The median starting salary is $184,000 a year, measured on the 235 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
LLM jobs in Santa Clara: 244 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name LLM 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
- 244
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 207
- remote
- 8
- median starting salary
- $184,000
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
databricksmodel-context-protocolslack+1
$152k-$242kUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
cublascufftcusolver+1
$272k-$431kUS, CA, Santa Clara1w
pythonpytorchllms+1
$200k-$322kUS, CA, Santa Clara3w
gopythonjava+1
$134k-$272kSanta Clara, California, United States3w
llms
$248k-$391kUS, CA, Santa Clara4w
servicenow
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa Clara4w
vllmnvidia-dynamotensorrt-llm+3
$224k-$357kUS, CA, Santa Clara4w
openailangchainllamaindex+5
$208k-$328kUS, CA, Santa Clara1mo
vllmgputensorrt
$152k-$242kUS, CA, Santa Clara1mo
cudatensorrttensorrt-llm+1
$200k-$322kUS, CA, Santa Clara1mo
prometheusvictoria-metrics
$224k-$357kUS, CA, Santa Clara2mo
ncclcudapython+1
$184k-$288kUS, CA, Santa ClaraRemote2mo
cudnncublascutlass+2
$152k-$242kUS, CA, Santa Clara3mo
pythoncros2+5
$152k-$242kUS, CA, Santa Clara3mo
claudellamalangchain+6
AI level of LLM jobs in Santa Clara
- AI Level 4127 (52%)
- AI Level 380 (33%)
- AI Level 26 (2%)
- AI Level 131 (13%)
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Common questions
How much do LLM jobs in Santa Clara pay?
How much AI work do LLM jobs in Santa Clara involve?
Of the 244 live postings: AI Level 4: 127 (52%); AI Level 3: 80 (33%); AI Level 2: 6 (2%); AI Level 1: 31 (13%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for LLM jobs in Santa Clara?
Which other cities have LLM jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (1,086), New York (686), Seattle (402), San Jose (169), Mountain View (119). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in LLM jobs in Santa Clara?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (145), C++ (104), CUDA (95), Deep learning (89), Generative AI (84). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in LLM jobs in Santa Clara?
By number of live postings: Solutions architect (23), Research scientist (9), AI product manager (8), Applied scientist (8), AI engineer (4). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names LLM in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.