Machine Learning Engineer salary
25 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for machine learning engineer roles at senior level across the United States: 192 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $188,850 and $246,853, with a median of $220,000.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $196,000 and senior $220,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 12% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 11 of the 25 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Machine Learning Engineer pay by specialization
Machine Learning Engineering 929ML Platform & Ops 21AI Research 17
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Every measured range
25 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $162,500 – $230,000 | $196,000 | 127 |
| Canada · country-wide | Mid | CA$129,038 – CA$184,375 | CA$159,125 | 18 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $188,850 – $246,853 | $220,000 | 192 |
| Canada · country-wide | Senior | CA$155,850 – CA$208,088 | CA$185,000 | 18 |
| United Kingdom · country-wide | Senior | £76,741 – £128,000 | £125,000 | 9hint |
| Remote · United States | Mid | $162,150 – $225,225 | $191,000 | 19 |
| Remote · United States | Senior | $185,000 – $236,250 | $215,950 | 47 |
| Boston | Mid | $112,500 – $165,300 | $142,125 | 5hint |
| Boston | Senior | $153,500 – $244,700 | $187,500 | 9hint |
| London | Senior | £125,250 – £148,250 | £127,000 | 6hint |
| Los Angeles | Senior | $175,063 – $257,266 | $221,250 | 6hint |
| Mountain View | Mid | $187,025 – $238,500 | $198,750 | 12 |
| Mountain View | Senior | $218,875 – $256,816 | $238,000 | 15 |
| New York | Mid | $163,025 – $228,950 | $205,000 | 19 |
| New York | Senior | $189,238 – $245,500 | $223,489 | 19 |
| Palo Alto | Senior | $228,700 – $283,000 | $235,600 | 9hint |
| San Francisco | Mid | $209,958 – $273,375 | $242,500 | 24 |
| San Francisco | Senior | $217,025 – $260,000 | $235,750 | 32 |
| San Jose | Senior | $208,575 – $294,750 | $244,000 | 5hint |
| Santa Clara | Senior | $184,650 – $216,713 | $213,600 | 6hint |
| Seattle | Senior | $205,000 – $234,625 | $219,350 | 12 |
| Sunnyvale | Mid | $218,200 – $300,000 | $259,100 | 6hint |
| Sunnyvale | Senior | $216,513 – $313,553 | $223,750 | 10 |
| Toronto | Mid | CA$133,650 – CA$195,840 | CA$166,250 | 9hint |
| Toronto | Senior | CA$168,300 – CA$199,500 | CA$185,000 | 9hint |
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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Open machine learning engineer roles · 425 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $141,000–$303,400scale $80,000–$430,000
Machine Learning Engineer (Mid-Level) Clera · San Francisco New $140,000 today Founding Machine Learning Engineer Clera · Munich New $100,000–$250,000 today 
Machine Learning Engineer, Senior Manager Credit Acceptance · Remote · US New $184,354–$270,386 today Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Platform (MLOPS) Credit Acceptance · Remote · US New $154,120–$226,042 today 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer I, Search Ads Etsy · Dublin New €98,000–€132,000 today Machine Learning Engineer II, Search Ads Etsy · Dublin New €82,000–€112,000 today 
Machine Learning Engineer Flo Health · London New £130,000–£180,000 today 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Science/Generative Models, AI for Biology & Translation (AIBT) Genentech · South San Francisco New $168,100–$312,300 today Senior Machine learning Engineer Guidewire · Remote · US New $162,000–$258,000 today 
Machine Learning Engineer Boseallaboutme · US, MA - Framingham New $141,000–$193,950 1d ago Machine Learning Engineer-Xumo Comcast · Irvine New $142,651–$190,201 1d ago Principal Machine Learning Engineer Cw · Remote · US New $178,500–$210,000 1d ago Machine Learning Engineer Manulife and John Hancock · Toronto New CA$94,430–CA$144,430 1d ago Machine Learning Engineer Cvshealth · New York New $86,520–$173,040 2d ago Machine Learning Engineer (AI Enablement) Genentech · South San Francisco New $147,600–$274,000 2d ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer - ML Training Infrastructure Generalmotors · Remote · US New $170,000–$240,800 2d ago 
Machine Learning Engineer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · Boston New $110,000–$115,000 2d ago 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads ML Efficiency Reddit · Remote · US New $216,700–$303,400 2d ago 
Machine Learning Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara New $158,900–$178,100 2d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara New $176,100–$308,200 2d ago Principal Machine Learning Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara New $240,100–$420,200 2d ago Principal Machine Learning Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara New $240,100–$420,200 2d ago Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara New $201,300–$352,300 2d ago 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Government (IL5) Uare.ai · San Francisco or Los Altos New $200,000–$260,000 2d ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer Amgen · Remote · US New $156,190–$211,315 3d ago 
Machine Learning Engineer 5 Capital One · McLean New $229,900–$262,400 3d ago 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer Dow Jones · New York New $125,000–$155,000 3d ago Machine Learning Engineer- TS/SCI with Polygraph Gdit · USA VA Vienna New $162,037–$219,227 3d ago Senior Applied Machine Learning Engineer Hewlett Packard Enterprise · Durham New $141,000–$325,000 3d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer PayPal · San Jose New $196,500–$291,500 3d ago 
Principal Machine Learning Engineer (AI-ML Data Scientist - ADEM) Paloaltonetworks · Santa Clara $163,200–$264,000 4d ago Machine Learning Engineer, Answers Relevance Reddit · Remote · US $216,700–$322,000 4d ago 
Machine Learning Engineer, Enterprise Brain Glean · Mountain View $200,000–$280,000 6d ago Machine Learning Engineer (TS/SCI) Maxar · Herndon $165,000–$215,000 6d ago 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Prediction - Autonomous Driving NVIDIA · US, CA, Santa Clara $224,000–$356,500 6d ago 
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Conversion Core Modeling Pinterest · San Francisco $222,716–$389,753 6d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $176,100–$308,200 6d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $176,100–$308,200 6d ago Machine Learning Engineer II Ucar · Remote · US $113,470–$141,840 6d ago Machine Learning Engineer (TS/SCI) Vantor · Herndon $165,000–$215,000 6d ago 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer taboola · Los Angeles $138,500–$195,000 6d ago Applied Machine Learning Engineer Aerospace Corporation · Chantilly $110,400–$193,500 7d ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Applied Intelligence) Anduril Industries · Santa Ana $220,000–$292,000 7d ago Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Engineer Bah · Arlington $77,600–$176,000 7d ago Lead Machine Learning Engineer Disney · San Francisco $187,900–$252,000 7d ago Lead Machine Learning Engineer Disney (Disneycareerdc) · San Francisco $187,900–$252,000 7d ago 
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer PitchBook Data · Seattle $170,000–$240,000 7d ago Machine Learning Engineer PitchBook Data · Seattle $125,000–$180,000 7d ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Defect Quality & Systems Sec · 1530 FM 973 Taylor, TX, USA $106,000–$145,000 7d ago Machine Learning Engineer Bah · Arlington $77,600–$176,000 8d ago Principal Machine Learning Engineer Eeho · Nashville $126,200–$264,100 8d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer Pinterest · Remote · US $227,871–$469,147 8d ago 
Machine Learning Engineer Politico (POLITICO) · Arlington $175,000–$225,000 8d ago Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - DevOps ServiceNow · Santa Clara $201,300–$352,300 8d ago 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization Spotify · Remote · US $184,049–$262,928 8d ago Principal AI & Machine Learning Engineer - U.S. Based Hybrid Opportunity Common App · Arlington $144,160–$162,180 9d ago 
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, New Verticals Agentic Foundations DoorDash USA · San Francisco $167,800–$246,800 9d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Fulfillment Planning DoorDash USA · San Francisco $203,500–$299,300 9d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization DoorDash USA · San Francisco $203,500–$299,300 9d ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Benefits Personalization HelloFresh · Toronto CA$170,000–CA$200,000 9d ago 60 of 967 open roles. All machine learning engineer jobs