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Staff machine learning engineer salary

The median posted base pay for staff machine learning and AI engineer jobs is $255K a year, from 815 open jobs at 314 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $223K to $286K. One job in ten has posted pay above $337K.

Data of . This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay
$255K
Middle half of the jobs
$223K to $286K
10th to 90th percentile
$196K to $337K
Open jobs with posted pay
815
Companies
314

Machine learning engineer pay by level

Posted base pay for machine learning and AI engineer jobs, by the level in the job title. This page is about the staff level. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

  • Intern33 jobs$150K$132K to $176K
  • Entry level63 jobs$158K$141K to $179K
  • Level not stated3,226 jobs$205K$170K to $250K
  • Senior1,613 jobs$208K$185K to $233K
  • Staff815 jobs$255K$223K to $286K
  • Principal242 jobs$259K$209K to $299K
  • Director+195 jobs$275K$238K to $317K
Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay bands by level, ML / AI engineering. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level10th25thMedian75th90thJobs with pay
Intern$108K$132K$150K$176K$250K33
Entry level$115K$141K$158K$179K$219K63
Level not stated$141K$170K$205K$250K$313K3,226
Senior$160K$185K$208K$233K$265K1,613
Staff$196K$223K$255K$286K$337K815
Principal$173K$209K$259K$299K$339K242
Director+$200K$238K$275K$317K$350K195

Top-paying companies for staff machine learning and AI engineer jobs

The companies with the highest median posted base pay for staff machine learning and AI engineer jobs. A company name opens its levels in the pay explorer.

  1. 1Anthropic$424K52 jobs
  2. 2Lambda$390K7 jobs
  3. 3Wayve$382K5 jobs
  4. 4Pinterest$306K8 jobs
  5. 5Scale AI$298K9 jobs
  6. 6Suno$296K6 jobs
  7. 7Capital One$288K40 jobs
  8. 8Waymo$281K41 jobs
  9. 9Reddit$276K17 jobs
  10. 10Snowflake$274K8 jobs
  11. 11Nuro$273K10 jobs
  12. 12Crusoe$268K8 jobs
  13. 13The Voleon Group$263K8 jobs
  14. 14Agility Robotics$257K6 jobs
  15. 15Airbnb$257K6 jobs
  16. 16Anduril Industries$256K15 jobs
  17. 17RoboForce$255K5 jobs
  18. 18Google$254K9 jobs
  19. 19DoorDash USA$251K9 jobs
  20. 20Shield AI$250K23 jobs
The median posted base pay of each company for staff machine learning and AI engineer jobs. We use the middle point of each posted range. A company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Staff machine learning engineer pay by US region

The median posted base pay for staff machine learning and AI engineer jobs in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs.

  • New York178 jobs+10%$281K
  • Bay Area457 jobs+4%$265K
  • Other US cities247 jobs0%$256K
  • US remote206 jobs−9%$233K
The median posted base pay for staff ML / AI engineering in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs ($255K). A job that lists two regions counts in each region. A region needs 20 or more jobs. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay by region, staff ML / AI engineering. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
RegionMedian posted base payAgainst the US medianJobs with pay
New York$281K+10%178
Bay Area$265K+4%457
Other US cities$256K0%247
US remote$233K−9%206
All US jobs$255K0%784

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How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.