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IC6 - Advisory
The median salary range for Artificial Intelligence (IC6) roles disclosed in public job postings is $200k - $270k as of Jul 2026, based on 3,994 job postings from 293 companies.
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$200,000
15%
Mid
$234,950
15%
High
$269,900
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Principal AI Architect
Bellevue
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$200k - $325k
$200,000 - $325,000
Principal Machine Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery Analytics
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$273k - $321k
$273,000 - $321,000
Principal Machine Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery Analytics
Redwood City
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$273k - $321k
$273,000 - $321,000
Principal Machine Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery Analytics
Redwood City
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$273k - $321k
$273,000 - $321,000
Principal Machine Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery Analytics
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$273k - $321k
$273,000 - $321,000
Principal Machine Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery Analytics
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$273k - $321k
$273,000 - $321,000
Principal Machine Learning Scientist, Drug Discovery Analytics
Redwood City
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$273k - $321k
$273,000 - $321,000
Principal AI/ML Researcher / Engineer Reasoning, Planning, and Decision-making systems
United States
$296k - $370k
$296,000 - $370,000
Principle Engineer -In Bayesian, Large Foundational Systems, and Distributional Reinforcement Learning
United States
·15+ Years Experience
$296k - $370k
$296,000 - $370,000
Principal Machine Learning Engineer- LLM Fine-tuning and Optimization
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$292k - $365k
$292,000 - $365,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Infrastructure
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$248k - $310k
$248,000 - $310,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Post Training
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
$248k - $310k
$248,000 - $310,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Post Training
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$248k - $310k
$248,000 - $310,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Trust
United States
·12+ Years Experience
$244k - $305k
$244,000 - $305,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Growth Platform Engineering
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
$244k - $305k
$244,000 - $305,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Growth Platform Engineering
United States
·12+ Years Experience
$244k - $305k
$244,000 - $305,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Trust
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
$244k - $305k
$244,000 - $305,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Scientist
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$244k - $305k
$244,000 - $305,000
Senior Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Enterprise
New York City
·12+ Years Experience
$288k - $360k
$288,000 - $360,000
Senior Staff Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Enterprise
San Francisco
·12+ Years Experience
$288k - $360k
$288,000 - $360,000
AI Advisory Principal
New York City
·7+ Years Experience
$207k - $259k
$207,200 - $259,000
AI Advisory Principal
San Francisco
·7+ Years Experience
$207k - $259k
$207,200 - $259,000
Sr Staff ML Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise GenAI
London
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr Staff ML Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise GenAI
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal AI Ops Architect, IPS
London
·6+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal AI Ops Architect, IPS
State of Qatar
·6+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal AI Ops Architect, IPS
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
·6+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Machine Learning Fellow - Human Frontier Collective (US)
United States
N/A
N/A
Principal AI/ML Researcher
Boston
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$270k - $300k
$270,000 - $300,000
Principal Engineer - AI
San Jose
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$250k - $300k
$250,000 - $300,000
Principal Engineer - AI
Bengaluru
·12+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Senior Principal AI/ML Architect, Yahoo Mail
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$161k - $350k
$160,965 - $349,885
IT Sr. Principal Architect, Productivity & AI
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$161k - $350k
$160,965 - $349,885
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal AI/ML Engineer, Yahoo Mail
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning Backend Systems
Remote
·Last Posted: Oct 2025
$128k - $267k
$128,250 - $266,875
Principal Applied Research Scientist – Generative AI and NLP
United States
·9+ Years Experience
$128k - $267k
$128,250 - $266,875
Principal Machine Learning Engineer – Autonomy
San Francisco
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$302k - $336k
$302,000 - $336,000
Principal Machine Learning Engineer – Autonomy
Sunnyvale
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$302k - $336k
$302,000 - $336,000
Principal Machine Learning Engineer – Autonomy
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$302k - $336k
$302,000 - $336,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Trusted Identity
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Delivery Courier Pricing
San Francisco
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Delivery Courier Pricing
Sunnyvale
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Delivery Courier Pricing
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Trusted Identity
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Trusted Identity
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Trusted Identity
Sunnyvale
·10+ Years Experience
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Trusted Identity
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Moonshot AI
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Moonshot AI
Sunnyvale
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff ML Engineer - Applied AI
San Francisco
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff ML Engineer - Applied AI
United States
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Ads
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Ads
Sunnyvale
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Ads
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Agentic Systems Engineer
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Agentic Systems Engineer
Sunnyvale
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Agentic Systems Engineer
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
Sr Staff Agentic Systems Engineer
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$267k - $297k
$267,000 - $297,000
AI Knowledge Architect
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$162k - $180k
$162,000 - $180,000
AI Knowledge Architect
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$162k - $180k
$162,000 - $180,000
AI Knowledge Architect
New York City
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$162k - $180k
$162,000 - $180,000
AI Knowledge Architect
Chicago
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$162k - $180k
$162,000 - $180,000
AI Knowledge Architect
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$162k - $180k
$162,000 - $180,000
AI Knowledge Architect
Sunnyvale
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$162k - $180k
$162,000 - $180,000
Lead, Applied AI
Toronto
·Last Posted: May 2026
$136k - $152k
$136,000 - $151,500
Lead, Applied AI
Canada
·Last Posted: May 2026
$136k - $152k
$136,000 - $151,500
Principal AI Scientist
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$197k - $296k
$197,200 - $295,800
Principal ML Scientist
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$197k - $296k
$197,200 - $295,800
Principal Software Engineer II - Machine Learning - Elasticsearch
United States
·Last Posted: May 2026
$200k - $316k
$199,700 - $315,900
Principal AI Ecosystem Architect - OpenAI/Anthropic
San Francisco
·7+ Years Experience
$184k - $291k
$184,200 - $291,400
Principal AI Ecosystem Architect - OpenAI/Anthropic
United States
·7+ Years Experience
$184k - $291k
$184,200 - $291,400
Principal AI Ecosystem Architect - OpenAI/Anthropic
Washington
·7+ Years Experience
$184k - $291k
$184,200 - $291,400
Principal Software Engineer II - Machine Learning - Elasticsearch
Canada
·Last Posted: May 2026
$137k - $216k
$136,600 - $216,076
Principal Search Consulting Architect
Federative Republic of Brazil
N/A
N/A
Software Engineer - AI SysML (Technical Leadership)
New York City
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
Software Engineer, Video AI/ML Specialist (Technical Leadership)
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
Software Engineer, Video AI/ML Specialist (Technical Leadership)
Bellevue
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
Software Engineer, Video AI/ML Specialist (Technical Leadership)
Bellevue
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
Software Engineer, AI Specialist - Monetization (Technical Leadership)
Sunnyvale
·12+ Years Experience
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
Software Engineer - AI SysML (Technical Leadership)
Sunnyvale
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
Software Engineer, Systems ML (Technical Leadership)
Bellevue
·12+ Years Experience
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
Software Engineer, Systems ML (Technical Leadership)
Bellevue
·12+ Years Experience
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
FAIR Research Lead for Reinforcement Learning for Design & Engineering Tasks
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
AI Research Engineer - Social Products (Technical Leadership)
Bellevue
·5+ Years Experience
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
AI Research Engineer - Social Products (Technical Leadership)
New York City
·5+ Years Experience
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
AI Research Engineer - Social Products (Technical Leadership)
Bellevue
·5+ Years Experience
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
AI Research Engineer - Social Products (Technical Leadership)
Seattle
·5+ Years Experience
$219k - $301k
$219,000 - $301,000
AI Research Scientist - Computer Vision (Technical Leadership)
Boston
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $281k
$205,000 - $281,000
AI Research Scientist - Computer Vision (Technical Leadership)
New York City
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $281k
$205,000 - $281,000
Staff Research Scientist - US - IC6
Sunnyvale
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$184k - $257k
$184,000 - $257,000
Automation Solutions Architect, AI Accelerator Team
San Francisco
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$182k - $255k
$182,000 - $255,000
Automation Solutions Architect, AI Accelerator Team
Sunnyvale
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$182k - $255k
$182,000 - $255,000
Automation Solutions Architect, AI Accelerator Team
Seattle
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$182k - $255k
$182,000 - $255,000
Automation Solutions Architect, AI Accelerator Team
Austin
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$182k - $255k
$182,000 - $255,000
Automation Solutions Architect, AI Accelerator Team
New York City
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$182k - $255k
$182,000 - $255,000
Machine Learning Performance Modeling Architect
Sunnyvale
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$178k - $250k
$178,000 - $250,000
AI Research Scientist, Audio-Visual Understanding, FAIR
New York City
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$154k - $217k
$154,000 - $217,000
AI Research Scientist, Video Generation and Post Training, FAIR
New York City
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$154k - $217k
$154,000 - $217,000
AI Research Scientist, Video Generation and Post Training, FAIR
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$154k - $217k
$154,000 - $217,000
AI Research Scientist, Audio-Visual Understanding, FAIR
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$154k - $217k
$154,000 - $217,000
Software Engineer, ML (Technical Leadership)
State of Israel
N/A
N/A
Principal ML Scientist, Multimodal Biological Reasoning
United States
$216k - $297k
$216,000 - $297,000
Principal ML Scientist, Multimodal Biological Reasoning
Cambridge
$216k - $297k
$216,000 - $297,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning
Boston
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$212k - $291k
$212,000 - $291,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning
United States
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$212k - $291k
$212,000 - $291,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning - Biomolecules
United States
·5+ Years Experience
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning - Biomolecules
Cambridge
·5+ Years Experience
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Agentic Systems for Pipeline Strategy
Cambridge
$115k - $209k
$115,000 - $209,000
Principal Scientist, Agentic Systems for Pipeline Strategy
United States
$115k - $209k
$115,000 - $209,000
Principal AI Architect
New York City
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$230k - $288k
$230,000 - $288,000
Principal AI Architect
Atlanta
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$230k - $288k
$230,000 - $288,000
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$240k - $330k
$240,000 - $330,000
Principal Applied Scientist, Computer Vision
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$220k - $303k
$220,000 - $303,000
Principal Applied Scientist, Computer Vision
Canada
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$196k - $270k
$196,000 - $270,000
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Canada
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$136k - $187k
$136,245 - $187,337
Principal ML Scientist, Multimodal Biological Reasoning
United States
$216k - $297k
$216,000 - $297,000
Principal ML Scientist, Multimodal Biological Reasoning
Cambridge
$216k - $297k
$216,000 - $297,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning
Boston
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$212k - $291k
$212,000 - $291,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning
United States
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$212k - $291k
$212,000 - $291,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning, Genomics
Cambridge
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning, Genomics
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning, Biomolecules
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning, Biomolecules
Cambridge
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning, Origination
Cambridge
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning, Origination
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning - Biomolecules
United States
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Machine Learning - Biomolecules
Cambridge
$208k - $286k
$208,000 - $286,000
Principal Scientist, Agentic Systems for Pipeline Strategy
Cambridge
$115k - $209k
$115,000 - $209,000
Principal Scientist, Agentic Systems for Pipeline Strategy
United States
$115k - $209k
$115,000 - $209,000
Level Comparison
| Level | Sample Size | Low | Mid | High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IC1 Entry 0-1 YOE Contributes to smaller projects under detailed guidance. | Very Large 198 Data Points | $102,550 | $119,275 | $136,000 | |
IC2 Developing 2-4 YOE Contributes to projects under general guidance. Skills are relatively developed with room for growth. | Very Large 515 Data Points | $143,400 | $171,200 | $199,000 | |
IC3 Proficient 5-7 YOE Owns specific projects and requires minimal guidance. Skills are fully developed. | Very Large 705 Data Points | $148,850 | $176,925 | $205,000 | |
IC4 Advanced 8-11 YOE Owns complex projects and drives their direction. Displays in-depth and broad skills and expertise. | Very Large 1,192 Data Points | $161,000 | $190,500 | $220,000 | |
IC5 Expert 12+ YOE A very experienced team member who leads large, high-priority projects that impact company-level goals. | Very Large 513 Data Points | $190,000 | $221,019 | $252,038 | |
IC6 Advisory An authority in their field who defines and drives initiatives with long-term strategic impact. | Very Large 547 Data Points | $200,000 | $234,950 | $269,900 | |
M3 Manager Directly supervises a team of individual contributors and is accountable for their results. | Very Large 220 Data Points | $183,900 | $216,950 | $250,000 | |
M4 Sr. Manager Experienced people manager responsible for setting objectives, observing budgets, and tracking results. | Very Large 167 Data Points | $207,700 | $243,600 | $279,500 | |
M5 Director Oversees managers or leads their own department. Responsible for vision, strategy, hiring, and results. | Very Large 160 Data Points | $212,000 | $251,900 | $291,800 | |
M6 Sr. Director Manages senior leaders in various groups. Responsible for a business function. | Medium 48 Data Points | $229,500 | $278,250 | $327,000 |