Side-by-side distribution
BI Analyst
$108,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.6%
- Live roles
- 126
ML Engineer
$205,841
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 42.4%
- Live roles
- 1,747
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Business Intelligence Analyst
Sr Business Intelligence Analyst-Analytics Engineering
Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst – Product Analytics
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Lead BI/Data/Web Developer
Lead BI Developer
Lead BI Developer
Lead BI Developer
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Machine Learning Engineer, Integrity
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery
Machine Learning Engineer, Speech LLM Training - San Francisco
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Launch Potato
|
$135,000 | 6 |
|
ZoomInfo Technologies LLC
|
$160,290 | 2 |
Viral Nation Inc.
|
$80,000 | 2 |
| IC Impact.com | $180,000 | 1 |
|
Canarytechnologies
|
$160,000 | 1 |
|
Contentful
|
$148,000 | 1 |
| TT The Trade Desk | $146,200 | 1 |
|
TEGNA Inc.
|
$142,500 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Reddit
|
$276,000 | 18 |
|
Pinterest
|
$260,867 | 18 |
Motional
|
$185,500 | 17 |
Roblox
|
$297,743 | 14 |
Airbnb
|
$274,500 | 14 |
Torc Robotics
|
$249,000 | 11 |
Nuro
|
$242,540 | 10 |
Applied Intuition
|
$173,500 | 10 |
BI Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $135,000 | 7 |
ML Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $240,000 | 168 |
| Austin | $230,000 | 12 |
| New York | $225,000 | 102 |
| Seattle | $212,444 | 41 |
| Los Angeles | $205,000 | 11 |
| Boston | $200,000 | 42 |
| Toronto | $195,000 | 27 |
| Paris | $185,000 | 6 |
| Denver | $175,000 | 5 |
| Atlanta | $174,825 | 8 |
BI Analyst vs ML Engineer: which pays more?
The median for BI Analyst is $108,000 per year (typically $87,500–$145,080), versus $205,841 for ML Engineer ($175,000–$250,750). That puts ML Engineer about 91% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so BI Analyst and ML Engineer are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.