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

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Machine Learning Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 174,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Machine Learning Engineer salary lies between USD 143,100 and USD 264,200 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 300,000
Top 25%
$ 264,200
Median
$ 174,000
Bottom 25%
$ 143,100
Bottom 10%
$ 129,300

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 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 | 70 jobs Python | 57 jobs Engineering | 56 jobs Computer Science | 51 jobs ML models | 44 jobs PyTorch | 36 jobs AWS | 32 jobs TensorFlow | 30 jobs Research | 30 jobs Pipelines | 30 jobs NLP | 28 jobs Architecture | 28 jobs LLMs | 25 jobs Deep Learning | 22 jobs Spark | 20 jobs Testing | 20 jobs GCP | 20 jobs Azure | 20 jobs Statistics | 20 jobs Mathematics | 19 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 | 57 jobs Health care | 34 jobs Equity / stock options | 26 jobs Competitive pay | 21 jobs Flex hours | 20 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Salary bonus | 17 jobs Flex vacation | 16 jobs Team events | 16 jobs Startup environment | 15 jobs Medical leave | 15 jobs Parental leave | 13 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Gear | 2 jobs

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