# Lead MLOps Engineer Salary

> Lead MLOps Engineer roles pay a median of $270k a year, based on 10 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $244k to $295k, and the top 10% more than $334k. 40% of these roles are remote.

- **Median (USD):** $270k
- **25th to 75th percentile:** $244k to $295k
- **10th to 90th percentile:** $227k to $334k
- **Disclosed roles:** 10

## By city

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| San Francisco | 5 | $263k | $300k | $314k |

## By country

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 9 | $255k | $278k | $300k |

## Remote vs on-site

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On-site / hybrid | 6 | $250k | $289k | $310k |
| Remote | 4 | $249k | $259k | $267k |

## Other roles

- [Lead Machine Learning Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/machine-learning-engineer/lead)
- [Lead AI Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-llm-engineer/lead)
- [Lead Data Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/lead)

Every live listing here that discloses a number, in any currency. Converted to USD at ECB reference rates as of 2026-11-05. Hourly, weekly, and monthly figures are annualised (2,080 / 52 / 12). Where a salary is a range we use its midpoint. Live roles: [MLOps / Infrastructure jobs](https://aijobsgrid.com/ai-jobs/mlops-infrastructure). Check an offer: https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/calculator

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