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Machine Learning Engineering salary in Boston

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026

Machine Learning Engineering pay in Boston is measured from 16 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 11 postings put the middle half between $158,000 and $229,875, with a median of $187,500.

Against the 13 other measured markets for machine learning engineering at senior, this sits below 11 of them; San Jose leads at $257,181.

1 of these ranges rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read it as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.

28 machine learning engineering roles are open in Boston right now, 23 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Mid $112,500 – $165,300 $142,125 5hint
Senior $158,000 – $229,875 $187,500 11

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 level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

Open machine learning engineering roles in Boston · 23 with stated pay

Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.

this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $135,000–$324,993scale $80,000–$460,000

Machine Learning Engineer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · Boston New $110,000–$115,000 2d ago Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Officer Statestreet · Quincy $70,000–$118,750 9d ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, FinTech DraftKings (Employee Referral Portal) · Boston $134,400–$168,000 2w ago Perception Deployment Engineer - Model Deployment & Optimization Zoox · Foster City $199,000–$270,000 3w ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Home Surfaces Spotify · Remote · US $227,495–$324,993 4w ago Machine Learning Engineer - Hybrid XPO Logistics · Boston $100,000–$120,000 4w ago Machine Learning Engineer III (Applied Research & Model Development) pathai · Remote · US $130,500–$200,100 6w ago Machine Learning Engineer II (Applied Research & Model Development) pathai · Remote · US $107,250–$177,000 2mo ago Senior Manager, Machine Learning, SaMD Whoop · Boston $170,000–$230,000 2mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Perception (R4985) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 2mo ago Staff Embedded ML Engineer, Edge AI simplisafe · Boston $185,500–$244,600 3mo ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Core Algorithms Whoop · Boston $150,000–$210,000 3mo ago Associate Director, Machine Learning (Core Algorithms) Whoop · Boston $200,000–$245,000 3mo ago Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Machine Learning & System Optimization Zoox · Foster City $254,000–$350,000 3mo ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer Videa · Boston $170,000–$205,000 4mo ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving roku · Boston $195,500–$435,000 4mo ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer Xometry · North Bethesda $200,000–$220,000 4mo ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer Xometry · Waltham $200,000–$220,000 4mo ago Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer CarGurus · Boston $144,000–$181,000 6mo ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Perception Zoox · Foster City $225,000–$305,000 1y ago Machine Learning Engineer (Defense) Air Space Intelligence · Boston $135,000–$265,000 1y ago Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception Zoox · Boston $277,000–$389,000 1y ago Senior Staff Software Engineer - Perception & Sensing Zoox · Foster City $324,000–$389,000 3y ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer - VoIP Infrastructure ServiceNow · Remote · US $158,000–$229,875e 7d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer Xometry · Lexington $181,150–$247,500e 5w ago Founding Machine Learning Engineer OneScreen · Boston $112,500–$165,300e 4mo ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer C the Signs · Remote · US $158,000–$229,875e 5mo ago Principal AI/ML Engineer Pragmatike · Remote · US $208,750–$272,683e 7mo ago