration, Research Engineer (Production)$150k – $400k·San JoseTechnical Recruiter (Supercomputing/ML)$100k – $220k·San Jose
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  5. #5
    A
    Analogdevices
    5 salaried listings in San Jose
    $273,125
    median
    Senior Principal AI/ML Engineer, Deep Agentic Reasoning Engineer (Lorenz Labs)$260k – $358k·US, CA, San Jose, Rio RoblesSenior Principal AI/ML Engineer, Time-Series & Sensor Reasoning Models (Lorenz Labs)$260k – $358k·US, CA, San Jose, Rio RoblesPrincipal AI/ML Engineer, Deep Agentic Reasoning Engineer (Lorenz Labs)$230k – $316k·US, CA, San Jose, Rio RoblesPrincipal AI/ML Engineer, Time-Series & Sensor Reasoning Models (Lorenz Labs)$230k – $316k·US, CA, San Jose, Rio RoblesStaff AI/ML Engineer, Time-Series & Sensor Reasoning Models (Lorenz Labs)$198k – $272k·US, CA, San Jose, Rio Robles
    All Analogdevices roles →

Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in San Jose; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.

See the open AI Engineer roles in San Jose →

AI Engineer pay elsewhere

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Methodology: AI Engineer listings in San Jose with a published salary, updated daily. Figures come from roles that are open right now. Ranges and single figures are converted to an annual US-dollar midpoint; hourly rates are annualised and out-of-band values dropped. Salary data is self-reported by employers and covers the roles that disclose pay — treat it as a directional guide, not a guarantee.