How Much Do Remote MLOps Jobs Pay? (November 2026)
As of November 2026, the median MLOps salary for remote roles is $205,000 a year. Most roles pay between $164,695 and $276,570 (the 10th–90th percentile), drawn from 29 live salaried listings across 22 companies. All figures are converted to annual US dollars so different sources compare like-for-like.
How pay has moved
Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.
Highest-paying employers
- Senior Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer, Ads ML PlatformStaff Machine Learning Systems EngineerSenior Machine Learning Systems EngineerAll Reddit roles →
- Lead Machine Learning Engineer - ML Infrastructure Lead Machine Learning Engineer - ML InfrastructureAll Samsara roles →
- Senior Software Engineer II - LLM Observability Software Engineer I - LLM Observability Software Engineer I - LLM ObservabilityAll Honeycomb.io roles →
- Principal Engineer, Data & ML InfrastructureSenior Engineer, ML Data ServicesMachine Learning Systems EngineerAll Motional roles →
Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings for remote roles; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.
Methodology: MLOps listings for remote roles with a published salary, updated daily. Figures come from roles that are open right now. Ranges and single figures are converted to an annual US-dollar midpoint; hourly rates are annualised and out-of-band values dropped. Salary data is self-reported by employers and covers the roles that disclose pay — treat it as a directional guide, not a guarantee.