AI/ML Engineer
Builds the revolution itself; the hottest market in IT
- Salary 30% × 6.41.91
- AI resistance 35% × 10.03.50
- Demand 20% × 10.02.00
- Remote work 10% × 8.00.80
- Low stress 5% × 3.00.15
Salary, k PLN per month
Mixedestimate MID → SENIORmarket (SOLID.Jobs): middle half of offersreport (No Fluff Jobs H1 2026): mid → senior, B2B range mediansmidpoint, medianjunior (derived)
- Range MID → SENIOR
- ≈22–45
- Range midpoint
- ≈33.5
- Junior Derived
- ≈16.8
- Take-home, employment (UoP) Derived
- ≈22.8
- Take-home, B2B flat-rate tax Derived
- ≈27.5
NOTE: this is NOT a junior salary! The bottom of the range = MID level (or just promoted from junior). The top of the range = an experienced SENIOR. Staff/principal/architect levels can earn above it.
Easiest transitions
Estimate2-3 roles with the shortest path from this one (overlapping skills)
Key certifications
EstimateScores 1–10
Estimate- AI resistance10/1010 = rides the AI wave, 1 = highly automatable
- Demand10/1010 = acute shortage of specialists, 1 = shrinking market
- Remote work8/1010 = fully remote is the norm, 1 = mostly on-site
- Stress7/1010 = heavy on-call / shifts / pressure, 1 = calm
- Entry barrier9/1010 = years of prerequisites, 1 = open to beginners
- Prestige10/1010 = elite reputation in the industry, 1 = underrated role; a subjective view of the title among engineers - informational, not part of the Score formula
The market in job ads
From job ads SOLID.Jobs · 13/11/2026Most common stack
requirednice to have% of this role's offers
Experience level
Junior 0%Regular 57%Senior 36%
Matching: 14 by title, 0 by category. Pay is the midpoint of each offer's range in PLN per month (B2B net, employment gross); the median and the band holding the middle half of offers are shown.
Salaries in job-board reports
From reportsNo Fluff Jobs: „Kariera w IT 2026”data for H1 2026
Report category: AI.
| Level | B2B net | Employment, gross |
|---|---|---|
| Junior | – | – |
| Mid | 20–25.2 | 15.4–21.3 |
| Senior | 23.5–30.1 | 20–26.6 |
Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. A dash means the report gives no amount because there were too few ads. Source: page 21 of the report.
No Fluff Jobs: „Rynek pracy IT w Polsce 2025/2026”data for 2025
Report category: AI.
| Level | B2B net | Employment, gross |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 19.3–28.6 | 19–24 |
| Junior | 12.2–18 | 10.2–12.5 |
| Mid | 20–25 | 14–21 |
| Senior | 23–28.6 | 20–29 |
Thousands of PLN a month: the median lower and upper bounds of the ranges in job ads. Year-on-year change of the overall upper median: B2B -4.5%, employment -4.0%. Source: pages 27 and 33 of the report.
Reports are shown on their own, with a link and page number. They are not averaged with SOLID.Jobs data because they measure something else: the report gives the median lower and upper bounds, SOLID.Jobs the median of the range midpoints.