Staff Machine Learning Engineer H-1B Salary by Company

117 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Staff Machine Learning Engineer" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Software Developers, Data Scientists, Computer and Information Research Scientists.

$228,400Median salary

$196,83325th percentile

$260,00075th percentile

117Filings

Top-paying companies for Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Uber Technologies	4	$270,150	$260,125 – $271,800
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)	6	$260,000	$245,000 – $260,000
Unity Technologies SF	5	$245,000	$245,000 – $265,000
PayPal	12	$237,500	$219,823 – $241,250
ServiceNow	4	$221,747	$218,229 – $233,570
Coupang Global	8	$219,170	$204,329 – $264,636
Pinterest	7	$212,202	$204,558 – $264,514
Snap	3	$169,541	$169,541 – $169,541
Qualcomm Technologies	9	$158,400	$158,400 – $158,400
Palo Alto Networks	3	$104,500	$100,008 – $132,614

Companies filing the most Staff Machine Learning Engineer H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
PayPal	12	$237,500	$219,823 – $241,250
Qualcomm Technologies	9	$158,400	$158,400 – $158,400
Coupang Global	8	$219,170	$204,329 – $264,636
Pinterest	7	$212,202	$204,558 – $264,514
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)	6	$260,000	$245,000 – $260,000
Unity Technologies SF	5	$245,000	$245,000 – $265,000
ServiceNow	4	$221,747	$218,229 – $233,570
Uber Technologies	4	$270,150	$260,125 – $271,800
Palo Alto Networks	3	$104,500	$100,008 – $132,614
Snap	3	$169,541	$169,541 – $169,541
Aetna Resources	2	$179,204	$178,378 – $180,030
Airbnb	2	$204,000	$204,000 – $204,000
Home Depot Management Company	2	$182,415	$181,508 – $183,322
Reddit	2	$300,000	$300,000 – $300,000
Reka AI	2	$327,500	$306,250 – $348,750

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
San Jose, CA	11	$239,500
New York, NY	11	$220,000
Santa Clara, CA	10	$238,069
Mountain View, CA	10	$264,514
San Francisco, CA	9	$245,000
Seattle, WA	9	$204,000
San Diego, CA	9	$158,400
Palo Alto, CA	5	$260,000
Bellevue, WA	5	$260,000
Sunnyvale, CA	4	$270,150
New York City, NY	3	$240,000
San Mateo, CA	3	$285,000
Kirkland, WA	2	$233,601
Boston, MA	2	$212,950
Plano, TX	2	$100,008

Wage levels

Level I1% · 1

Level II8% · 8

Level III34% · 34

Level IV57% · 57

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).