ML Engineer vs Software Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
ML Engineer
Software Engineer
Median salary
$60,085
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25th percentile
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$78,000,117,000
75th percentile
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Top 10% earn above
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$4,500,045,000
Listings with salary
286
240
Remote/hybrid
22%
21%
Top skills: ML Engineer
machine-learning-engineeringsoftware engineeringsenior-machine-learning-engineerdata-sciencesoftware-engineering
Top skills: Software Engineer
software-engineeringsoftware-engineerbackend-engineersoftware engineeringsoftware-engineer-(ai)
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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