Median salary
$200,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$158.4k – $243.8k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
20.8%
5,454 of 26,212 roles
Live roles
26,212
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDTrend builds as new salary snapshots accrue — check back soon.
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Pre-training
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Performance Engineer
Research Engineer, Safeguards Labs
Research Scientist, Societal Impacts
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Okta
|
$212,500 | 218 |
Databricks
|
$214,508 | 200 |
|
Anthropic
|
$352,500 | 175 |
OpenAI
|
$330,500 | 138 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 131 |
Snowflake
|
$218,531 | 107 |
Coinbase
|
$185,833 | 85 |
Zscaler
|
$172,125 | 82 |
Machine Learning salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $230,650 | 1,627 |
| Seattle | $226,250 | 266 |
| New York | $214,508 | 1,046 |
| Sydney | $212,500 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | $202,500 | 63 |
| Austin | $200,000 | 69 |
| Chicago | $200,000 | 177 |
| Boston | $200,000 | 200 |
| London | $181,806 | 151 |
| Dublin | $179,345 | 24 |
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How much do Machine Learning roles pay?
The median salary for Machine Learning roles is $200,000 per year. Most pay falls between $158,410 (25th percentile) and $243,750 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $116,356 to $300,000.
These figures are computed live from 26,212 active Machine Learning roles on JobsRadar, of which 5,454 (20.8%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Machine Learning roles include Rain and Anthropic.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.