Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Staff AI Engineer
Occupation profile for Staff AI Engineer covers 20 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $248,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $248,000
- Total filings
- 20
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $213,601–$255,000
- Top employer
- Arm, Inc.
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 1 | $145,662 | $145,662 | $145,662 |
| FY2025 | 3 | $185,000 | $168,514 | $207,500 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 16 | $248,000 | $213,601 | $255,000 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Arm, Inc.3 filings
- ServiceTitan, Inc.2 filings
- Social Finance, LLC2 filings
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES1 filings
- BillGO, Inc.1 filings
- CNH Industrial America LLC1 filings
- Confabulation Corporation1 filings
- Connectly, Inc.1 filings
- Hippocratic AI, Inc1 filings
- Poseidon AI Inc.1 filings
Top cities
- Glendale2 filings
- San Francisco2 filings
- New York2 filings
- Seattle2 filings
- Tempe1 filings
- Foster City1 filings
- Menlo Park1 filings
- Mountain View1 filings
- Palo Alto1 filings
- San Diego1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 15-1252 | $137,093 | $165,131 | $193,149 | $221,187 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 15-1252 | $152,797 | $187,075 | $221,374 | $255,653 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 15-1252 | $106,787 | $134,202 | $161,637 | $189,051 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 15-1252 | $109,845 | $137,717 | $165,589 | $193,461 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 15-1252 | $111,613 | $143,104 | $174,595 | $206,086 |
| 2026-27 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 12420 | 15-1243 | $101,171 | $124,405 | $147,638 | $170,872 |
| 2026-27 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 19100 | 15-2051 | $75,691 | $99,299 | $122,907 | $146,515 |
| 2026-27 | Fort Collins-Loveland, COArea 22660 | 15-1252 | $86,091 | $115,253 | $144,435 | $173,597 |
| 2026-27 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZArea 38060 | 15-1252 | $92,123 | $113,714 | $135,304 | $156,894 |
| 2026-27 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAArea 38900 | 15-1252 | $103,605 | $128,773 | $153,962 | $179,130 |