ML Engineer vs Backend Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
ML Engineer
Backend Engineer
Median salary
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$800,000
25th percentile
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75th percentile
$75,000,100,000
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Top 10% earn above
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Listings with salary
277
330
Remote/hybrid
22%
25%
Top skills: ML Engineer
machine-learning-engineeringsoftware engineeringmachine-learning-engineersenior-machine-learning-engineerdata-science
Top skills: Backend Engineer
backend-developmentsoftware-engineeringsenior-backend-engineersenior-backend-software-engineerbackend-engineering
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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