AI agents salary: $215K median
The median advertised AI agents salary is $215K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $180K to $258K: counted from 1,893 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $103 an hour or $17,917 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $306K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll AI agents jobs
$215Kmedian advertised salary
$180K – $258Kmiddle half of roles
$224Kaverage advertised salary
1,893roles counted
AI agents salary by level
Senior roles advertise a median of $199K, 37% more than junior roles ($145K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | $145K | $125K–$165K | 15 |
| Senior | $199K | $175K–$220K | 477 |
| Lead and above | $240K | $215K–$286K | 560 |
| No level in the title | $208K | $165K–$253K | 839 |
AI agents salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $238K | 806 |
| 🇺🇸California | $232K | 865 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $224K | 402 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $215K | 1,786 |
| 🇪🇺Europe | $215K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $212K | 107 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $211K | 43 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $209K | 33 |
| 🇨🇦Canada | $206K | 29 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $186K | 22 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $183K | 46 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $181K | 34 |
| 🇺🇸Austin, TX | $179K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $144K | 24 |
Skills that pay more for AI agents roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM evaluation | $240K | +$25K | 298 |
| Go | $222K | +$8K | 265 |
| Machine Learning | $220K | +$6K | 307 |
| LLM | $220K | +$5K | 989 |
| Kubernetes | $218K | +$2K | 307 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $402K | 47 |
| Inworld AI | $350K | 3 |
| Mirendil | $350K | 3 |
| Mercor | $330K | 8 |
| Perplexity | $312K | 19 |
| Roblox | $312K | 22 |
| OpenAI | $308K | 64 |
| $306K | 5 | |
| Figma | $306K | 7 |
| Turing | $300K | 21 |
| Antimetal | $300K | 3 |
| Suno | $296K | 7 |
| Replit | $288K | 5 |
| Harvey | $286K | 29 |
| Sierra | $285K | 34 |
| Shepherd | $282K | 25 |
| Parachute Health | $282K | 3 |
| Twenty | $275K | 5 |
| Runway Ml | $272K | 4 |
| OKX | $271K | 6 |
| Invisible Technologies | $265K | 4 |
| Lovable | $262K | 3 |
| Snorkel AI | $262K | 9 |
| $260K | 7 | |
| Render | $259K | 8 |
Highest-paying open AI agents roles
All AI agents jobs- Research Engineer, Computer UseAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KPythonMachine LearningAI agents
- Research Engineer, Knowledge TeamAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$350K - $850KRemotePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Tech Lead, Applied AI - SearchMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$350K - $600KLead and aboveLLMAIAI agents
- Senior Director of Engineering, Generative AIRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$526K - $574KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMAI
- Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads MeasurementPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US$315K - $551KLead and aboveMachine LearningAIAI agents
- Member of Technical Staff, Security EngineerMagic.dev · 🇺🇸San Francisco$225K - $550KRustGoPython
- Principal Software Engineer, ProductivityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$459K - $536KLead and aboveAI agents
- Technical Threat Investigator, Threat Intel EngineeringOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $510KRemoteAI agentsOpenAI APIIncident response
- Staff / Principal Research Scientist, Models - USAInworld AI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, USA$270K - $500KHybridLead and aboveLLMNLPAI agents
- Software Engineer, AgentsMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $500KPythonTypeScriptReact
- VP, ResearchScale AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; New York, NY$397K - $496KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsGenerative AI
- CISOGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$424K - $489KLLMZendeskAI agents
- Engineering Manager (Agent Engine)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $485KRustGoPython
- Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering-Applied ResearchPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$228K - $469KRemoteSeniorMachine LearningLLMAI
- Technical Director - AI Roblox StudioRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$399K - $458KLead and aboveLLMAIAI agents
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Data & EvalsHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $450KHybridPythonLLMAI agents
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Reinforcement LearningHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$230K - $450KHybridPythonLLMAI agents
- Director, Product DesignRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$320K - $440KHybridLead and aboveGoAI agentsInteraction design
- Engineering Manager, Agent OrchestrationDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$280K - $430KAI agentsPerformance management
- Engineering Manager, Agent ProductDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$280K - $430KPythonTypeScriptLLM
Questions about AI agents pay
- What is the average AI agents salary?
- $224K a year on average and $215K at the median, across 1,893 open AI agents postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $180K to $258K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest AI agents pay?
- Anthropic ($402K), Mirendil ($350K), Inworld AI ($350K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an ai agents a high-paying job?
- The median AI agents posting advertises $215K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 24% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an ai agents?
- A tenth of the postings offer $306K a year or more; the highest open AI agents role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the AI agents salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $215K a year is about $103 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,917 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $87 to $124 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for AI agents roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM evaluation (+$25K, 298 postings), Go (+$8K, 265 postings), Machine Learning (+$6K, 307 postings) advertise more than the $215K median of all AI agents postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level ai agents make?
- 17 junior and intern AI agents postings state pay, with a median of $143K a year ($69 an hour).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for AI agents roles at companies is $215K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $180K to $258K. Counted from 1,893 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/ai-agents/
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