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Remote Machine Learning Engineer Salary

Remote Machine Learning Engineer roles pay a median of $257k a year, based on 96 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $208k to $283k, and the top 10% more than $349k. Highest median pay: OpenAI.

$257k
median USD
$208k
25th percentile
$283k
75th percentile
96
disclosed roles
P10 $176kmedian $257kP90 $349k

Shaded: middle half ($208k to $283k)

Annual base in USD. See where it lands against these roles.

By level

From the title and requirements, not from a company level framework.

LevelnP25MedianP75
Senior28$206k$221k$260k
Staff31$258k$276k$285k
Lead9$176k$276k$349k

By city

CitynP25MedianP75
San Francisco15$230k$290k$349k
New York8$259k$272k$276k
Sunnyvale8$331k$358k$370k
Redwood City3$238k$250k$250k

By country

CountrynP25MedianP75
USA78$224k$271k$304k
Canada3$183k$185k$194k

Top-paying companies

Companies with at least three disclosed salaries here, by median.

CompanynP25MedianP75
OpenAI4$393k$424k$449k
Wayve8$331k$358k$370k
Pinterest9$212k$290k$349k
Spotify4$263k$276k$293k
Reddit18$271k$276k$276k
Airbnb5$207k$275k$275k
Plaid4$264k$272k$272k
Character.AI3$238k$250k$250k
Samsara4$222k$238k$249k
Instacart4$206k$213k$219k

Live roles

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Other roles

Every live listing here that discloses a number, in any currency. Converted to USD at ECB reference rates as of 2026-10-28. Hourly, weekly, and monthly figures are annualised (2,080 / 52 / 12). Where a salary is a range we use its midpoint. Breakdowns with fewer than three disclosed salaries are left out. All AI and ML salaries