Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Machine Learning Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Machine Learning Engineer during 2025 is USD 166,800

✏️ This salary info is based on 621 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Machine Learning Engineer salary lies between USD 129,300 and USD 223,600 globally. 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
621
Top 10%
$ 299,300
Top 25%
$ 223,600
Median
$ 166,800
Bottom 25%
$ 129,300
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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 Mid-level / Intermediate Machine Learning Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 668 jobs Python | 558 jobs Engineering | 521 jobs ML models | 413 jobs Computer Science | 395 jobs Pipelines | 360 jobs PyTorch | 359 jobs AWS | 310 jobs Research | 295 jobs TensorFlow | 277 jobs Architecture | 236 jobs Deep Learning | 235 jobs LLMs | 230 jobs Statistics | 216 jobs NLP | 213 jobs Testing | 203 jobs GCP | 188 jobs SQL | 182 jobs MLOps | 180 jobs Azure | 177 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Machine Learning Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Machine Learning Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 523 jobs Health care | 244 jobs Equity / stock options | 204 jobs Flex hours | 152 jobs Competitive pay | 136 jobs Startup environment | 134 jobs Medical leave | 108 jobs Parental leave | 107 jobs Flex vacation | 107 jobs Insurance | 101 jobs Team events | 99 jobs Salary bonus | 97 jobs 401(k) matching | 53 jobs Wellness | 51 jobs Conferences | 39 jobs Transparency | 31 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 24 jobs Home office stipend | 23 jobs Gear | 19 jobs

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