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Machine Learning Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Machine Learning Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
120
Median offered wage
$126,880
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$126,880certified 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 San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

2039FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2039FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202224
FY202323
FY202424
FY202539
FY2026*10
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
23
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. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.68
  2. Apple Inc.18
  3. Comma.ai, Inc.5
  4. Adobe Inc.4
  5. Autodesk, Inc.3
  6. HiddenLayer, Inc.2
  7. ReTech Labs, Inc.2
  8. HP Inc.1
  9. Tesla, Inc.1
  10. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated1
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 $126,880; middle half $123,000 to $139,090 · median prevailing wage $121,597 (marker) · 119 applications.

$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
$120k$135k$150k$165k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I7
  2. Level II84
  3. Level III16
  4. Level IV9
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 San Diego is 22.8% 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 San Diego
2.9%
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 San Diego job market

San Diego has 25,458 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 6,098 job titles and 2,718 employers; "Machine Learning Engineer" ranks #24 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Machine Learning Engineer in San Diego
24
Median offered wage in San Diego, all job titles
$125,595
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Diego
  1. Software Engineer902
  2. Senior Software Engineer681
  3. Staff Software Engineer426
  4. Software Developer293
  5. Senior Asics Engineer282
  6. Asics Engineer265
  7. Systems Test Engineer189
  8. Staff Asics Engineer183
  9. Software Development Engineer - Firmware164
  10. Software Development Engineer - Test163
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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