Machine Learning Engineer
Median salary
$179,982
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$145,000 – $215,000
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+2.26%
-0.84% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.4%
1,847 filings
Machine Learning Engineer pay range
Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.
P10$118,000
P25$145,000
Median$179,982
P75$215,000
P90$254,400
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$139,863188 LCAs
Level II$158,808649 LCAs
Level III$187,574444 LCAs
Level IV$219,500360 LCAs
Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).
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Machine Learning Engineer pay by occupation code
Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.
Software Developers 51%Data Scientists 36%Computer and Information Research Scientists 6%Engineers, All Other 2%Statisticians 1%Computer Occupations, All Other 1%
| Occupation (SOC) | Share | LCAs | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers 15-1252 | 51.38% | 949 | $151,819 | $185,000 | $215,000 |
| Data Scientists 15-2051 | 36.38% | 672 | $136,800 | $171,284 | $215,000 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1221 | 6.01% | 111 | $143,450 | $176,127 | $223,565 |
| Engineers, All Other 17-2199 | 1.84% | 34 | $138,062 | $178,737 | $207,000 |
| Statisticians 15-2041 | 1.14% | 21 | $131,248 | $160,000 | $195,354 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 | 0.65% | 12 | $120,140 | $150,465 | $200,331 |
| Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 | 0.32% | 6 | $136,796 | $148,293 | $157,996 |
| Database Architects 15-1243 | 0.32% | 6 | $156,264 | $177,678 | $201,825 |
| Electrical Engineers 17-2071 | 0.27% | 5 | $105,000 | $105,000 | $156,000 |
Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.
Top H-1B sponsors for Machine Learning Engineer
What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.
| Employer | LCAs | Median | vs all sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snap | 75 | $180,710 | -2.3% |
| 74 | $163,322 | -4.6% | |
| Tiktok | 71 | $183,024 | +6.9% |
| 69 | $180,710 | -2.3% | |
| Apple | 63 | $193,978 | +4.9% |
| Bytedance | 61 | $231,840 | +35.4% |
| Adobe | 57 | $174,304 | +1.8% |
| Adobe | 54 | $192,370 | +4% |
| Paypal | 40 | $183,298 | -0.9% |
| Adobe | 38 | $164,403 | -6.7% |
| Meta | 30 | $217,620 | +17.6% |
| Qualcomm | 29 | $140,800 | -23.9% |
| Zoom Communications | 17 | $180,710 | -2.3% |
| Atlassian | 17 | $208,250 | +21.6% |
| Netflix | 16 | $226,158 | +22.3% |
Exact titles grouped here
The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer435 LCAs · median $190,000
- Machine Learning Engineer II117 LCAs · median $168,000
- Machine Learning Engineer IV37 LCAs · median $174,015
- Machine Learning Engineer III36 LCAs · median $136,395
- Machine Learning Engineer I32 LCAs · median $148,324
- Machine Learning Engineer V28 LCAs · median $202,346
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer II11 LCAs · median $229,700
- Machine Learning Engineer (Modeling)9 LCAs · median $240,500