Salary for Entry-level / Junior Machine Learning Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Machine Learning Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 167,520

✏️ This salary info is based on 38 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Machine Learning Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 218,540 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Machine Learning Engineer
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
38
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 218,540
Median
$ 167,520
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 90,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Machine Learning Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Machine Learning Engineer job listings are Machine Learning, Python and Engineering. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Machine Learning | 198 jobs Python | 139 jobs Engineering | 119 jobs Computer Science | 108 jobs Research | 79 jobs PyTorch | 77 jobs ML models | 72 jobs TensorFlow | 68 jobs LLMs | 59 jobs Pipelines | 57 jobs PhD | 56 jobs Deep Learning | 53 jobs NLP | 51 jobs Statistics | 48 jobs AWS | 44 jobs Mathematics | 43 jobs Docker | 40 jobs SQL | 38 jobs Testing | 38 jobs Computer Vision | 36 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Machine Learning Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Machine Learning Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Startup environment. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 147 jobs Health care | 49 jobs Startup environment | 46 jobs Team events | 44 jobs Flex hours | 36 jobs Equity / stock options | 28 jobs Competitive pay | 23 jobs Salary bonus | 20 jobs Conferences | 16 jobs Relocation support | 13 jobs Flex vacation | 12 jobs Wellness | 12 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs Medical leave | 12 jobs Insurance | 10 jobs Lunch / meals | 7 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs

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