Senior ML Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 27 wage applications for Senior ML Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 15 employers. The median offered wage was $134,479, 13.9% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Visa Technology & Operations LLC filed the most (9, median $130,700).

Filings: 27
Positions covered: 26
Employers: 15
Median offered: $134,479
Median prevailing wage: $121,753
Filings since FY2020: 111
Median offer change since FY2020: −24%

Senior ML Engineer, all employers27 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$134,479Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$130,700 to $165,809Where the middle half of the filings fall

$121,753Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior ML Engineer jobs fell 24%, from $172,000 in fiscal 2020 to $130,700 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 24 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.

Senior ML Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	22	$130,700	−13.8%	$116,948	+13.9%
2025	21	$151,694	−22.2%	$141,637	+8.6%
2024	14	$195,000	+1.2%	$132,413	+25.0%
2023	8	$192,625	+3.0%	$157,779	+25.1%
2022	24	$186,940	−2.2%	$142,823	+29.4%
2021	13	$191,230	+11.2%	$156,292	+21.5%
2020	9	$172,000	n/a	$156,749	+8.5%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Visa Technology & Operations LLC	9	$130,700	+13.9%
Visa U.S.A. Inc.	3	$130,700	+30.3%
Klaviyo, Inc.	2	$202,346	+3.9%
RapidFire AI, Inc.	1	$180,710	at the minimum
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	1	$128,287	+160.7%
Relativity ODA LLC	1	$167,200	+6.5%
Trulogik Inc	1	$152,000	+0.6%
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC	1	$147,500	+0.8%
PayPal, Inc.	1	$220,000	+26.2%
Intellisoft Technologies, Inc.	1	$113,000	+2.9%
Uber Technologies, Inc.	1	$224,100	+18.2%
TORC Robotics, Inc.	1	$211,078	+17.2%

Showing the 12 employers with the most filings of 15. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior ML Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Austin, TX	10	$130,700	+15.0%
Foster City, CA	2	$153,419	+4.2%
Miami, FL	2	$138,258	at the minimum
Ashburn, VA	1	$211,078	+17.2%
Boca Raton, FL	1	$125,000	+4.9%
Catonsville, MD	1	$152,000	+0.6%
Cincinnati, OH	1	$128,287	+160.7%
Columbus, OH	1	$141,981	+14.2%
Irving, TX	1	$167,200	+6.5%
Kirkland, WA	1	$180,710	at the minimum
Malvern, PA	1	$113,000	+2.9%
New York, NY	1	$224,100	+18.2%
Palo Alto, CA	1	$202,346	at the minimum
San Diego, CA	1	$147,500	+0.8%
San Francisco, CA	1	$202,346	+7.9%
San Jose, CA	1	$220,000	+26.2%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry4%

Level II, qualified56%

Level III, experienced24%

Level IV, fully competent16%

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.