ML Engineer vs Data Scientist
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
ML Engineer
Data Scientist
Median salary
$70,000,085,000
$88,450,115,000
25th percentile
$90,100
$800,001
75th percentile
$80,000,120,000
$90,000,110,000
Top 10% earn above
$125,000,175,000
$90,000,110,000
Listings with salary
17
4
Remote/hybrid
74%
100%
Top skills: ML Engineer
software engineeringengineeringdesignsystemsoftware
Top skills: Data Scientist
data science & analyticstechnicalleadpythoncloud
Data Scientist roles pay 26% more than ML Engineer roles at the median.
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