Side-by-side distribution
Data Analyst
$110,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 30.2%
- Live roles
- 1,203
ML Engineer
$211,910
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 43.3%
- Live roles
- 1,689
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Data Analyst, Credit Risk
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Institutional
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Growth
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Markets
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Finance
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Product
Software Engineer, Macro Quant Analytics Technology
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Fraud & Risk
Trust & Safety Ads Operations Analyst, Data
Staff Analytics Analyst, Full Stack (Revenue)
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Audio)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Software Engineer, ML Networking
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Machine Learning Engineer, Integrity
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Air Apps
|
$65,173 | 10 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$105,000 | 8 |
| SE Sezzle | $57,600 | 7 |
|
Polymarket
|
$250,000 | 6 |
Lyft
|
$90,804 | 6 |
Klaviyo
|
$155,000 | 5 |
|
Affirm
|
$189,000 | 4 |
Snowflake
|
$181,800 | 4 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Nuro
|
$242,540 | 16 |
Torc Robotics
|
$195,050 | 16 |
Reddit
|
$276,000 | 14 |
|
Pinterest
|
$260,867 | 13 |
Airbnb
|
$238,500 | 13 |
|
Roku
|
$294,750 | 12 |
DoorDash USA
|
$169,350 | 12 |
Roblox
|
$311,785 | 11 |
Data Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $159,500 | 11 |
| Boston | $150,000 | 15 |
| New York | $140,000 | 77 |
| San Francisco | $140,000 | 30 |
| Los Angeles | $134,000 | 6 |
| Austin | $121,800 | 7 |
| Denver | $115,000 | 11 |
| Singapore | $114,400 | 3 |
| Atlanta | $102,500 | 3 |
| Chicago | $96,511 | 14 |
ML Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | $275,000 | 5 |
| Singapore | $260,000 | 3 |
| San Francisco | $249,410 | 160 |
| Austin | $235,000 | 9 |
| Boston | $233,750 | 20 |
| Los Angeles | $230,000 | 14 |
| New York | $228,000 | 94 |
| Seattle | $220,300 | 47 |
| London | $195,018 | 15 |
| Denver | $188,750 | 6 |
Data Analyst vs ML Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Data Analyst is $110,000 per year (typically $82,500–$154,500), versus $211,910 for ML Engineer ($175,000–$255,700). That puts ML Engineer about 93% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Data 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.