The median starting salary is $184,000 a year, measured on the 155 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$168k-$265kUS, CA, Santa Clara8mo
pytorch
Generative AI jobs in Santa Clara: 161 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Generative AI in the job title or description, located in Santa Clara, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 161
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 123
- remote
- 8
- median starting salary
- $184,000
$168k-$265kUS, CA, Santa Clara5mo
pytorch
$38-$94/hrUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
pytorchpythonc+1
$38-$94/hrUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
pytorchpython
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara2w
vllmpytorchcuda+4
$192k-$260kUS, CA, Santa Clara3w
pythonpytorchllms+1
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara1mo
vllmpytorchcuda+6
$168k-$265kUS, CA, Santa Clara7mo
pytorch
$168k-$265kUS, CA, Santa Clara7mo
pytorch
$272k-$431kUS, CA, Santa Clara8mo
vllm
$38-$94/hrUS, CA, Santa Clara3d
pythonccuda+1
$171k-$241kUS, California, Santa ClaraRemote3d
pytorchtensorflowjax+1
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
pytorchtensorflowjax+6
$100k-$167kUS, CA, Santa Clara2w
pytorchpythonpandas+1
$224k-$357kUS, CA, Santa Clara3w
pytorchtensorflowscikit-learn+7
$172k-$222kUS, CA, Santa Clara3w
theorem-proversmodel-checkersautomated-reasoning-tools
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara3w
vllmpytorchjax+3
AI level of Generative AI jobs in Santa Clara
- AI Level 470 (43%)
- AI Level 353 (33%)
- AI Level 26 (4%)
- AI Level 132 (20%)
Companies hiring for Generative AI in Santa Clara
Generative AI jobs in other cities
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Generative AI jobs in Santa Clara pay?
How much AI work do Generative AI jobs in Santa Clara involve?
Of the 161 live postings: AI Level 4: 70 (43%); AI Level 3: 53 (33%); AI Level 2: 6 (4%); AI Level 1: 32 (20%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Generative AI jobs in Santa Clara?
Which other cities have Generative AI jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (541), Seattle (510), San Francisco (478), Bellevue (145), Arlington (121). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Generative AI jobs in Santa Clara?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (84), Python (81), C++ (59), Deep learning (54), Machine learning (45). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Generative AI jobs in Santa Clara?
By number of live postings: Solutions architect (19), AI product manager (10), Applied scientist (10), Research scientist (6), Machine learning engineer (2). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Generative AI in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.