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
$54,000,108,000
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75th percentile
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Top 10% earn above
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$75,000,150,000
Listings with salary
329
299
Remote/hybrid
23%
24%
Top skills: Backend Engineer
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Top skills: ML Engineer
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Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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