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 172,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 304 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Machine Learning Engineer salary lies between USD 137,100 and USD 237,500 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
- 304
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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 | 316 jobs Python | 265 jobs Engineering | 242 jobs Computer Science | 199 jobs ML models | 197 jobs PyTorch | 176 jobs Pipelines | 164 jobs Research | 148 jobs AWS | 144 jobs TensorFlow | 135 jobs Architecture | 114 jobs Deep Learning | 113 jobs NLP | 111 jobs Statistics | 109 jobs LLMs | 108 jobs Testing | 90 jobs Scikit-learn | 87 jobs SQL | 87 jobs Azure | 87 jobs GCP | 86 jobsTop 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 | 251 jobs Health care | 121 jobs Equity / stock options | 111 jobs Flex hours | 71 jobs Competitive pay | 67 jobs Startup environment | 64 jobs Parental leave | 62 jobs Medical leave | 55 jobs Insurance | 55 jobs Team events | 54 jobs Flex vacation | 50 jobs Salary bonus | 48 jobs 401(k) matching | 27 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs Transparency | 22 jobs Relocation support | 17 jobs Home office stipend | 15 jobs Conferences | 14 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 12 jobs Fitness / gym | 11 jobsRelated salaries
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