Machine Learning Researcher salary
1 market range · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 6, 2026
The one range measured here is for machine learning researcher roles at mid level across the United States: 6 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $192,625 and $223,750, with a median of $220,000.
The range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. It rests on fewer than 10 postings, so treat it as a hint rather than a benchmark.
Every measured range
1 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $192,625 – $223,750 | $220,000 | 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.
Open machine learning researcher roles · 6 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, $154,000–$300,000scale $90,000–$420,000
Machine Learning Researcher -LLM Agents & Efficient Deep Learning Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. · Markham CA$106,000–CA$156,000 5mo ago 
Machine Learning Researcher, Multimodal LLMs Bland · San Francisco $160,000–$280,000 6mo ago Machine Learning Researcher, Audio Bland · San Francisco $160,000–$280,000 6mo ago 
Machine Learning Researcher - Springtail Astera Institute · Emerybille $150,000–$300,000 6mo ago 
Machine Learning Researcher Extend · New York $200,000–$350,000 1y ago Graduate Machine Learning Researcher Longshot Systems Ltd · London £31,000–£445,000e 8d ago 
Data Scientist & Machine Learning Researcher RTX · Gloucester £31,000–£445,000e 9d ago Machine Learning Researcher - Systematic Commodities Hedge Fund Moreton Capital Partners · Mexico City Pay not stated 7w ago Staff Machine Learning Researcher rtbhouse · Warsaw Pay not stated 2mo ago Machine Learning Researcher G-Research · London £31,000–£445,000e 2mo ago Machine Learning Researcher (all genders) - Hybrid, Berlin dida · Berlin Pay not stated 7mo ago Principal Data Scientist & Machine Learning Researcher RTX · Gloucester £78,230–£127,625e 8mo ago Machine Learning Researcher - Modeller IMC · Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Sydney, Australia Pay not stated 8mo ago Senior Machine Learning Researcher rtbhouse · Warsaw Pay not stated 8mo ago 
Machine Learning Researcher / Engineer (Foundation Models) Pathway · Remote · US $135,000–$232,000e 11mo ago 
Machine Learning Researcher - Intern Point72 · New York Pay not stated 2y ago