Machine Learning Engineer III H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).

Employers filed 26 wage applications for Machine Learning Engineer III jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 15 employers. The median offered wage was $138,659, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Snap Inc. filed the most (7, median $132,317).

Filings: 26
Positions covered: 26
Employers: 15
Median offered: $138,659
Median prevailing wage: $131,013
Filings since FY2020: 130
Median offer change since FY2022: +18%

Machine Learning Engineer III, all employers26 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$138,659Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$119,383 to $159,702Where the middle half of the filings fall

$131,013Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Machine Learning Engineer III jobs rose 18%, from $118,967 in fiscal 2022 to $140,779 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 38 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Machine Learning Engineer III by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	20	$140,779	+4.6%	$131,013	at the minimum
2025	38	$134,571	−14.1%	$129,667	at the minimum
2024	26	$156,672	+0.6%	$146,108	+7.8%
2023	17	$155,715	+30.9%	$141,378	+2.0%
2022	23	$118,967	−16.8%	$104,291	at the minimum
2021	3	$143,000	+14.8%	$139,180	+2.7%
2020	3	$124,600	n/a	$83,346	+38.2%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Snap Inc.	7	$132,317	at the minimum
PathAI, Inc.	3	$130,500	+71.8%
RELX, Inc.	2	$118,000	+3.9%
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC	2	$93,434	at the minimum
Chewy, Inc.	2	$195,577	+14.8%
TrueCar, Inc.	1	$155,000	+19.5%
ArcBest II, Inc.	1	$115,500	+0.1%
Apple Inc.	1	$173,992	at the minimum
Box, Inc.	1	$161,637	at the minimum
Truveta, Inc.	1	$145,000	+5.6%
ZoomInfo Technologies, LLC	1	$175,000	+25.4%
ACV Auctions Inc.	1	$81,307	at the minimum
Keysight Technologies, Inc.	1	$92,830	at the minimum
Riot Games, Inc.	1	$158,808	at the minimum
Bose Corporation	1	$160,000	+0.5%

Where Machine Learning Engineer III jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Bellevue, WA	6	$149,240	+2.8%
Los Angeles, CA	2	$156,904	+9.8%
Newark, DE	2	$93,434	at the minimum
Palo Alto, CA	2	$127,924	at the minimum
Apex, NC	1	$118,000	+3.9%
Austin, TX	1	$180,000	+124.8%
Buffalo, NY	1	$81,307	at the minimum
Cupertino, CA	1	$173,992	at the minimum
Fairview, NJ	1	$160,000	+0.5%
Fort Smith, AR	1	$115,500	+0.1%
Fresno, CA	1	$130,500	+3.2%
Jersey City, NJ	1	$175,000	+25.4%
New York, NY	1	$132,317	at the minimum
Raleigh, NC	1	$118,000	+3.9%
Redwood City, CA	1	$161,637	at the minimum
San Diego, CA	1	$130,500	+71.8%
Santa Monica, CA	1	$158,808	at the minimum
Santa Rosa, CA	1	$92,830	at the minimum

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry17%

Level II, qualified57%

Level III, experienced13%

Level IV, fully competent13%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.