Senior Machine Learning Engineer H-1B Salary

1,311 certified H-1B filings list the job title Senior Machine Learning Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $185,000; the middle half of filings fall between $149,781 and $210,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (130 filings).

1,311
certified filings
$185,000
Median base salary
$149,781
25th pct
$210,000
75th pct
$240,000
90th pct
$133,000
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$133,000$185,000 median$240,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026334$193,789
FY2025414$185,000
FY2024301$184,662
FY2023262$170,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Francisco, CA132$199,767
San Diego, CA106$133,000
New York, NY77$200,000
San Jose, CA74$195,177
Santa Clara, CA63$187,043
Seattle, WA53$180,710
Sunnyvale, CA45$202,000
Palo Alto, CA44$199,534
Mountain View, CA40$200,662
Bellevue, WA35$200,000
San Mateo, CA25$222,910
Austin, TX24$170,188
Jersey City, NJ22$180,488
Fremont, CA20$170,000
Boston, MA19$186,500
Foster City, CA15$194,834
Brooklyn, NY12$200,000
Milpitas, CA12$187,270
Redmond, WA12$201,575
Bothell, WA10$197,500

Senior Machine Learning Engineer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.130$133,000
Pinterest, Inc.114$182,686
PayPal, Inc.43$187,460
Maplebear Inc.40$200,000
SPOTIFY USA, INC.30$250,000
Roblox Corporation29$273,070
ServiceNow, Inc.27$185,766
Atlassian US, Inc.26$211,536
AIRBNB, INC.25$185,000
Uber Technologies, Inc.19$221,700
ByteDance Inc.15$295,000
DocuSign Inc.15$213,512
Quantiphi, Inc.15$123,000
Workday, Inc.15$177,800
Affirm, Inc.12$200,000
Cruise LLC12$203,500
PathAI, Inc.11$186,825
Zillow, Inc.11$200,000
Home Depot Management Company LLC10$150,300
TORC Robotics, Inc.10$206,315
Blue River Technology9$220,000
Reddit, Inc.9$260,000
WarnerMedia Services, LLC9$190,000
DoorDash, Inc.8$193,142
Worldview Incorporated8$159,500
ActiveHours, Inc.7$226,138
Caremark LLC7$140,000
Credit Karma LLC7$273,488
Unity Technologies SF7$230,000
XMotors.USA, Inc.7$255,000
Adobe Inc.6$192,500
Coinbase, Inc.6$218,900
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)6$227,500
Moloco, Inc.6$230,000
ADP Technology Services, Inc.5$122,104
Cohere Health, Inc.5$145,000
Coupang Global LLC5$153,070
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC5$156,900
Expedia, Inc.5$197,273
NIKE USA Inc.5$185,611
Robinhood Markets, Inc.5$221,000
Samsara Inc.5$142,501
Sway AI, Inc.5$180,000
Weee! Inc.5$160,000
Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc.5$230,000
Xmotors.Ai, Inc.5$265,000
Zscaler, Inc.5$139,506
Block, Inc.4$185,500
Hyper Labs, Inc.4$207,600
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.4$185,151

Related job titles

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer $191,615Senior Machine Learning Researcher Engineer $150,500Machine Learning Engineer $170,000Software Engineer, Machine Learning $186,679Machine Learning Engineer II $159,550Staff Machine Learning Engineer $210,183Principal Machine Learning Engineer $215,197Machine Learning Research Engineer $186,956Machine Learning Engineer I $140,199Machine Learning Engineer III $155,732

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer