Machine Learning Engineer, H-1B salary
What 5,428 H-1B filings report for “Machine Learning Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Machine Learning Engineer?
$156k median H-1B base salary for a Machine Learning Engineer, typically $99k to $222k, across 5,428 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $172k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California3,042$172k+$16k
- 2Washington608$166k+$10k
- 3New York463$148k−$8k
- 4Massachusetts260$139k−$17k
- 5New Jersey97$129k−$27k
- 6Colorado38$124k−$32k
- 7Georgia54$122k−$34k
- 8Illinois82$118k−$38k
- 9Texas280$118k−$38k
- 10North Carolina41$110k−$46k
- 11Utah37$106k−$50k
- 12Michigan49$102k−$54k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $156kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Machine Learning Engineer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Machine Learning Engineer roles are Apple, Adobe, Meta, TikTok, and ByteDance, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Machine Learning Engineer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Apple1,088 filings$184k
- 2Adobe455 filings$175k
- 3Meta183 filings$203k
- 4TikTok170 filings$197k
- 5ByteDance136 filings$225k
- 6Qualcomm106 filings$123k
- 7Pinterest59 filings$149k
- 8Zoom49 filings$164k
- 9DoorDash48 filings$175k
- 10Bloomberg46 filings$152k
- 11Zillow46 filings$154k
- 12Expedia38 filings$149k
- 13Netflix34 filings$226k
- 14Uber30 filings$181k
- 15Cisco29 filings$178k
- 16Reddit28 filings$260k
- 17Quantiphi28 filings$100k
- 18Dropbox27 filings$174k
- 19Instacart27 filings$170k
- 20ServiceNow26 filings$139k
- 21Kensho Technologies25 filings$168k
- 22Stripe24 filings$169k
- 23Spotify23 filings$166k
- 24PathAI23 filings$150k
- 25Block21 filings$190k
- 26PayPal21 filings$145k
- 27CVS Health19 filings$130k
- 28Nextdoor18 filings$189k
- 29Wayve17 filings$265k
- 30Atlassian16 filings$187k
- 31Micron15 filings$143k
- 32Red Hat15 filings$171k
- 33Airbnb15 filings$180k
- 34FactSet14 filings$95k
- 35Autodesk14 filings$145k
- 36Hyper Labs14 filings$165k
- 37Tesla14 filings$173k
- 38Etsy14 filings$140k
- 39Cloudwick Technologies13 filings$125k
- 40SLB13 filings$172k
- 41Waymo13 filings$240k
- 42Moloco13 filings$155k
- 43Fetch Rewards13 filings$165k
- 44Unity12 filings$122k
- 45Workday12 filings$143k
- 46Cruise11 filings$171k
- 47Intuitive Surgical11 filings$142k
- 48Docusign11 filings$195k
- 49Glidewell Dental11 filings$105k
- 50Landing AI11 filings$120k
Related titles in this family
11,275 filings carry “Machine Learning Engineer” in the title, across 844 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Machine Learning Engineer1,568 filings$180k
- 2Machine Learning Engineer II438 filings$160k
- 3Staff Machine Learning Engineer422 filings$200k
- 4Sr. Machine Learning Engineer370 filings$176k
- 5Machine Learning Engineer (4)184 filings$164k
- 6Principal Machine Learning Engineer129 filings$208k
- 7Lead Machine Learning Engineer107 filings$180k
- 8Machine Learning Engineer I106 filings$135k
- 9Machine Learning Engineer (5)88 filings$197k
- 10Machine Learning Engineer 384 filings$135k
- 11Applied Machine Learning Engineer69 filings$180k
- 12Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer67 filings$184k
Figures are for the exact title “Machine Learning Engineer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.