IT Staffing Report: Dec. 7, 2017

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Firms pay up to $314,746 for AI engineers, Paysa survey finds

US companies across all industries are investing $1.35 billion in talent with artificial intelligence expertise, according a survey released by Paysa, a big data platform aimed at providing market insight into salaries. The average salary for an AI engineer at Uber, the top-paying company, is $314,746.

Paysa listed the 20 highest-paying companies by average salary for an AI engineer:

  1. Uber: $314,746
  2. WalmartLabs: $265,698
  3. Netflix: $264,799
  4. Facebook: $257,846
  5. Salesforce: $248,281
  6. Google: $236,388
  7. Coupang: $234,348
  8. Twitter: $230,639
  9. Splunk: $227,202
  10. Apple: $227,094
  11. Intuit: $221,438
  12. Palo Alto Networks: $219,679
  13. PayPal: $218,262
  14. OpenTable: $215,399
  15. VMware: $211,862
  16. Amazon: $209,762
  17. Unity Technologies: $208,729
  18. Adobe: $207,076
  19. eBay: $203,626
  20. Veritas Technologies: $202,776

And it listed the top metropolitan areas for AI jobs and the average salary employees receive if they have a job in AI:

  1. San Francisco, $182,418
  2. Seattle, $191,213
  3. New York, $122,075
  4. Boston, $151,806
  5. Chicago, $102,768
  6. San Diego, $122,623
  7. Austin, Texas, $124,023
  8. Atlanta, $111,323
  9. Washington, $106,288
  10. Charlotte, NC, $111,879