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Horizontal bar chart comparing US advertised median salary to Next Idea Tech all-in nearshore rate across three senior AI specializations in 2026. RAG engineers: US $192,000 versus NIT $115,000. MLOps engineers: US $190,000 versus NIT $114,000. Generative AI engineers: US $190,000 versus NIT $114,000. Next Idea Tech rate is approximately 60 percent of the US median across all three roles.

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