Backend Engineer vs ML Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Backend Engineer
ML Engineer
Median salary
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25th percentile
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$70,000,085,000
75th percentile
$62,000,149,500
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Top 10% earn above
$6,300,000
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Listings with salary
165
125
Remote/hybrid
21%
18%
Top skills: Backend Engineer
pythongojavapostgresqlsoftware-engineering
Top skills: ML Engineer
software engineeringmachine-learning-engineeringengineeringml-infrastructure-engineeringsenior-software-engineer
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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