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AI / ML Engineering appears to carry both a compensation premium and a leveling premium over Software Engineering. This chart shows the distribution of offers across individual contributor levels in the US over the past couple years — AI Eng skews more senior. This means that the cost of AI / ML Engineering is not only higher on a per unit basis (cost within levels), it’s also higher in aggregate (distribution of levels). If salaries are about 10% higher within levels for base salary, you'll end up paying more like 20% in aggregate because of the higher levels. So if you’re planning to hire up in SWE/AIE and partnering with Finance on workforce planning, take both into account. Link to my full post below in the comments where you can read more and subscribe to my newsletter. 👇 #compensation #totalrewards #offers