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Machine Learning Research Engineer Salary

How much does a machine learning research engineer make? Real compensation data updated January 2026.

$193,535
Average Min
$296,730
Average Max
$315,000
Median Salary
Entry level: $235,000
Senior level: $315,000
Top earners: $332,012

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Related Machine Learning Research Engineer Job Titles

Similar roles and their compensation ranges.

1

Machine Learning Research Engineer

2 open positions

$127,500 - $230,000
salary range

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Top Paying Companies for Machine Learning Research Engineers

Companies offering the highest machine learning research engineer salaries based on their job listings.

1

Pinterest

2 machine learning research engineer jobs

$201,343 - $385,233
salary range
2

Scale AI

9 machine learning research engineer jobs

$207,200 - $300,417
salary range
3

Roboflow

1 machine learning research engineer jobs

$180,000 - $235,000
salary range
4

Robinhood

1 machine learning research engineer jobs

$187,000 - $220,000
salary range
5

OXMAN

1 machine learning research engineer jobs

$75,000 - $225,000
salary range

Machine Learning Research Engineer Salary by Region

Compare machine learning research engineer compensation across different geographic regions.

North America

12 jobs

$204,540 - $307,851
salary range

Worldwide

2 jobs

$127,500 - $230,000
salary range

Machine Learning Research Engineer Salary by Industry

How machine learning research engineer salaries vary across different industries.

Engineering

11 jobs

$192,709 - $287,614
salary range

Data

3 jobs

$196,562 - $330,155
salary range

Recent Machine Learning Research Engineer Jobs with Salary

Latest machine learning research engineer job postings with published compensation.

Machine Learning Research Engineer

OXMAN • New York City, NY

$75,000 - $225,000

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, AI Research and Development

Robinhood • Bellevue, WA; Menlo Park, CA

$187,000 - $220,000

Machine Learning Research Scientist / Research Engineer, Post-Training

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY

$252,000 - $315,000

Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA; New York, NY

$180,600 - $315,000

Machine Learning Systems Research Engineer, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA; New York, NY

$180,600 - $315,000

Machine Learning Research Engineer, Enterprise ML Systems

Scale AI • San Francisco, CA; New York, NY

$180,600 - $225,750
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Real Job Data

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