Salary for Senior-level / Expert MLOps Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert MLOps Engineer during 2025 is USD 172,875

✏️ This salary info is based on 42 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert MLOps Engineer salary lies between USD 140,920 and USD 220,680 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
42
Top 10%
$ 249,100
Top 25%
$ 220,680
Median
$ 172,875
Bottom 25%
$ 140,920
Bottom 10%
$ 108,000

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 Senior-level / Expert MLOps Engineer roles

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

Machine Learning | 82 jobs MLOps | 82 jobs Python | 70 jobs Pipelines | 68 jobs Engineering | 67 jobs CI/CD | 61 jobs Kubernetes | 55 jobs ML models | 52 jobs Computer Science | 48 jobs AWS | 45 jobs Docker | 43 jobs Security | 42 jobs Azure | 40 jobs DevOps | 40 jobs MLFlow | 39 jobs GCP | 35 jobs TensorFlow | 33 jobs Testing | 32 jobs Spark | 30 jobs Architecture | 29 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 | 65 jobs Health care | 30 jobs Flex hours | 23 jobs Competitive pay | 22 jobs Flex vacation | 21 jobs Equity / stock options | 18 jobs Startup environment | 17 jobs Salary bonus | 16 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Wellness | 12 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Travel | 2 jobs

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