Side-by-side distribution
BI Analyst
$112,693
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 22.1%
- Live roles
- 122
ML Engineer
$205,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 41.8%
- Live roles
- 1,746
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 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)
Forward Deployed Engineer, Machine Learning
Machine Learning Engineer, Integrity
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery
Machine Learning Engineer, Speech LLM Training - San Francisco
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 |
Red Ventures
|
$120,000 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Pinterest
|
$260,867 | 19 |
Roblox
|
$285,230 | 17 |
Reddit
|
$276,000 | 17 |
Motional
|
$185,500 | 17 |
Airbnb
|
$274,500 | 14 |
Torc Robotics
|
$227,325 | 12 |
Applied Intuition
|
$173,500 | 10 |
DoorDash USA
|
$169,350 | 10 |
BI Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $115,000 | 9 |
ML Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $236,750 | 164 |
| Los Angeles | $221,250 | 8 |
| Seattle | $216,800 | 42 |
| New York | $215,000 | 109 |
| Austin | $207,500 | 11 |
| Boston | $192,750 | 40 |
| Toronto | $191,250 | 26 |
| Singapore | $187,200 | 3 |
| Paris | $185,000 | 6 |
| Atlanta | $174,825 | 8 |
BI Analyst vs ML Engineer: which pays more?
The median for BI Analyst is $112,693 per year (typically $90,063–$142,560), versus $205,000 for ML Engineer ($173,500–$250,000). That puts ML Engineer about 82% 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.