Side-by-side distribution
BI Analyst
$105,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 31.7%
- Live roles
- 366
ML Engineer
$200,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34%
- Live roles
- 3,049
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Business Intelligence & Reporting Analyst, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Jersey City, NJ:
Senior HCM Analytics & BI Developer
Air and Missile Defense Data Visualization Analyst
Staff Business Intelligence Analyst (Finance)
Senior Director, Data Analysis (BI Shared Analyst Team)
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst - Finance & Accounting
Business Intelligence Analyst
Business Intelligence Analyst
Senior Manager, Salesforce Business Intelligence Developer-Commercial
Senior Business Intelligence & Automation Analyst
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Machine Learning Engineer ($400k - $600k salary)
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning
Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/ML
Staff Backline Engineer – ML/AI
Machine Learning Engineer, Implicit Signals
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Launch Potato
|
$135,000 | 6 |
Horizon Media
|
$91,250 | 4 |
| PA PacificSource | $87,576 | 4 |
|
CACI
|
$139,950 | 3 |
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,750 | 3 |
COUNTRY Financial
|
$105,925 | 3 |
|
Block
|
$169,000 | 2 |
Sutter Health
|
$134,046 | 2 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$162,000 | 30 |
General Motors
|
$203,000 | 26 |
|
CACI
|
$152,650 | 20 |
Reddit
|
$276,000 | 17 |
Pinterest
|
$246,638 | 17 |
Nuro
|
$242,540 | 16 |
DoorDash USA
|
$251,400 | 15 |
Torc Robotics
|
$195,050 | 15 |
ML Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore | $244,400 | 4 |
| Los Angeles | $240,700 | 26 |
| San Francisco | $237,500 | 195 |
| New York | $220,000 | 147 |
| Seattle | $219,000 | 70 |
| Boston | $215,050 | 35 |
| London | $207,031 | 16 |
| Austin | $199,500 | 32 |
| Denver | $194,100 | 18 |
| Atlanta | $183,975 | 11 |
BI Analyst vs ML Engineer: which pays more?
The median for BI Analyst is $105,000 per year (typically $84,976–$128,063), versus $200,000 for ML Engineer ($158,225–$243,613). That puts ML Engineer about 90% 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.