Software Engineer vs ML Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Software Engineer
ML Engineer
Median salary
$65,000,097,500
$61,860,561,861
25th percentile
$2,000,025,000
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75th percentile
$NaN
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Top 10% earn above
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$95,000,125,000
Listings with salary
244
282
Remote/hybrid
22%
23%
Top skills: Software Engineer
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Top skills: ML Engineer
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Software Engineer roles pay 5% more than ML Engineer roles at the median.
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