# Staff MLOps Engineer Salary

> Staff MLOps Engineer roles pay a median of $280k a year, based on 69 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $232k to $350k, and the top 10% more than $403k. 22% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: Anthropic.

- **Median (USD):** $280k
- **25th to 75th percentile:** $232k to $350k
- **10th to 90th percentile:** $198k to $403k
- **Disclosed roles:** 69

## By city

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| San Francisco | 25 | $251k | $290k | $403k |
| Mountain View | 8 | $219k | $281k | $281k |
| New York | 4 | $234k | $268k | $315k |
| San Mateo | 3 | $243k | $252k | $301k |
| Sunnyvale | 3 | $228k | $232k | $232k |

## By country

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 61 | $232k | $280k | $320k |

## Remote vs on-site

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On-site / hybrid | 54 | $228k | $258k | $300k |
| Remote | 15 | $272k | $319k | $390k |

## Top-paying companies

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

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Anthropic](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/anthropic) | 12 | $403k | $403k | $415k |
| [Lambda](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/lambda) | 4 | $390k | $390k | $394k |
| [Together AI](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/together-ai) | 4 | $265k | $283k | $286k |
| [Waymo](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/waymo) | 4 | $281k | $281k | $281k |
| [Shield AI](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/shield-ai) | 4 | $225k | $263k | $306k |
| [Anduril](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/anduril) | 4 | $256k | $256k | $256k |
| [DoorDash](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/doordash) | 3 | $245k | $251k | $251k |
| [Databricks](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/databricks) | 4 | $224k | $228k | $242k |
| [Braze](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/braze) | 4 | $184k | $184k | $184k |

## Other roles

- [Staff Machine Learning Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/machine-learning-engineer/staff)
- [Staff AI Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-llm-engineer/staff)
- [Staff Research Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/research-scientist/staff)
- [Staff Data Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/staff)
- [Staff Data Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-engineer/staff)
- [Staff Computer Vision Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/computer-vision/staff)
- [Staff Robotics Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/robotics/staff)
- [Staff AI Product Manager Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-product-manager/staff)

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=staff&offer=185000

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