2022 Highest Paying Cities for Machine Learning Engineers

The Tech Tribune has partnered with Blind, the web’s most trusted source of pay data from verified professionals, to bring you the cities that offer the highest salary and total compensation in the United States for machine learning engineers. To ensure greater representation/usefulness for readers from all over the country, we have chosen to provide only the highest paying city per each state listed.

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1. Menlo Park, California

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $397,710
  • Median: $343,000
  • 25th percentile: $251,000
  • 75th percentile: $500,000
• Salary:
  • Average: $181,573
  • Median: $181,000
  • 25th percentile: $155,000
  • 75th percentile: $214,000
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2. Seattle, Washington

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $272,939
  • Median: $240,000
  • 25th percentile: $186,500
  • 75th percentile: $323,839
• Salary:
  • Average: $155,545
  • Median: $153,000
  • 25th percentile: $134,500
  • 75th percentile: $170,000
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3. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $217,804
  • Median: $214,000
  • 25th percentile: $158,000
  • 75th percentile: $264,675
• Salary:
  • Average: $152,136
  • Median: $155,000
  • 25th percentile: $125,500
  • 75th percentile: $180,000
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4. New York, New York

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $215,212
  • Median: $200,000
  • 25th percentile: $156,813
  • 75th percentile: $263,813
• Salary:
  • Average: $155,360
  • Median: $157,500
  • 25th percentile: $134,938
  • 75th percentile: $175,000
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5. Austin, Texas

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $188,605
  • Median: $170,000
  • 25th percentile: $123,000
  • 75th percentile: $240,000
• Salary:
  • Average: $132,952
  • Median: $125,000
  • 25th percentile: $112,500
  • 75th percentile: $162,000
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6. Chicago, Illinois

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $171,614
  • Median: $127,500
  • 25th percentile: $120,650
  • 75th percentile: $199,750
• Salary:
  • Average: $125,285
  • Median: $127,500
  • 25th percentile: $117,500
  • 75th percentile: $136,250
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7. Hillsboro, Oregon

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $168,808
  • Median: $173,657
  • 25th percentile: $106,500
  • 75th percentile: $218,313
• Salary:
  • Average: $126,166
  • Median: $130,000
  • 25th percentile: $91,250
  • 75th percentile: $150,000
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8. Washington, D.C.

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $164,388
  • Median: $165,000
  • 25th percentile: $141,250
  • 75th percentile: $195,000
• Salary:
  • Average: $145,277
  • Median: $142,250
  • 25th percentile: $120,000
  • 75th percentile: $172,000
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9. Boston, Massachusetts

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $161,540
  • Median: $150,000
  • 25th percentile: $125,000
  • 75th percentile: $187,500
• Salary:
  • Average: $136,597
  • Median: $139,000
  • 25th percentile: $114,675
  • 75th percentile: $155,250
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10. Denver, Colorado

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $139,500
  • Median: $134,000
  • 25th percentile: $125,000
  • 75th percentile: $155,000
• Salary:
  • Average: $129,166
  • Median: $125,000
  • 25th percentile: $115,000
  • 75th percentile: $144,000
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11. Atlanta, Georgia

• Total Compensation:
  • Average: $124,758
  • Median: $123,500
  • 25th percentile: $101,750
  • 75th percentile: $176,250
• Salary:
  • Average: $110,115
  • Median: $116,000
  • 25th percentile: $96,500
  • 75th percentile: $147,500
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