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Verified AI Salaries & CTC Bands in India (Bangalore, Hyderabad, NCR) | AKI

Comprehensive CTC salary benchmarks for AI Research Scientists, LLM Infra Engineers, and Agentic Architects with ESOP equity percentages.

💼 Verified AI Salary & CTC Bands (Bangalore, Hyderabad, NCR, Pune)

Role Title Seniority Tier City Hub CTC Range Median CTC ESOP %
Foundational AI / ML Research Scientist Mid (3-5 Yrs) Bangalore ₹28L – ₹75L ₹42 LPA 15%
LLM Infrastructure & vLLM Systems Engineer Mid (3-5 Yrs) Bangalore ₹26L – ₹65L ₹38 LPA 12%
Agentic AI & LangGraph Application Architect Senior (6-9 Yrs) Hyderabad ₹35L – ₹85L ₹52 LPA 18%
Applied AI / ML Engineer (Computer Vision / Multimodal) Entry (0-2 Yrs) NCR (Gurugram/Noida) ₹14L – ₹35L ₹22 LPA 5%
Generative AI Full-Stack Developer Mid (3-5 Yrs) Pune ₹18L – ₹45L ₹28 LPA 8%
Staff AI Alignment & Safety Auditor Staff / Lead (10+ Yrs) Bangalore ₹50L – ₹110L ₹72 LPA 22%