The median starting salary is $180,000 a year, measured on the 584 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$200k-$280kSan Francisco1mo
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Fine-tuning jobs: 1,212 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name fine-tuning in the job title or description. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 1,212
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 1,024
- remote
- 259
- median starting salary
- $180,000
$180k-$248kCentral - United States; West Coast - United StatesRemote1mo
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$165k-$217kUS-NY-New York1mo
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Melbourne, Australia; Sydney, Australia1mo
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$226k-$277kSan Mateo, CA, United StatesRemote1mo
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$190k-$280kRemote - United StatesRemote1mo
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$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
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DE, BY, Munich2mo
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London, United Kingdom2mo
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$224k-$357kUS, CA, Santa Clara6mo
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$170k-$230kNew York; San Francisco4w
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$177k-$239kUS, NY, New York1mo
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$143k-$210kNew York, NY3mo
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Bangalore, India6mo
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AI level of Fine-tuning jobs
- AI Level 4753 (62%)
- AI Level 3271 (22%)
- AI Level 215 (1%)
- AI Level 1173 (14%)
Companies hiring for Fine-tuning
Fine-tuning jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Fine-tuning jobs pay?
How much AI work do Fine-tuning jobs involve?
Of the 1,212 live postings: AI Level 4: 753 (62%); AI Level 3: 271 (22%); AI Level 2: 15 (1%); AI Level 1: 173 (14%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Fine-tuning jobs?
By number of live postings: Amazon (206), NVIDIA (82), Together AI (75), Capital One (34), Scale AI (27). Counted September 2026.
Where are Fine-tuning jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (201), New York (104), Bengaluru (72), Seattle (69), Santa Clara (48). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Fine-tuning jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (784), Python (737), Machine learning (630), Generative AI (504), AWS (454). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Fine-tuning jobs?
By number of live postings: Machine learning engineer (132), AI engineer (110), Solutions architect (83), Applied scientist (52), Forward deployed engineer (47). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Fine-tuning in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.