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Machine Learning Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Machine Learning Engineer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
306
Median offered wage
$172,500
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$172,500certified 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 Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

3671FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3671FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202261
FY202356
FY202449
FY202571
FY2026*69
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
119
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. Adobe Inc.25
  2. Dropbox, Inc.22
  3. DoorDash, Inc.19
  4. Pinterest, Inc.11
  5. Uber Technologies, Inc.10
  6. Nextdoor, Inc.10
  7. Reddit, Inc.9
  8. Castle Global, Inc.9
  9. Airbnb, Inc.8
  10. Cisco Systems, Inc.8
  11. DocuSign Inc.6
  12. Cruise LLC5
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 $172,500; middle half $147,368 to $204,000 · median prevailing wage $147,368 (marker) · 302 applications.

$120k$150k$180k$210k$240k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I40
  2. Level II115
  3. Level III88
  4. Level IV54
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 Francisco is 4.9% above 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 Francisco
7.5%
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 Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Machine Learning Engineer" ranks #18 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Machine Learning Engineer in San Francisco
18
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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