Apple’s salary structures for major engineering and AI roles have surfaced in public filing, showing how much of the tech giants pay their top talent. As the competition intensifies in artificial intelligence, Apple offers highly competitive salary to attract and maintain talent in software, data and design roles.
Data reported by Business Insider is based on international filing for foreign fare. Although numbers indicate Aadhaar pay and do not include stock grants or bonuses, they present a clear picture of the company’s compensation strategy, especially between recent exit for rival firms like Meta.
Software engineer, data scientist and AI roles in Apple: Salary Break
Below Base Salary Range (USD) Apple is provided for some of its most demanded roles:
Software Development Engineer (Application): $ 132,267 – $ 378,700
Data Scientist: $ 105,550 – $ 322,400
Machine Learning Engineer: $ 143,100 – $ 312,200
Machine Learning Researcher: $ 114,100 – $ 312,200
Software Engineering Manager: $ 166,691 – $ 378,700
Human Interface Designer: $ 135,400 – $ 468,500
Hardware System Engineer: $ 125,495 – $ 378,700
AR/VR Software Development: $ 129,805 – $ 312,200
RF/Analog/Mixed Signal Engineer: $ 131,352 – $ 312,200
Design Verification Engineer: $ 103,164 – $ 312,200
These figures are not responsible for additional compensation of Apple such as annual stock grants, bonuses, or employees, which are common in all senior technical roles.
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Why Apple’s AI team is subject to focus
The salary was revealed amidst paying attention to Apple’s artificial intelligence unit. In recent weeks, four engineers from Apple’s Apple Foundation Model (AFM) allegedly left for meta, pushed Apple to increase salary for top AI and machine learning talent.
Apple is currently hiring the machine learning, AR/VR, software engineering, and roles in data science, with the goal of expanding its capabilities in generic AI, on-device intelligence and personalization features in its equipment.
While meta and Google are also offering competitive packages, Apple’s filing suggests that it is matching, and in some cases, the next wave of product growth is more than market standards for central roles for wave of development.
