August 2026 data

Machine Learning startup salary data

As of August 2026, the median advertised pay for Machine Learning startup roles is $148k across 58 Hacker News “Who is Hiring” listings.

Based on advertised pay in 58 Machine Learning listings from Hacker News “Who is Hiring”. Sample size is shown so you know how much weight to give the number.

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Market Signal (August 2026)

Top Hirers: Baton leads hiring for Machine Learning roles with 3 active posts, followed by SightlineOS.

🌍 Location & Remote Dynamics

Onsite Premium: Onsite Machine Learning roles offer a 20% higher median salary ($150,000) than remote alternatives.

💡 Tech Stack Context

Common Stack: 41% of Machine Learning jobs also require Artificial Intelligence, and 26% mention Python.

💰 Compensation Analysis

Median advertised base pay for Machine Learning roles is $147,500, with top-tier advertised ranges (P75) reaching $162,000.

Machine Learning salary FAQ

What is the median advertised pay for Machine Learning roles at startups?

Median advertised pay for Machine Learning roles is $148k, based on 58 Hacker News 'Who is Hiring' listings as of August 2026.

What is the salary range for Machine Learning roles?

Machine Learning roles run from $110k (25th percentile) to $162k (75th percentile), with top listings reaching $300k.

Do remote Machine Learning jobs pay more than onsite?

Remote Machine Learning roles show a median of $129k versus $150k onsite in this dataset.

Machine Learning jobs (58 total)

COMPANY	ROLE	SALARY	VIBE	STACK	Actions
Capturely	Founding Engineer	$300,000 - $360,000	[F] grind	Python Machine Learning Cv +1	HN Apply
Roblox	Platform and Inference Engineers	$277,000 - $397,000	[E] stable	Machine Learning	HN Apply
Reddit	Staff MLE	$230,000 - $322,000	[E] grind	Machine Learning Engineering Knowledge Graph +2	HN Apply
ELDRICK.com	Founding AI Engineer	$200,000 +	[F] grind	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning LLM	HN Apply
Baton	Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Machine Learning (Technical Lead) / Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack, Technical Lead	$200,000 - $330,000	[E] grind	Infrastructure Machine Learning Full Stack	HN Apply
Accelos	Founding product/systems/ML engineer	$200,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	AI Agents Devsecops Machine Learning	HN Apply
Onos Health	Lead Engineer	$200,000 - $240,000	[E] grind	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Python +2	HN Apply
CAISI	Programmers, ML Engineers & Scientists	$190,000 - $190,000	[E] grind	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Cybersecurity +2	HN Apply
Thalo Labs	Director of Software Engineering & Machine Learning	$190,000 - $240,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Iot Hvac +4	HN Apply
Apple	Cloud/Data Software Engineering	$181,500 - $320,000	[E] stable	Cloud Services Data Pipelines Data Management +14	HN Apply
Stealth	Founding Engineer	$180,000 - $220,000	[F] grind	Python Rust TypeScript +1	HN Apply
Plush	Founding ML/Search Engineer	$180,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Llms Embeddings Machine Learning +2	HN Apply
Gridmatic	Product engineer + data engineer	$175,000 - $235,000	[F] grind	Next.js React TypeScript +2	HN Apply
Tufalabs	AI researcher or engineer	$165,000 - $165,000	[F] CRUNCH	AI Research Machine Learning LLM Based Reasoning +1	HN Apply
Baton	Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Machine Learning / Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack / Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Data Platform	$162,000 - $330,000	[E] CRUNCH	Machine Learning Infrastructure Full Stack +1	HN Apply
Tech Nexus	Tech Lead	$160,000 - $200,000	[E] grind	Java GCP Restful Apis +6	HN Apply
360Me	Founding CTO & iOS Engineer	$160,000 - $200,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning GCP +10	HN Apply
Eight Sleep	ML Data Engineer	$160,000 - $180,000	[E] grind	Machine Learning Health Sensors Physiological Signals +1	HN Apply
Co-Star Astrology	Haskell Developer	$152,000 - $205,000	[F] grind	Haskell Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence +1	HN Apply
Mitty	First Engineer	$150,000 +	[F] stable	Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Video Processing +6	HN Apply
WireScreen	Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) & Machine Learning Engineer	$150,000 - $220,000	@HR grind	React Component Based Design Systems Data Visualization +7	HN Apply
Eagle	Multiple roles (Forward Deployed Engineer, Staff Software Engineer, ML Engineer, Design Engineer)	$150,000 - $300,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Software Engineering Machine Learning	HN Apply
Frisson Labs	Founding ML Engineer - General	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] grind	Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Mlp +7	HN Apply
River	Senior + Staff Engineers (Elixir, React, ML/AI)	$150,000 - $250,000	[F] zen	Elixir React Machine Learning +7	HN Apply
Protillion Biosciences	Software Engineer	$150,000 - $200,000	[F] stable	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Bioinformatics	HN Apply
Nomi.ai	Senior Machine Learning Engineer	$150,000 - $250,000	[F] zen	LLM Rag Machine Learning +3	HN Apply
Baton	Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Machine Learning / Senior Manager, Technical Support Engineering / Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack / IT Manager / Software Engineer - Infrastructure, Data Platform	$150,000 - $330,000	@HR stable	Infrastructure Machine Learning Full Stack +1	HN Apply
Parable	Senior ML Engineer	$150,000 - $250,000	[F] grind	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning	HN Apply
Max AI	SWE Fullstack, Backend, AI/ML Engineer	$145,000 - $230,000	[F] CRUNCH	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Medical Coding +2	HN Apply
Anvil	Various Roles	$140,000 - $180,000	[F] CRUNCH	Cad Cam C++ +8	HN Apply
Pepr AI	Member of Technical Staff (Full Stack / Machine Learning & Optimization / Product (ML))	$140,000 - $270,000	[F] grind	Full Stack Machine Learning Optimization	HN Apply
Napper	Lead Machine Learning Engineer	€140,000 - €200,000 ≈ $151k	[F] grind	Machine Learning Data Pipelines Sleep Prediction Engine	HN Apply
SightlineOS	Senior Data Engineer	$135,000 - $185,000	[F] grind	Machine Learning Data Systems	HN Apply
SightlineOS	Senior Data Engineer, Senior Full Stack Engineer	$135,000 - $185,000	[F] grind	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Data Engineering +1	HN Apply
Lucia Protocol	Sr ML Engineer / Growth Engineer	$135,000 - $240,000	[F] grind	Open Source SDK Machine Learning Data Collection +11	HN Apply
Lucia	Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Senior React Engineer, Fullstack Engineer	$135,000 - $240,000	[E] CRUNCH	Machine Learning React Full Stack +4	HN Apply
Clio	Multiple Engineering Roles	CA$130,000 - CA$215,000 ≈ $95k	[E] grind	Ruby on Rails AWS Machine Learning +3	HN Apply
Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)	Senior Software Engineer	$126,000 - $189,000	[E] grind	Machine Learning Satellite Imagery Geospatial +1	HN Apply
Defense Digital Service	Engineer	$123,041 - $191,900	[E] grind	Frontend Backend Hardware +2	HN Apply
Innolitics	Medical Device AI/ML Engineer	$120,000 - $150,000	@HR stable	Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Python	HN Apply

Machine Learning remote → Machine Learning onsite → All technologies