Salary for Senior-level / Expert Machine Learning Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Machine Learning Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 199,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 548 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Machine Learning Engineer salary lies between USD 160,000 and USD 250,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Machine Learning Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
548
Top 10%
$ 300,000
Top 25%
$ 250,000
Median
$ 199,500
Bottom 25%
$ 160,000
Bottom 10%
$ 135,549

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: May 5, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Machine Learning Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Machine Learning Engineer job listings are Machine Learning, Python and Engineering. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Machine Learning | 812 jobs Python | 651 jobs Engineering | 643 jobs ML models | 489 jobs Computer Science | 474 jobs PyTorch | 444 jobs TensorFlow | 404 jobs Pipelines | 374 jobs Research | 345 jobs Deep Learning | 340 jobs AWS | 326 jobs NLP | 277 jobs Statistics | 277 jobs Architecture | 274 jobs Testing | 264 jobs LLMs | 260 jobs Java | 225 jobs Spark | 223 jobs PhD | 211 jobs SQL | 207 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Machine Learning Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Machine Learning Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 728 jobs Health care | 366 jobs Equity | 304 jobs Flex vacation | 265 jobs Flex hours | 254 jobs Salary bonus | 246 jobs Startup environment | 219 jobs Competitive pay | 209 jobs Parental leave | 202 jobs Team events | 182 jobs Insurance | 163 jobs Medical leave | 159 jobs 401(k) matching | 101 jobs Wellness | 97 jobs Home office stipend | 86 jobs Conferences | 62 jobs Gear | 42 jobs Flexible spending account | 42 jobs Transparency | 39 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 37 jobs

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