Staff Machine Learning Engineer H-1B Salary

313 certified H-1B filings list the job title Staff Machine Learning Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $210,183; the middle half of filings fall between $174,096 and $243,000. The largest sponsor for this title is Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (44 filings).

313
certified filings
$210,183
Median base salary
$174,096
25th pct
$243,000
75th pct
$270,000
90th pct
$151,719
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
$151,719$210,183 median$270,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202692$237,250
FY2025113$207,000
FY202461$189,700
FY202347$192,941

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Diego, CA31$152,027
San Francisco, CA28$243,250
Santa Clara, CA26$217,019
Palo Alto, CA22$226,158
Mountain View, CA21$226,158
San Jose, CA18$218,780
Seattle, WA14$190,486
Sunnyvale, CA12$248,550
New York, NY10$230,569
Austin, TX8$139,800
Fremont, CA8$185,800
Bellevue, WA6$260,000
Redwood City, CA6$216,226
Kirkland, WA5$182,312
Boston, MA4$205,000
Redmond, WA4$190,486
San Mateo, CA4$224,950
Belmont, CA3$255,000
Brooklyn, NY3$223,100
New York City, NY3$240,000

Staff Machine Learning Engineer salary by employer

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

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.44$152,027
Coupang Global LLC28$211,120
Pinterest, Inc.24$193,253
ServiceNow, Inc.14$215,521
PayPal, Inc.13$235,000
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)7$260,000
Cruise LLC6$263,450
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.6$163,674
ActiveHours, Inc.5$183,310
SNAP INC.5$169,541
Tesla, Inc.5$250,000
The RealReal, Inc.5$240,000
Uber Technologies, Inc.5$270,000
Unity Technologies SF5$245,000
Aetna Resources LLC4$182,045
Home Depot Management Company LLC4$182,415
Visa Technology & Operations LLC4$138,124
Xmotors.Ai, Inc.4$300,000
Hims, Inc.3$185,000
Maplebear Inc.3$285,000
AIRBNB, INC.2$204,000
Chegg, Inc.2$221,692
Chewy, Inc.2$222,000
CSC Holdings, LLC2$219,042
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC2$167,500
Etsy, Inc.2$231,300
GE HEALTHCARE IITS USA CORPORATION2$182,413
Glassdoor LLC2$149,936
Hippocratic AI, Inc2$255,000
Jasper AI, Inc.2$220,000
Quizlet, Inc.2$226,178
Reddit, Inc.2$300,000
Reka AI, Inc.2$327,500
Robinhood Markets, Inc.2$238,500
ServiceTitan, Inc.2$202,500
SPOTIFY USA, INC.2$285,125
thredUP Inc.2$230,000
Together Computer, Inc.2$256,756
TORC Robotics, Inc.2$201,545
Typeface Inc.2$200,000
Upstart Network, Inc.2$208,950
WarnerMedia Services, LLC2$209,310
X Corp.2$340,000
Zendesk, Inc.2$250,000
Zscaler, Inc.2$162,152
Abnormal Security Corporation1$151,819
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD MEDIA, LLC1$207,000
Attentive Mobile, Inc.1$300,000
BILL Operations LLC1$234,000
BloomReach, Inc.1$196,833

Related job titles

Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning $217,424Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer $191,615Machine Learning Engineer $170,000Senior Machine Learning Engineer $185,000Software Engineer, Machine Learning $186,679Machine Learning Engineer II $159,550Principal 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