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NLP Engineer Salary
NLP Engineers build systems that understand and generate human language. They work on chatbots, translation, sentiment analysis, and LLM applications.
$12,480 - $356,000Based on 16 jobs
Salary Breakdown
Compensation statistics for NLP Engineer roles
$12,480
Minimum
$213,050
Median
$210,985
Average
$356,000
Maximum
$12,480Median: $213,050$356,000
Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range
NLP Engineer Salary Trend
$223,776$186,235$148,694
Dec 2025
$159,420
2 jobs
Jan 2026
$213,050
14 jobs
DecJan
Median monthly salary trend derived from job listings in the last 6 months
Top Skills for NLP Engineers
Based on median salary of jobs requiring these skills
1
Tensorflow
$231,500
7 jobs
2
Deep Learning
$225,220
8 jobs
3
Pytorch
$222,000
8 jobs
4
python
$215,770
12 jobs
5
LLM
$213,050
16 jobs
6
generative ai
$212,522
6 jobs
Skills extracted from job descriptions and tags
Salary by Experience
Entry Level
$193,000median
$193,0001 jobs$193,000
Mid Level
$130,670median
$73,8402 jobs$187,500
Senior
$231,500median
$149,50011 jobs$318,500
Staff/Principal
$212,550median
$212,5002 jobs$212,600
Top Paying Companies for NLP Engineers
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Latest NLP Engineer Jobs with Salaries
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Roblox
5 days ago
[2026] Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Natural Language Processing - PhD Early Career
San Mateo, CA, United States
$196K - $242K/yr
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Waymo
5 days ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception LLM/VLM
Mountain View, CA USA; San Francisco, CA USA;
$204K - $259K/yr
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MongoDB
5 days ago
LLM Optimization Lead
Austin; New York City; Seattle
$101K - $198K/yr
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Waymo
5 days ago
Applied Research Scientist, Perception LLM/VLM (PhD, New Grad)
Mountain View, CA USA; San Francisco, CA USA;
$170K - $216K/yr
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Waymo
5 days ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, LLM/VLM Visual Reasoning
Mountain View, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US
$204K - $259K/yr
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Waymo
5 days ago
Senior Research Scientist, Foundation Model (VLM/LLM)
Mountain View, CA USA; San Francisco, CA USA
$204K - $259K/yr
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