AI Jobs in Washington DC

33 AI and machine learning roles in Washington, DC are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 11 companies. 31 (94%) are at employers with a USCIS H-1B record (USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, FY2023 to FY2026, data as of 2026-09-30). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. The most are at SpaceX (8), Palantir (7) and OpenAI (6). 28 of the 33 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $213K, and the middle half runs from $164K to $261K. 19 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last.

Today: SpaceX, Palantir, OpenAI, Anduril Industries, Anthropic and Applied Intuition. An H-1B record here means the employer has approved H-1B workers on file with USCIS (FY2023 to FY2026). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role.

No. An H-1B record here means the employer has approved H-1B workers on file with USCIS (FY2023 to FY2026). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. Where a posting says it will not sponsor, believe the posting.

28 of the 33 roles (85%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency.

By the postings themselves: 28 of the 33 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $213K, and the middle half runs from $164K to $261K. This is pay the employers list, not an offer: what one hire is paid depends on level, location and the employer.

Roles whose title names AI or machine learning work: ML engineer, AI engineer, LLM and generative AI engineer, MLOps and AI platform, applied and research scientist in AI, forward deployed engineer, AI product manager, AI infrastructure and AI data engineer. Front-end, mobile, design and sales roles are left out even when the team works on AI. Analyst roles with AI in the title stay on the analyst board.

Roles are read daily from the employers' own career pages and the page updates every hour. H-1B approvals come from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (data as of 2026-09-30), matched by company name. What a posting says about sponsorship is read from its own text. Reposting sites are left out. Nothing is estimated.