ML Engineer 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 ML Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 21 employers. The median offered wage was $103,387, 5.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Info Services, LLC filed the most (4, median $86,965).
- Filings
- 26
- Positions covered
- 24
- Employers
- 21
- Median offered
- $103,387
- Median prevailing wage
- $94,692
- Filings since FY2020
- 81
- Median offer change since FY2021
- +14%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for ML Engineer jobs rose 14%, from $94,000 in fiscal 2021 to $106,954 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 4.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 26 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.
ML Engineer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 24 | $106,954 | −8.8% | $97,823 | +4.2% |
| 2025 | 26 | $117,291 | −8.5% | $107,682 | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 8 | $128,240 | +23.3% | $114,681 | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 7 | $104,000 | −28.3% | $102,690 | +22.1% |
| 2022 | 7 | $145,000 | +54.3% | $139,922 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 8 | $94,000 | n/a | $80,704 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Info Services, LLC | 4 | $86,965 | +5.4% | |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | 2 | $95,639 | +30.6% | |
| Signitives Technologies LLC | 1 | $95,000 | +22.7% | |
| Solventum Health Information Systems, Inc. | 1 | $186,040 | +2.9% | |
| AR Infotek Solutions LLC | 1 | $114,754 | at the minimum | |
| Stripe, LLC | 1 | $171,621 | at the minimum | |
| Fetch Rewards, Inc. | 1 | $153,000 | +106.0% | |
| Acnovate Corporation | 1 | $84,718 | at the minimum | |
| Sun-IT Solutions Inc. | 1 | $92,040 | at the minimum | |
| Kashvida inc | 1 | $113,000 | +0.5% | |
| CarParts.com, Inc. | 1 | $120,000 | +18.0% | |
| Quest IT Solutions Inc | 1 | $98,301 | at the minimum | |
| Reacredence IT Solutions Inc. | 1 | $90,000 | +10.2% | |
| Cleversmiths Inc | 1 | $91,811 | at the minimum | |
| Fusemachines Inc | 1 | $73,632 | at the minimum | |
| Flyhigh Staffing LLC | 1 | $106,059 | at the minimum | |
| Financial Insight Technology Inc. | 1 | $140,000 | +30.2% | |
Showing the 17 employers with the most filings of 21. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where ML Engineer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State College, PA | 3 | $86,965 | +5.4% | |
| Beverly Hills, CA | 2 | n/a | ||
| Cincinnati, OH | 2 | $95,639 | +30.6% | |
| Anna, TX | 1 | $92,040 | at the minimum | |
| Bellevue, WA | 1 | $150,000 | +27.4% | |
| Boston, MA | 1 | $140,000 | +30.2% | |
| Charlotte, NC | 1 | $113,000 | +0.5% | |
| Chicago, IL | 1 | $153,000 | +106.0% | |
| Georgetown, TX | 1 | $114,754 | at the minimum | |
| Greensboro, NC | 1 | $84,718 | at the minimum | |
| Huntersville, NC | 1 | $90,000 | +10.2% | |
| Lancaster, PA | 1 | $91,811 | at the minimum | |
| Livonia, MI | 1 | $86,965 | at the minimum | |
| Long Beach, CA | 1 | $120,000 | +18.0% | |
| Malvern, PA | 1 | $106,059 | at the minimum | |
| Mercer Island, WA | 1 | $186,040 | +2.9% | |
| Oxford, MS | 1 | $73,632 | at the minimum | |
| Plano, TX | 1 | $95,000 | +22.7% | |
| Raritan, NJ | 1 | $98,301 | at the minimum | |
| San Mateo, CA | 1 | $197,600 | +22.2% | |
| South San Francisco, CA | 1 | $171,621 | at the minimum | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 1 | $201,573 | +7.4% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
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.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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