Frontend Engineer vs ML Engineer

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

Side B

ML Engineer pays about 5% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Frontend Engineer ML Engineer
$192.5k
$201.2k
$76.6k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $316.6k

Frontend Engineer

$192,500

median · per year, annualized USD

$149.4k 25th
$192.5k Median
$225k 75th
$93.1k
$257.7k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $6k – $1,500k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
15.8%
Live roles
9,249

ML Engineer

$201,230

median · per year, annualized USD

$165k 25th
$201.2k Median
$245k 75th
$122.5k
$300k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $9.9k – $999k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
23%
Live roles
12,788

Frontend Engineer vs ML Engineer: which pays more?

The median for Frontend Engineer is $192,500 per year (typically $149,445–$225,000), versus $201,230 for ML Engineer ($165,000–$245,000). That puts ML Engineer about 5% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Frontend Engineer 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.

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