MoAIJobs
  • Trends
  • AI Salaries
  • Job Categories
    • ⚙️

    Machine Learning Engineer Salary

    Machine Learning Engineers build and deploy ML models at scale. They bridge the gap between data science and engineering, focusing on production ML systems.

    $96,000 - $555,000Based on 101 jobs

    Salary Breakdown

    Compensation statistics for ML Engineer roles

    $96,000

    Minimum

    $228,000

    Median

    $231,099

    Average

    $555,000

    Maximum

    $96,000Median: $228,000$555,000

    Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range

    ML Engineer Salary Trend

    $267,950$236,260$204,571

    Dec 2025

    $229,500

    59 jobs

    Jan 2026

    $230,400

    210 jobs

    Feb 2026

    $213,625

    102 jobs

    Mar 2026

    $222,225

    116 jobs

    Apr 2026

    $258,896

    10 jobs

    DecFebApr

    Median monthly salary trend derived from job listings in the last 6 months

    ML Engineer Salary by Location

    Based on 41 job listings with salary data

    SF Bay Area
    $244K
    $169K$411K
    New York City
    $214K
    $191K$276K
    Austin
    $198K
    $167K$198K
    Denver
    $143K
    $119K$143K
    Median salary
    Salary range

    Top Skills for ML Engineers

    CUDA
    $264Kmedian
    $197K8 jobs$304K
    computer vision
    $235Kmedian
    $174K16 jobs$320K
    reinforcement learning
    $231Kmedian
    $146K12 jobs$270K
    LLM
    $230Kmedian
    $141K47 jobs$411K
    Pytorch
    $228Kmedian
    $119K59 jobs$411K
    RAG
    $228Kmedian
    $141K14 jobs$351K
    Deep Learning
    $228Kmedian
    $119K37 jobs$411K
    natural language processing
    $228Kmedian
    $143K14 jobs$332K
    Tensorflow
    $223Kmedian
    $119K47 jobs$411K
    claude
    $212Kmedian
    $174K5 jobs$306K
    python
    $211Kmedian
    $119K70 jobs$351K
    generative ai
    $210Kmedian
    $167K16 jobs$351K
    mlops
    $209Kmedian
    $171K16 jobs$351K
    big data
    $198Kmedian
    $174K5 jobs$250K

    Salary by Experience

    Entry Level
    $119Kmedian
    $119K1 jobs$119K
    Mid Level
    $196Kmedian
    $146K25 jobs$411K
    Senior
    $207Kmedian
    $141K43 jobs$372K
    Staff/Principal
    $276Kmedian
    $212K32 jobs$351K

    Top Paying Companies for ML Engineers

    1
    OpenAI logo

    OpenAI

    1 job
    $410,500
    $410,500 - $410,500
    2
    Roblox logo

    Roblox

    6 jobs
    $319,358
    $218,940 - $372,230
    3
    Pinterest logo

    Pinterest

    3 jobs
    $306,235
    $212,444 - $306,235
    4
    XPENG logo

    XPENG

    3 jobs
    $289,800
    $289,800 - $328,650
    5
    Toyota Research Institute logo

    Toyota Research Institute

    1 job
    $287,500
    $287,500 - $287,500

    Ranked by median salary from disclosed compensation data

    Related Roles

    Compare salaries with similar positions

    🤖

    AI Engineer

    $201,281 median

    📊

    Data Scientist

    $201,753 median

    Latest ML Engineer Jobs with Salaries

    Recent openings with disclosed compensation

    View all
    Calendly logo2d

    Senior Machine Learning Engineer

    Calendly

    Remote$238K - $288K
    United States
    Strava logo3d

    Machine Learning Engineer

    Strava

    Remote$160K - $180K
    SF
    Strava logo3d

    Senior Machine Learning Engineer

    Strava

    Remote$198K - $222K
    SF
    Airbnb logo3d

    Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Trust

    Airbnb

    Remote$191K - $223K
    United States
    Cantina logo4d

    Applied ML Engineer, Data

    Cantina

    Remote€200K - €260K
    Gusto logo4d

    Staff Applied AI/ML Engineer

    Gusto

    $230K - $280K
    Denver, COSan Francisco, CANew York, NY
    View All ML Engineer Jobs
    Back to All AI Salaries