# Senior MLOps Engineer Salary

> Senior MLOps Engineer roles pay a median of $220k a year, based on 57 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $185k to $245k, and the top 10% more than $291k. 30% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: Lambda.

- **Median (USD):** $220k
- **25th to 75th percentile:** $185k to $245k
- **10th to 90th percentile:** $160k to $291k
- **Disclosed roles:** 57

## By city

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| San Francisco | 15 | $235k | $278k | $306k |
| Mountain View | 9 | $160k | $193k | $238k |
| Sunnyvale | 6 | $187k | $212k | $212k |
| Seattle | 4 | $196k | $210k | $227k |
| Costa Mesa | 3 | $208k | $222k | $222k |

## By country

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 47 | $193k | $223k | $245k |

## Remote vs on-site

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On-site / hybrid | 40 | $169k | $210k | $223k |
| Remote | 17 | $225k | $278k | $288k |

## Top-paying companies

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

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lambda](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/lambda) | 7 | $288k | $313k | $331k |
| [Waymo](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/waymo) | 3 | $238k | $238k | $238k |
| [Together AI](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/together-ai) | 4 | $214k | $233k | $245k |
| [Anduril](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/anduril) | 7 | $208k | $223k | $223k |
| [CoreWeave](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/coreweave) | 7 | $178k | $212k | $212k |
| [Nuro](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/nuro) | 5 | $160k | $160k | $160k |
| [Elastic](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/elastic) | 4 | $86k | $92k | $104k |

## Other roles

- [Senior Machine Learning Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/machine-learning-engineer/senior)
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- [Senior Research Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/research-scientist/senior)
- [Senior Data Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/senior)
- [Senior Data Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-engineer/senior)
- [Senior Computer Vision Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/computer-vision/senior)
- [Senior Robotics Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/robotics/senior)
- [Senior AI Product Manager Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-product-manager/senior)
- [Senior Prompt Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/prompt-eval-engineer/senior)
- [Senior Analytics Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/analytics-engineer/senior)

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. Live roles: [MLOps / Infrastructure jobs](https://aijobsgrid.com/ai-jobs/mlops-infrastructure). Check an offer: https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/calculator?role=mlops-infrastructure&facet=senior&offer=185000

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