Median maximum salary is $219,700 for software engineering AI jobs that publish a USD range, with a median floor of $152,800, on 13,325 of 29,801 live software engineering postings. Across every category the median maximum is $202,400 on 38,528 USD postings, so software engineering sits above the market. Measured September 2026.
Software Engineering AI jobs
29849 live jobs match "Software Engineering AI jobs" right now. 6,954 use, work on, or build AI, not just mention it in the posting, and the median salary starts around $147,000 a year, and the most common tools are Python, AWS, and Kubernetes.
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$117k-$167kUS, VA, Herndon2mo
$146k-$194kLexington, Massachusetts, United States; Waltham, Massachusetts, United States2mo
$165k-$224kUS, TX, Austin2mo
$96k-$166kUS, CO, Broomfield2mo
$136k-$184kUS, VA, Arlington2mo
$96k-$166kUS, CO, Broomfield2mo
$96k-$166kUS, CO, Broomfield2mo
$120k-$170kAlpharetta, Georgia, United States of America2mo
$168k-$227kUS, WA, Seattle2mo
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How much do software engineering AI jobs pay?
How many software engineering AI jobs are remote?
5,662 of 29,801 live software engineering AI jobs are remote, a 19.0% share. Across every category, 18,660 of 110,275 live jobs are remote (16.9%), so software engineering runs above the site average. Remote status is read from the posting's own location field, never inferred from the company. Measured September 2026.
Are there entry-level software engineering AI jobs?
1,553 of 29,801 live software engineering AI jobs are tagged intern or junior, and 22,830 are rated Little AI, where the work involves no AI at all. Seniority is read from the title and the posting text; 16,782 of 110,275 postings across the site do not state it, so these counts are floors. Measured September 2026.
Method: counts come from live postings in Level's catalog in the Software Engineering category. Measured September 2026. Levels follow our method.
Source: O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor) — Software Developers (SOC 15-1252.00).