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Machine Learning Engineering salary in Palo Alto

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 17, 2026

Machine Learning Engineering pay in Palo Alto is measured from 21 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 14 postings put the middle half between $201,750 and $267,500, with a median of $232,150.

Against the 13 other measured markets for machine learning engineering at senior, this sits below 4 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.

26 machine learning engineering roles are open in Palo Alto right now, 22 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Mid $168,000 – $263,000 $225,000 7hint
Senior $201,750 – $267,500 $232,150 14

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 Palo Alto · 22 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, $170,000–$324,000scale $100,000–$460,000

Machine Learning Engineering Intern, Summer 2027 wing · Palo Alto $128,000–$135,000 9d ago Sr. Software Engineer (Health AI and Machine Learning) 23Andme · Palo Alto $165,000–$200,000 10d ago Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Quality Pinterest · Palo Alto $314,580–$550,515 2w ago ML Engineer Astrocade · Palo Alto $200,000–$300,000 4w ago Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer GEICO · Palo Alto $150,000–$300,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Machine Learning AppLovin · Palo Alto $221,000–$331,000 6w ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer Klaviyo · Palo Alto $196,000–$294,000 7w ago Senior AI/Machine Learning Engineer - Python | TheLoops IFS · Palo Alto $170,000–$185,000 8w ago AI/Machine Learning Engineer - Python - Loops IFS · Palo Alto $130,000–$150,000 2mo ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems Nubank · Palo Alto $230,000–$345,000 2mo ago Senior Staff ML Engineer GEICO · Palo Alto $150,000–$300,000 2mo ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Inference Optimization Nebius · Palo Alto $195,200–$262,200 3mo ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Model Training and Reinforcement Learning Nebius · Palo Alto $195,200–$262,200 3mo ago Machine Learning Engineer, Perception wing · Palo Alto $190,000–$202,000 3mo ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer Nubank · Palo Alto $230,000–$345,000 3mo ago AI Research Manager - Machine Learning Nubank · Palo Alto $324,000 3mo ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation wing · Palo Alto $274,000–$292,000 3mo ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer Rubrik Job Board · Palo Alto $188,500–$282,700 4mo ago Member of Technical Staff (ML Engineer, Recommendations & User Modeling) Perplexity · San Francisco $220,000–$405,000 4mo ago Senior Staff ML Engineer Grindr · Palo Alto $240,000–$310,000 1y ago Senior ML Engineer Typeface · Palo Alto $188,000–$200,000 1y ago Staff ML Engineer Grindr · Palo Alto $208,000–$265,000 1y ago Deep Learning Field Engineer Matroid · Palo Alto $168,000–$263,000e 6w ago Machine Learning DevOps - Cloud and Compute Cluster - R&D Support Pathway · Remote · US $168,000–$263,000e 4mo ago Machine Learning Engineer Nace AI · Palo Alto $168,000–$263,000e 7mo ago Compiler Engineer - Machine Learning Compiler Mythic · Remote · US $168,000–$263,000e 1y ago