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Engineer I salary: median $100,500 a year

Engineer I listings that state pay run from $92,000 to $123,500 for the middle half, based on 26 current job listings. 118 engineer i roles are open now.

Engineer I pay range

From 26 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$92,000
Median
$100,500
Upper quarter
$123,500

Do AI skills change engineer i pay?

For Engineering roles in general, as of November 9, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for engineer i alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Engineering listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +19.1% (about $32.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$209,000
median, from 3,968 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$152,500
median, from 4,882 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings

More pay data: Engineering pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.

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Engineer I salary questions

How much does a engineer i make?
Among 26 open engineer i listings that state pay, the median is $100,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $92,000 and $123,500.
Where does this engineer i pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.

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