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Machine Learning Engineer in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Machine Learning Engineer
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
75
Median offered wage
$160,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$160,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Machine Learning Engineer" and a worksite in Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

1122FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1122FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY202313
FY202418
FY202522
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
34
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Pinterest, Inc.12
  2. Nexusflow.ai Inc.6
  3. Vmware, Inc.4
  4. Tesla, Inc.4
  5. Varian Medical Systems, Inc.3
  6. Matonee Inc.3
  7. HP Inc.3
  8. Valar Labs, Inc.3
  9. ActiveHours, Inc.3
  10. TensorOpera, Inc.3
  11. Windborne Systems Inc.3
  12. Arc Research Institute2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $160,000; middle half $140,067 to $184,831 · median prevailing wage $146,307 (marker) · 75 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I24
  2. Level II34
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Machine Learning Engineer" appears on 4,074 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 966 employers for worksites in 365 cities; the median offered wage is $164,403, so the median in Palo Alto is 2.7% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,074
Employers nationwide
966
Cities with filings
365
National median offered wage
$164,403
Share of national filings in Palo Alto
1.8%
Cities with the most applications for Machine Learning Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA615
  2. Cupertino, CA406
  3. Seattle, WA307
  4. San Francisco, CA306
  5. New York City, NY300
  6. Sunnyvale, CA223
  7. Bellevue, WA150
  8. San Diego, CA120
  9. Mountain View, CA97
  10. Menlo Park, CA94
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Palo Alto job market

Palo Alto has 16,821 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 4,724 job titles and 1,179 employers; "Machine Learning Engineer" ranks #23 by applications, with 0.4% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Machine Learning Engineer in Palo Alto
23
Median offered wage in Palo Alto, all job titles
$173,925
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Palo Alto
  1. Software Engineer898
  2. Member of Technical Staff440
  3. Senior Software Engineer419
  4. Software Development Engineer II360
  5. Applied Scientist II205
  6. Senior Developer181
  7. R&D Engineer Software181
  8. Senior Member of Technical Staff170
  9. Staff Software Engineer161
  10. SR. Software Engineer156
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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