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Senior Machine Learning Engineer in San Diego, CA

Job title · San Diego, California

Job title as filed
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
City
San Diego, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
128
Median offered wage
$133,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$133,000certified 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 "Senior Machine Learning Engineer" and a worksite in San Diego.

Applications by fiscal year

2142FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2142FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202218
FY202342
FY202433
FY202527
FY2026*8
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
12
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.115
  2. Qualcomm Innovation Center Inc.2
  3. GoFundMe, Inc.2
  4. Meghaz Inc.1
  5. ResMed Corp.1
  6. Costar Realty Information, Inc.1
  7. Tapad, Inc.1
  8. Qualcomm Incorporated1
  9. QuantumScape Battery, Inc.1
  10. Xmotors.Ai, Inc.1
  11. Mitchell International Inc.1
  12. Theai, Inc.1
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 $133,000; middle half $133,000 to $133,200 · median prevailing wage $121,597 (marker) · 125 applications.

$120k$130k$140k$150k$160k
$120k$130k$140k$150k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II120
  2. Level III4
  3. Level IV3
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 "Senior Machine Learning Engineer" appears on 1,338 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 436 employers for worksites in 205 cities; the median offered wage is $185,000, so the median in San Diego is 28.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,338
Employers nationwide
436
Cities with filings
205
National median offered wage
$185,000
Share of national filings in San Diego
9.6%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Machine Learning Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA163
  2. San Diego, CA128
  3. New York City, NY103
  4. Santa Clara, CA72
  5. Seattle, WA69
  6. San Jose, CA64
  7. San Mateo, CA47
  8. Mountain View, CA44
  9. Sunnyvale, CA44
  10. Palo Alto, CA41
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; "Senior Machine Learning Engineer" ranks #21 by applications, with 0.5% of them.

Applications in San Diego, all job titles
25,458
Job titles filed
6,098
Rank of Senior Machine Learning Engineer in San Diego
21
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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