Side-by-side distribution
ML Engineer
$205,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 42.3%
- Live roles
- 1,743
Technical Product Manager
$190,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 53.9%
- Live roles
- 1,026
Highest-paying jobs
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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, Ad Serving
Highest-paying jobs
Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager
Technical Program Manager, Product Software
Director, RISC-V Software TPM & Ops
Staff Technical Program Manager, Physical Design
Technical Program Manager, Architecture
Technical Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Technical Program Manager, Hardware Chips Development
Technical Program Manager, Applied API & Product
Technical Program Manager, API Platform
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Reddit
|
$276,000 | 18 |
|
Pinterest
|
$260,867 | 17 |
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 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 62 |
|
Anthropic
|
$345,000 | 14 |
Aurora Innovation
|
$221,500 | 14 |
|
OpenAI
|
$271,000 | 13 |
Fluidstack
|
$213,000 | 12 |
| SA Scale AI | $217,350 | 10 |
Scout Motors
|
$155,000 | 10 |
CoreWeave
|
$207,000 | 9 |
ML Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $240,000 | 166 |
| Austin | $235,000 | 11 |
| New York | $225,000 | 101 |
| Seattle | $212,444 | 39 |
| Los Angeles | $205,000 | 11 |
| Boston | $200,000 | 42 |
| Toronto | $195,000 | 29 |
| Paris | $185,000 | 6 |
| Atlanta | $174,825 | 8 |
| Chicago | $173,875 | 12 |
Technical Product Manager salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $216,000 | 126 |
| Austin | $213,000 | 15 |
| London | $209,051 | 5 |
| New York | $203,000 | 86 |
| Seattle | $203,000 | 50 |
| Denver | $173,568 | 10 |
| Boston | $172,500 | 27 |
| Los Angeles | $164,500 | 10 |
| Chicago | $147,500 | 3 |
| Toronto | $130,000 | 13 |
ML Engineer vs Technical Product Manager: which pays more?
The median for ML Engineer is $205,000 per year (typically $173,500–$250,000), versus $190,000 for Technical Product Manager ($155,000–$220,000). That puts ML Engineer about 8% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so ML Engineer and Technical Product Manager 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.