Machine Learning Engineer II H-1B Salary

324 certified H-1B filings list the job title Machine Learning Engineer II (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $159,550; the middle half of filings fall between $137,812 and $177,250. The largest sponsor for this title is Pinterest, Inc. (152 filings).

324
certified filings
$159,550
Median base salary
$137,812
25th pct
$177,250
75th pct
$187,741
90th pct
$118,414
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$118,414$159,550 median$187,741

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202691$172,000
FY202590$148,699
FY202492$159,381
FY202351$153,470

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Francisco, CA44$174,652
Palo Alto, CA34$172,931
New York, NY23$169,540
Seattle, WA21$155,418
San Jose, CA14$145,000
Austin, TX9$114,754
Redwood City, CA9$185,000
Sunnyvale, CA9$172,931
Bellevue, WA8$142,354
Boston, MA8$149,052
Ann Arbor, MI6$168,500
Jersey City, NJ6$150,000
Santa Clara, CA6$152,900
Mountain View, CA5$163,520
Cambridge, MA4$136,844
Irvine, CA4$148,699
San Mateo, CA4$143,300
Pittsburgh, PA3$123,000
Shoreline, WA3$128,502
Arlington, VA2$127,557

Machine Learning Engineer II salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Pinterest, Inc.152$166,702
SPOTIFY USA, INC.15$185,000
Moloco, Inc.11$185,000
TORC Robotics, Inc.11$174,591
PayPal, Inc.10$136,498
Chewy, Inc.7$153,450
HP Inc.6$137,770
Centene Management Company, LLC5$116,277
BILL Operations LLC4$168,000
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)4$175,000
KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.4$110,240
Navy Federal Credit Union4$151,250
PathAI, Inc.4$136,656
Riot Games, Inc.4$185,318
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC4$150,750
Cognitiv Corp3$172,000
SimpliSafe, Inc.3$145,800
Yahoo Holdings Inc.3$139,131
Adobe Inc.2$154,970
Bastian Solutions LLC2$118,500
Grubhub Holdings Inc.2$191,000
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States2$160,250
Overjet, Inc.2$160,000
Rivian Automotive, LLC2$151,760
Scribd, Inc.2$197,500
TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.2$112,928
Zima International, Inc.2$144,375
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.1$170,000
Albert Invent Corp1$186,564
Amazon.com Services LLC1$184,662
Atlas AI P.B.C.1$140,109
Attri Inc.1$95,000
BigCommerce, Inc.1$153,470
Bombora, Inc.1$145,860
Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Inc.1$123,000
Capital Group Companies Global1$241,424
Chegg, Inc.1$161,204
Coalition, Inc.1$147,339
Corteva Agriscience LLC1$105,560
EDGIO, INC.1$163,534
Egencia LLC1$119,558
eShares, Inc.1$175,000
Etsy, Inc.1$190,000
EvenUp Inc.1$190,000
Extuitive, Inc.1$154,606
Gatik AI Inc.1$160,000
Gentuity, LLC1$132,000
Get Real Labs, Inc.1$160,000
Greenlight Financial Technology, Inc.1$180,500
Harbinger Health, Inc.1$145,000

Related job titles

Machine Learning Engineer $170,000Senior Machine Learning Engineer $185,000Software Engineer, Machine Learning $186,679Staff Machine Learning Engineer $210,183Principal Machine Learning Engineer $215,197Machine Learning Research Engineer $186,956Machine Learning Engineer I $140,199Machine Learning Engineer III $155,732Lead Machine Learning Engineer $193,290Machine Learning Software Engineer $154,040

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer