ML Engineer salary
5 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for ML engineer roles at senior level across the United States: 35 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $190,713 and $235,750, with a median of $212,000.
By level across the United States, the medians run mid-level $222,500 and senior $212,000.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 3 of the 5 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
ML Engineer pay by specialization
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Every measured range
5 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $174,500 – $246,250 | $222,500 | 16 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $190,713 – $235,750 | $212,000 | 35 |
| Remote · United States | Mid | $200,000 – $245,000 | $230,000 | 5hint |
| Remote · United States | Senior | $170,000 – $244,500 | $195,000 | 9hint |
| San Francisco | Mid | $232,500 – $294,750 | $240,000 | 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.
Pay by market
2 pagesOpen ML engineer roles · 49 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, $143,000–$292,000scale $80,000–$410,000
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