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Machine Learning Engineer H-1B salaries

Employers filed 2,578 certified H-1B applications for Machine Learning Engineer roles between Feb 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $170,000.

Median salary offered
$170,000
Middle half earn
$135,403 to $203,875
Top 10% earn over
$240,000
Certified filings
2,578

Every filing

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Apple Inc.334$190,486$169,414 – $218,126
Adobe Inc.325$187,741$163,000 – $217,350
TikTok Inc.128$198,500$144,000 – $251,705
ByteDance Inc.103$235,000$175,450 – $273,000
Meta Platforms, Inc96$214,016$189,640 – $228,460
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.53$126,880$123,000 – $126,880
DoorDash, Inc.45$174,304$161,000 – $196,914
Bloomberg L.P.43$151,819$147,191 – $160,805
Netflix, Inc.33$226,158$226,158 – $264,514
Expedia, Inc.29$150,849$132,267 – $163,862
Reddit, Inc.28$259,780$240,000 – $277,176
Cisco Systems, Inc.28$177,600$159,625 – $188,806
Pinterest, Inc.26$149,302$129,376 – $181,729
Zoom Communications, Inc.23$180,710$161,400 – $187,741
PayPal, Inc.20$142,829$137,342 – $166,250
Atlassian US, Inc.17$187,425$182,500 – $200,000
Wayve Technologies, Inc16$265,000$233,950 – $296,250
Dropbox, Inc.15$181,272$160,700 – $213,150
ServiceNow, Inc.15$159,621$126,729 – $162,118
Stripe, Inc.15$180,000$174,606 – $181,636
Uber Technologies, Inc.14$193,600$187,825 – $198,500
Red Hat, Inc.13$171,900$164,000 – $178,131
Nextdoor, Inc.12$190,000$168,750 – $206,750
Waymo LLC12$240,000$205,000 – $242,500
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC12$130,012$126,352 – $135,750
DocuSign Inc.10$194,580$188,300 – $220,000
Zillow, Inc.10$163,018$151,966 – $186,486
Maplebear Inc.10$175,000$158,750 – $185,000
Airbnb, Inc.10$196,000$163,000 – $223,250
Stier Solutions Inc10$102,918$102,918 – $102,918
Kensho Technologies LLC10$152,600$136,000 – $185,000
Fetch Rewards, Inc.9$165,000$165,000 – $180,000
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC9$176,000$148,960 – $195,000
Quantiphi, Inc.9$114,795$105,000 – $118,893
Moloco, Inc.8$155,400$153,300 – $161,637
Populus Group LLC8$119,683$107,120 – $146,697
Applab Systems Inc8$102,294$102,195 – $110,463
Tesla, Inc.8$172,600$166,250 – $175,452
Workday, Inc.8$151,250$142,350 – $160,830
Boson AI USA Inc.7$250,000$235,000 – $275,000
Schlumberger Technology Corporation7$175,500$174,265 – $180,375
webAI, Inc7$150,000$150,000 – $150,000
INSPYR Solutions, LLC7$174,304$174,304 – $174,304
Autodesk, Inc.7$146,900$134,462 – $165,190
Guidewire Software, Inc.7$158,642$129,199 – $169,702
Block, Inc.6$200,000$186,025 – $210,000
ZestFinance, Inc.6$125,000$120,000 – $137,500
Qualtrics, LLC6$232,500$203,750 – $254,125
Micron Technology, Inc.6$143,832$142,725 – $165,160
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Inc.5$91,396$91,396 – $93,600

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
San Jose, CA498$190,000$160,005 – $230,300
New York, NY201$160,000$142,563 – $186,000
San Francisco, CA174$181,636$150,434 – $211,536
Cupertino, CA173$196,852$174,720 – $218,397
Seattle, WA171$174,304$154,209 – $190,486
Sunnyvale, CA122$196,085$172,931 – $226,158
Bellevue, WA113$185,000$149,240 – $237,402
San Diego, CA72$126,880$123,000 – $148,420
Santa Clara, CA61$189,964$162,118 – $226,158
Menlo Park, CA57$193,000$178,360 – $221,890
Mountain View, CA57$190,000$150,000 – $237,786
Palo Alto, CA50$170,093$146,307 – $187,306
Austin, TX45$134,640$117,500 – $153,200
Boston, MA32$155,500$145,825 – $178,131
Chicago, IL30$135,000$109,808 – $148,750
Atlanta, GA22$128,725$98,500 – $146,650
Cambridge, MA20$148,428$135,304 – $176,586
Los Gatos, CA20$264,514$226,158 – $267,348
San Mateo, CA18$190,000$160,082 – $213,579
Irving, TX18$118,396$101,702 – $131,736

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I377$136,000
Level II943$150,000
Level III495$180,000
Level IV406$216,675

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
2023124$169,448
2024818$172,032
2025925$163,862
2026711$167,485