Machine Learning Engineer Salary & Career Guide
What 929 live Machine Learning Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.
- Open roles
- 929
- Employers
- 453
- Remote
- 21%
- Typical pay
- $150k–305k
- Verified live (7d)
- 892
Pay by experience
Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it
| Experience | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| 0–2 years | $140k | 47 |
| 3–5 years | $175k | 209 |
| 6–9 years | $188k | 132 |
| 10+ years | $228k | 58 |
Skills in demand
Across 892 machine learning engineer postings that named at least one skill
- 76%
- 62%
- 43%
- 33%
- 23%
- 22%
- 20%
- 18%
- 17%
- 15%
Experience asked for
Minimum years named in the posting · 692 postings stated one
- 12%
- 47%
- 29%
- 12%
Work arrangement
Where the work is done · 567 postings stated one
- 33%
- 45%
- 22%
Education
The floor the posting sets · 353 postings stated one
- 76%
- 8.2%
- 16%
Employers hiring for this
Currently open
- Sr Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Media IntelligencePosted 6 days agovia workday
- Senior Lead AI Engineer (GenAI Platform Services, Agentic Platform)Posted 6 days agovia workday
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agent Eval PlatformPosted 6 days agovia smartrecruiters
- Senior Machine Learning EngineerPosted 6 days agovia smartrecruiters
- Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic Systems - MoveworksPosted 7 days agovia smartrecruiters