Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 28 wage applications for Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 11 employers. The median offered wage was $222,840, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO) filed the most (7, median $300,000).

Filings: 28
Positions covered: 490
Employers: 11
Median offered: $222,840
Median prevailing wage: $202,830
Filings since FY2020: 75
Median offer change since FY2022: +14%

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, all employers28 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$222,840Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$184,974 to $281,250Where the middle half of the filings fall

$202,830Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer jobs rose 14%, from $192,941 in fiscal 2022 to $220,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 4.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 18 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 Staff Machine Learning Engineer by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	25	$220,000	+8.6%	$184,974	+4.6%
2025	18	$202,500	+15.1%	$193,967	at the minimum
2024	14	$175,927	−4.3%	$175,927	at the minimum
2023	5	$183,881	−4.7%	$183,310	at the minimum
2022	5	$192,941	+13.6%	$162,510	+18.4%
2021	4	$169,823	+9.9%	$158,788	+7.9%
2020	4	$154,500	n/a	$140,670	+9.8%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Government Employee Insurance Company (GEICO)	7	$300,000	+40.5%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.	5	$180,019	at the minimum
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.	3	$225,680	at the minimum
Zscaler, Inc.	3	$215,000	+23.1%
ServiceNow, Inc.	2	$264,514	at the minimum
Pinterest, Inc.	2	$154,170	at the minimum
Coupang Global LLC	2	$238,358	at the minimum
Xmotors.Ai, Inc.	1	$360,000	+36.1%
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.	1	$184,974	at the minimum
Vapi Inc.	1	$171,621	at the minimum
Uber Technologies, Inc.	1	$300,000	+9.5%

Where Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Santa Clara, CA	9	$200,038	at the minimum
San Jose, CA	6	$247,500	+19.7%
San Diego, CA	2	$184,974	at the minimum
Seattle, WA	2	$188,032	at the minimum
Aldie, VA	1	$261,800	+49.2%
Boulder, CO	1	$225,680	at the minimum
Concord, CA	1	$320,000	+49.9%
Fremont, CA	1	$300,000	+40.5%
Miami, FL	1	$144,477	at the minimum
Mountain View, CA	1	$264,514	at the minimum
San Francisco, CA	1	$171,621	at the minimum
Sunnyvale, CA	1	$300,000	+9.5%
Tracy, CA	1	$300,000	+120.9%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%

Level II, qualified0%

Level III, experienced16%

Level IV, fully competent84%

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.