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