How Much Do Machine Learning Engineer Jobs Pay in New York? (September 2026)

How pay has moved

Median base salary by the month each role was posted, across current live listings. A monthly snapshot builds a firmer long-run trend over time.

Highest-paying employers

1. #1

   A

   Anthropic

   3 salaried listings in New York

   $425,000

   median
   Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)$500k – $850k·Remote Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Tokens$350k – $500k·New York City, NYML/Research Engineer, Safeguards$350k – $500k·San Francisco, CA
   All Anthropic roles →
2. #2

   SA

   Scale AI

   6 salaried listings in New York

   $298,950

   median
   Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agents - Enterprise GenAI$250k – $350k·San Francisco, CAMachine Learning Systems Research Engineer, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI$250k – $350k·San Francisco, CAStaff Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI$250k – $350k·RemoteSenior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAI$265k – $331k·RemoteSenior Machine Learning Engineer, Agent Oversight$216k – $270k·Remote
   All Scale AI roles →
3. #3

   P

   Plaid

   5 salaried listings in New York

   $272,160

   median
   Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI$249k – $368k·San Francisco HQ, Seattle Office, New York City OfficeData Science Manager - Fraud$216k – $329k·New York City Office, Seattle Office, San Francisco HQSenior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - Fraud$229k – $315k·New York City Office, Seattle Office, San Francisco HQSenior Machine Learning Engineer - Embedded Insights$229k – $315k·New York City Office, Seattle Office, San Francisco HQSenior Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud$229k – $315k·San Francisco HQ, Seattle Office, New York City Office
   All Plaid roles →
4. #4

   TV

   The Voleon Group

   2 salaried listings in New York

   $257,500

   median
   Senior Machine Learning Engineer$290k – $395k·RemoteQuantitative Trader, Voleon Securities$155k – $190k·New York City, NY
   All The Voleon Group roles →
5. #5

   D

   DoorDash

   3 salaried listings in New York

   $251,400

   median
   Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Causal Inference$204k – $299k·San Francisco, CAStaff Machine Learning Scientist, Applied Causal Inference$204k – $299k·San Francisco, CAEngineering Manager, Merchant, AI/ML$194k – $285k·San Francisco, CA
   All DoorDash roles →

Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in New York; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.