Side-by-side distribution
Data Analyst
$110,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 32.9%
- Live roles
- 1,184
ML Engineer
$205,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 41.8%
- Live roles
- 1,746
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Product Data Analyst
Financial Crimes & Risk Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Marketing Analyst, Strategy & Analytics - US-Based
Senior Marketing Analyst, Strategy & Analytics
Software Engineer, Macro Quant Analytics Technology
Data Analyst II
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 |
|---|---|---|
Burson
|
$55,000 | 16 |
Anduril Industries
|
$130,500 | 11 |
Air Apps
|
$65,766 | 9 |
Launch Potato
|
$135,000 | 6 |
Lyft
|
$94,575 | 6 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$106,400 | 5 |
Affirm
|
$175,000 | 4 |
| YI YipitData | $172,500 | 4 |
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 |
Data Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $193,000 | 9 |
| San Francisco | $137,500 | 25 |
| New York | $122,575 | 86 |
| Boston | $120,000 | 13 |
| Denver | $117,000 | 12 |
| Chicago | $97,412 | 13 |
| Toronto | $90,750 | 20 |
| Los Angeles | $89,500 | 11 |
| Berlin | $79,912 | 4 |
| Austin | $72,500 | 6 |
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 |
Data Analyst vs ML Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Data Analyst is $110,000 per year (typically $82,500–$145,080), versus $205,000 for ML Engineer ($173,500–$250,000). That puts ML Engineer about 86% 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.