Salary for Senior-level / Expert MLOps Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert MLOps Engineer during 2025 is USD 162,517

✏️ This salary info is based on 64 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert MLOps Engineer salary lies between USD 135,445 and USD 215,000 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
MLOps Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
64
Top 10%
$ 243,400
Top 25%
$ 215,000
Median
$ 162,517
Bottom 25%
$ 135,445
Bottom 10%
$ 106,500

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 Senior-level / Expert MLOps Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert MLOps Engineer job listings are MLOps, Machine Learning and Python. 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:

MLOps | 180 jobs Machine Learning | 175 jobs Python | 152 jobs Pipelines | 150 jobs Engineering | 146 jobs CI/CD | 133 jobs Kubernetes | 117 jobs AWS | 115 jobs ML models | 102 jobs Docker | 101 jobs DevOps | 93 jobs Azure | 87 jobs MLFlow | 87 jobs Computer Science | 86 jobs GCP | 75 jobs Security | 74 jobs Architecture | 72 jobs Testing | 68 jobs Terraform | 64 jobs TensorFlow | 61 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert MLOps Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert MLOps Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 135 jobs Health care | 55 jobs Flex hours | 45 jobs Startup environment | 45 jobs Competitive pay | 43 jobs Flex vacation | 34 jobs Team events | 28 jobs Equity / stock options | 27 jobs Salary bonus | 24 jobs Wellness | 21 jobs Transparency | 18 jobs Insurance | 18 jobs Parental leave | 16 jobs Medical leave | 12 jobs Gear | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 7 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Fitness / gym | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 6 jobs

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