AI salaries · updated November 3, 2026

Machine Learning Engineer salary

Machine learning engineers build, train and ship the models behind AI products, and the systems that serve them. Across 73 open postings that publish pay, the median is $265K a year, and the middle half pay $236K to $296K.

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Median yearly pay

$265K

10th
$195K
25th
$236K
75th
$296K
90th
$333K

From 73 open postings at 15 companies that publish pay.

  • $265KMedian posted pay
  • $150K–$555KLowest to highest posted
  • 73Postings with pay
  • 109Open roles now

Pay breakdown

By experience level

Median of each posting's pay range, grouped by the level in the job title.

  • Mid level 24$238K
  • Senior 48$281K

Remote or in the office

Remote roles often pay by the location you live in; on-site roles here are mostly in high-cost cities.

  • Remote 7$300K
  • On-site or hybrid 66$265K

Top-paying companies

Companies with at least two open Machine Learning Engineer postings that show pay, by median.

  • OpenAI 6$453K
  • Zoox 10$295K
  • Midjourney 2$270K
  • Scale AI 3$265K
  • Waymo 37$238K
  • Applied Intuition 4$224K
  • Databricks 3$222K

How we calculate this

We read the pay ranges employers publish on their own job postings (US pay-transparency laws require most of them), count each posting once at the middle of its range, and use only yearly US-dollar pay. Equity and bonuses are not included; for sales roles some employers publish on-target earnings (base plus commission) instead of base pay. The data refreshes twice a day from 3,633 AI job postings with pay.

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