ML Engineer salary

5 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for ML engineer roles at senior level across the United States: 37 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $188,125 and $235,000, with a median of $212,000.

By level across the United States, the medians run mid-level $222,500 and senior $212,000.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 3 of the 5 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

ML Engineer pay by specialization

Machine Learning Engineering 9ML Platform & Ops 1

Live ML engineer roles by AI and machine learning function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.

Every measured range

5 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$174,500 – $246,250	$222,500	16
United States · country-wide	Senior	$188,125 – $235,000	$212,000	37
Remote · United States	Mid	$200,000 – $245,000	$230,000	5hint
Remote · United States	Senior	$170,000 – $244,500	$195,000	9hint
San Francisco	Mid	$232,500 – $294,750	$240,000	6hint

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

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