Machine learning engineer salary in New York, NY
Employers in the New York metro offered machine learning engineers a median of $169,541 a year on approved H-1B applications. That is 4.9% below the US median for machine learning engineers, and 5.4% above offers to software engineers in New York.
Median offer
$169,541
US median offer: $178,350
The middle half
$140,000 – $200,000
25th to 75th percentile
After cost of living
$150,620
New York prices: 12.6% above US average
Open machine learning engineer jobs
168
In New York, from over 100 companies
Pay range
The top 10% of machine learning engineer offers in New York were above $245,000 a year. The bottom 10% were below $112,000.
10th percentile $112,000, 25th $140,000, 75th $200,000, 90th $245,000.
10th percentile $113,000, 25th $142,105, 75th $220,000, 90th $264,514.
10th percentile $101,690, 25th $130,650, 75th $205,970, 90th $224,590.
Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Box: the middle half (25th to 75th). Dark mark: the median. Machine learning engineers: salaries offered on H-1B applications. All software engineers: salaries paid, from the BLS.
How far the pay goes in New York
Prices in New York are 12.6% above the US average, which makes the median offer worth $150,620 in US-average dollars. Housing costs 48.6% more than the US average.
Black line: US average = 100. Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024.
Machine learning engineers and other engineering jobs in New York
Median salary offered on approved H-1B applications in the New York metro, for every engineering job type with at least 30 applications.
| Job | Applications | Median offer |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering managers | 1,046 | $175,609 |
| Machine learning engineers | 269 | $169,541 |
| Site reliability engineers | 74 | $167,418 |
| AI engineers | 181 | $161,000 |
| All software engineers | 9,353 | $160,805 |
| Infrastructure engineers | 89 | $160,600 |
| Android engineers | 33 | $157,128 |
| Platform engineers | 50 | $154,487 |
| Forward deployed engineers | 117 | $150,000 |
| Frontend engineers | 82 | $150,000 |
| Data engineers | 649 | $135,000 |
| Cloud engineers | 75 | $132,000 |
| DevOps engineers | 139 | $131,997 |
| Support engineers | 111 | $128,960 |
All software engineers: every application filed under the BLS software developer job code, whatever its title. Backend and full-stack engineers: left out, since a plain "Software Engineer" title counts as both.
Experience level of these offers
From October 2025 to June 2026, the Department of Labor approved 269 H-1B applications for machine learning engineers in the New York metro, from 153 employers. Level II and Level III offers were the most common.
Applications
269
Employers
153
Most experienced (Level IV)
27.1%
Applications by wage level
- Level I (entry): 24
- Level II: 79
- Level III: 81
- Level IV (most experienced): 73
- Not stated: 12
These are salaries offered on approved applications, not salaries paid. Each application lists only its main work site.
168 open machine learning engineer jobs in New York right now
From over 100 companies. 11 were posted in the past week.
What counts as a machine learning engineer
The BLS has no machine learning engineer category, so these figures come from job titles. An H-1B application or a job on hiredaemon counts as a machine learning engineer job when its title names machine learning work, such as "Machine Learning Engineer", "ML Engineer" or "MLOps Engineer". AI engineers are counted separately.
Sources and notes
- Machine learning engineer offers: US Department of Labor, H-1B application data, October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Approved H-1B applications whose job title names machine learning work and whose work site is in one of the metro area's 22 counties.
- Software engineer pay: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (published May 15, 2026), New York-Newark-Jersey City metro.
- Cost of living: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Open jobs: counted on hiredaemon as this page loads.