Data Engineer vs ML Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Data Engineer
ML Engineer
Median salary
$80,000,090,000
$70,000,085,000
25th percentile
$6,000,001
$90,100
75th percentile
$80,000,103,700
$80,000,120,000
Top 10% earn above
$80,000,103,700
$125,000,175,000
Listings with salary
11
17
Remote/hybrid
45%
74%
Top skills: Data Engineer
engineeringitsoftwarecloudengineer
Top skills: ML Engineer
software engineeringengineeringdesignsystemsoftware
Data Engineer roles pay 14% more than ML Engineer roles at the median.
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