Jobiba Salary Intelligence

Machine Learning Engineer salary

Salary range, market position, recent movement, location comparisons and matching live jobs—calculated from comparable Jobiba listings rather than copied salary tables.

165 salary observations326 matching live jobshigh confidence

Typical market range

$207,000–$280,000

Median $245,000 / year

Based on 165 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · refreshed 22 Oct 2026

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Salary distribution

Where the market sits

USD · annualized

$207,000

25th percentile

$245,000

Market median

$280,000

75th percentile

$188,853

Lower market

$207,000

25th percentile

$280,000

75th percentile

$332,520

Upper market

Market movement

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Not enough historical evidence yet. Trend is shown only when both 90-day windows have enough comparable observations, preventing noisy “growth” claims from tiny samples.

Location intelligence

Compare Machine Learning Engineer pay by market

Currencies are never blended or silently converted

Career growth explorer

Higher-paying roles to explore

These are same-currency market opportunities, not guaranteed promotions. Your private Career Coach narrows suggestions using your target role family, skills and profile.

Live opportunity layer

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How Jobiba calculates this

Evidence first, estimate second

  • • Uses recent active Jobiba listings that contain employer/source salary data.
  • • Requires an explicit salary currency and pay period before a listing can enter an aggregate.
  • • Applies broad currency-specific plausibility floors/ceilings, then rejects extreme statistical outliers.
  • • Groups title variants through Jobiba's canonical salary-role taxonomy so current estimates and historical trends use the same comparable cohort.
  • • Annualizes hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay; no foreign-exchange conversion is used.
  • • Uses percentile medians and publishes a range only after the minimum comparable sample is reached.
  • • Labels inferred pay on salary pages/jobs as a Jobiba estimate, never as employer-provided compensation.

Based on 165 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · refreshed 22 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

Machine Learning Engineer salary: common questions

What is the average Machine Learning Engineer salary in 2026?

The median Machine Learning Engineer salary is $245,000 a year, based on 165 salary-listed job postings on Jobiba. The middle half of postings pay between $207,000 and $280,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).

How much does an entry-level Machine Learning Engineer earn compared with experienced hires?

By experience level in the postings Jobiba could classify: Mid level: $236,750 median (22 postings); Senior level: $272,160 median (66 postings). Bands with too few postings are not shown.

Which cities pay the most for Machine Learning Engineer jobs?

Among cities with enough USD salary data on Jobiba, the highest medians are Foster City ($298,500 median, 6 postings), San Francisco ($264,475 median, 42 postings), San Mateo ($243,290 median, 13 postings). Salaries are compared in their listed currency, without conversion.

How does Jobiba calculate Machine Learning Engineer salary?

From 165 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.

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Jobiba Market Terminal

Salary trend & career market pulse

A stock-style view of pay movement—without pretending salaries are stocks. Graph points require multiple comparable observations, and stronger growth signals require at least five.

Market tape

$253,870

Median · Oct 26 · 47 observations

P25 $221,485

P75 $304,118

Aug 26Oct 26

Monthly momentum wave

median change · consecutive reliable months only

12-month growth

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Median salary change

3-year CAGR

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Annualized growth

3-month momentum

+16.7%

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Signal: surging

Market volatility

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Consecutive monthly median variability

History coverage

3 reliable monthly snapshots

Reliable evidence currently reaches back to Aug 26. Jobiba does not fabricate missing older history.

City movers

Where pay is gaining momentum

01

San Francisco, United States

16 latest-month samples · $270,466 median

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02

San Mateo, United States

9 latest-month samples · $243,290 median

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1Y

03

New York, United States

7 latest-month samples · $240,000 median

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04

Foster City, United States

5 latest-month samples · $295,000 median

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Market composition

Experience mix behind the data

This helps candidates judge whether a headline median is dominated by junior, mid-level or senior observations.

12M

experience mix

Senior Level
40.4%
Unknown
34.8%
Mid Level
14%
Entry Level
2.2%
Director
2.2%
2+ Years
2.2%
5+ Years
2.2%
8+ Years
1.7%

Salary by experience

How Machine Learning Engineer pay changes by seniority

This is a market ladder from salary-bearing listings, not a promise that another year of service automatically creates a raise. Scope, company type, skills and responsibility still move the number.

Mid level

22 observations · P25 $212,520 · P75 $269,337

$236,750

Senior level

66 observations · P25 $236,316 · P75 $305,176

$272,160

Career planning check: if your current level sits well below the market median, compare the job scope first. A title can be the same while team size, ownership and technical depth are very different.

Skills & pay signal

Skills showing up in better-paid Machine Learning Engineer listings

A premium is an association, not a causal guarantee. Higher-paying jobs often bundle several scarce skills, stronger seniority and tougher scope together. Use this as a shortlist for deeper career research.

artificial intelligence

36 salary-bearing jobs · median $276,000

+14.2%

rust

10 salary-bearing jobs · median $260,042

+7.6%

redis

5 salary-bearing jobs · median $260,050

+7.6%

logistics

14 salary-bearing jobs · median $245,700

+1.7%

Excel

14 salary-bearing jobs · median $244,450

+1.2%

recruitment

31 salary-bearing jobs · median $244,000

+1.0%
Skills with broad demand but no current pay premium
machine learning · 0.0%ai · -0.9%python · -1.8%finance · -1.8%c++ · -4.2%