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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.
$167,800 - $314,250Based on 7 jobs
Salary Breakdown
Compensation statistics for NLP Engineer roles
$167,800
Minimum
$198,000
Median
$213,069
Average
$314,250
Maximum
$167,800Median: $198,000$314,250
Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range
NLP Engineer Salary Trend
$293,826$215,423$137,019
Dec 2025
$159,420
2 jobs
Jan 2026
$213,050
16 jobs
Feb 2026
$212,005
4 jobs
Mar 2026
$195,500
8 jobs
Apr 2026
$271,425
1 jobs
DecFebApr
Median monthly salary trend derived from job listings in the last 6 months
NLP Engineer Salary by Location
Based on 4 job listings with salary data
SF Bay Area
$207K
$193K$232K
Median salary
Salary range
Top Skills for NLP Engineers
LLM
$198Kmedian
$189K7 jobs$271K
Salary by Experience
Entry Level
$193Kmedian
$193K1 jobs$193K
Mid Level
$198Kmedian
$198K1 jobs$198K
Senior
$232Kmedian
$216K3 jobs$271K
Staff/Principal
$191Kmedian
$189K2 jobs$193K
Top Paying Companies for NLP Engineers
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Latest NLP Engineer Jobs with Salaries
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4dSr. Manager, Engineering - AI Gateway (LLM Inference)
Databricks
$229K - $314K
United States
Sr. Manager, Engineering - AI Gateway (LLM Inference)
Databricks
$229K - $314K
United States
4d
21dStaff Software Engineer - LLM / AI Agents
Twilio
Remote$168K - $210K
United States
Staff Software Engineer - LLM / AI Agents
Twilio
Remote$168K - $210K
United States
21d
24dMachine Learning Engineer - VLM/LLM Integration
Waymo
$175K - $221K
Mountain View, CANew York, NYSeattle, WA
Machine Learning Engineer - VLM/LLM Integration
Waymo
$175K - $221K
Mountain View, CANew York, NYSeattle, WA
24d
25dPrincipal, Product Manager - AI / LLM
Twilio
Remote$171K - $214K
United States
Principal, Product Manager - AI / LLM
Twilio
Remote$171K - $214K
United States
25d
26dApplied Research Scientist, Perception LLM/VLM (PhD, New Grad)
Waymo
$170K - $216K
Mountain View, CASan Francisco, CA
Applied Research Scientist, Perception LLM/VLM (PhD, New Grad)
Waymo
$170K - $216K
Mountain View, CASan Francisco, CA
26d
26dSenior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception LLM/VLM
Waymo
$204K - $259K
Mountain View, CASan Francisco, CA
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception LLM/VLM
Waymo
$204K - $259K
Mountain View, CASan Francisco, CA
26d