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Machine Learning Engineering salary in San Francisco

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026

Machine Learning Engineering pay in San Francisco is measured from 101 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 51 postings put the middle half between $208,750 and $272,683, with a median of $235,750.

By level here, the medians run mid-level $240,000 and senior $235,750.

Against the 13 other measured markets for machine learning engineering at senior, this sits below 3 of them; San Jose leads at $257,181.

181 machine learning engineering roles are open in San Francisco right now, 143 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Mid $197,625 – $279,000 $240,000 50
Senior $208,750 – $272,683 $235,750 51

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.

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 San Francisco · 143 with stated pay

this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $175,000–$389,753scale $100,000–$550,000

Machine Learning Engineer (Mid-Level) Clera · San Francisco New $140,000 today Senior ML Engineer, Perception Clera · San Francisco New $190,000–$222,000 1d ago Mid-Level AI & Machine Learning Engineer Fieldwire · San Francisco New $170,000–$195,000 2d ago AI/ML Engineer, Individual Contributor Clera · San Francisco New $120,000–$200,000 3d ago Software Engineer, Machine Learning Scopely · San Francisco New $165,131–$180,946 3d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Conversion Core Modeling Pinterest · San Francisco $222,716–$389,753 6d 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 Staff Machine Learning Engineer Pinterest · Remote · US $227,871–$469,147 8d ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, New Verticals Agentic Foundations DoorDash USA · San Francisco $167,800–$246,800 9d ago Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning 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 Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning DoorDash USA · San Francisco $203,500–$299,300 9d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer Lightfield · San Francisco $220,000–$300,000 9d ago Machine Learning Engineer, Implicit Signals OpenAI · San Francisco $381,000–$510,000 9d ago Machine Learning Engineer, Growth OpenAI · San Francisco $381,000–$423,000 9d ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Growth Waymo · San Francisco $175,000–$215,000 9d ago Sr. Machine Learning Engineer Generalmotors · San Francisco $174,900–$250,200 10d ago Machine Learning Engineer Hadrian Automation · Torrance $215,000–$359,000 13d ago Machine Learning Engineer, Trust & Safety Vercel · San Francisco $208,000–$312,000 13d ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Visual AI Pinterest · Remote · US $189,308–$389,753 2w ago Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI Lila Sciences · Cambridge $252,000–$336,000 2w ago Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI Lila Sciences · Cambridge $180,000–$298,000 2w ago AI/ML Engineer Candid Health · San Francisco $195,000–$255,000 2w ago Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Credit & Underwriting Adyen · San Francisco $212,000–$293,000 2w ago Founding Machine Learning Engineer Arcade · San Francisco From $230,000 2w ago Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Discovery Suno · San Francisco $241,200–$382,935 2w ago ML Engineer, Product Mach9 · San Francisco $180,000–$300,000 3w ago Manager II, Machine Learning Engineering-Content Foundation Pinterest · Remote · US $222,716–$389,753 3w ago Master's University Grad Machine Learning Engineer 2027 (USA) Pinterest · San Francisco $146,000–$196,000 3w ago PhD University Grad Machine Learning Engineer (USA) Pinterest · San Francisco $174,078–$229,044 3w ago Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Measurement Pinterest · San Francisco $314,580–$550,515 3w ago Machine Learning Engineer Latent · San Francisco $225,000–$300,000 3w ago Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads Measurement Products Pinterest · Remote · US $227,871–$469,147 3w ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Bidding & Pacing Pinterest · San Francisco $222,716–$389,753 3w ago Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse (Machine Learning) Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Action Models ATOMS Careers page · San Francisco $273,000–$321,000 4w ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception ATOMS Careers page · San Francisco $275,000–$321,000 4w ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Action Models Atoms · San Francisco $273,000–$321,000 4w ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception Atoms · San Francisco $275,000–$321,000 4w ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required, Work From Home Ginas Tech Jobs · Remote · US $150,000–$170,000 4w ago Machine Learning Technical Lead, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required, Work From Home Ginas Tech Jobs · Remote · US $190,000–$225,000 4w ago Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required, Work From Home Ginas Tech Jobs · Remote · US $170,000–$200,000 4w ago VP of Research, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required, Work From Home Next Step Systems · Remote · US $225,000–$275,000 4w ago Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/ML OpenAI · San Francisco $381,000–$555,000 4w ago Machine Learning Engineer, Driver Refinement & Validation, Perception Waymo · Mountain View $175,000–$215,000 4w ago Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning Attentive · New York $350,000–$430,000 5w ago Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning Attentive · San Francisco $350,000–$430,000 5w ago Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Causal Decisioning DoorDash USA · San Francisco $282,100–$414,800 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Safety) Discord · San Francisco $220,000–$275,000 5w ago Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Predictive Planner, Systems Arch Waymo · Mountain View $213,000–$263,000 6w ago Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Checkr · San Francisco $302,000–$355,000 6w ago Staff Machine Learning Engineer Kikoff · San Francisco $336,000–$392,000 6w ago Sr Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Perception Waymo · Mountain View $298,000–$368,000 7w ago AI/ML Engineer Fieldwire · Remote · US $152,000–$220,000 7w ago Manager, Machine Learning Engineering GoFundMe · San Francisco $219,000–$329,000 8w ago Machine Learning Engineer II, Responsible AI Pinterest · Remote · US $138,905–$285,982 8w ago Senior Software Engineer, Reinforcement Learning HUD · San Francisco $100,000–$225,000 2mo ago Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception and Authentication OpenAI · San Francisco $342,000–$399,000 2mo ago

60 of 181 open roles. All machine learning engineering jobs