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Staff Machine Learning Engineer in Palo Alto, CA

Job title · Palo Alto, California

Job title as filed
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
City
Palo Alto, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
31
Median offered wage
$230,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$230,000certified 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 "Staff Machine Learning Engineer" and a worksite in Palo Alto.

Applications by fiscal year

510FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
510FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20238
FY202410
FY20259
FY2026*4
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
13
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. ActiveHours, Inc.4
  3. Tesla, Inc.3
  4. Hippocratic AI, Inc2
  5. Twitter, Inc.2
  6. Rivian and VW Group Technology, LLC1
  7. Globality, Inc.1
  8. Luminar Technologies, Inc.1
  9. Luminar Technologies, Inc.1
  10. Woven by Toyota, U.S., Inc.1
  11. Rivian Automotive, LLC1
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 $230,000; middle half $189,831 to $254,400 · median prevailing wage $192,941 (marker) · 31 applications.

$180k$205k$230k$255k$280k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II5
  2. Level III15
  3. Level IV11
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 "Staff Machine Learning Engineer" appears on 379 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 130 employers for worksites in 68 cities; the median offered wage is $207,000, so the median in Palo Alto is 11.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
379
Employers nationwide
130
Cities with filings
68
National median offered wage
$207,000
Share of national filings in Palo Alto
8.2%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Machine Learning Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA48
  2. San Diego, CA45
  3. Mountain View, CA36
  4. Santa Clara, CA34
  5. Palo Alto, CA31
  6. Seattle, WA24
  7. San Jose, CA18
  8. New York City, NY16
  9. Bellevue, WA10
  10. Austin, TX10
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; "Staff Machine Learning Engineer" ranks #68 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Palo Alto, all job titles
16,821
Job titles filed
4,724
Rank of Staff Machine Learning Engineer in Palo Alto
68
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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