$300K+ machine learning engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area
How many machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area pay $300K+?
1,829 open machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area at 389 companies post a base pay range that goes to $300K or more a year. That is 45% of the 4,078 jobs with a yearly posted range in US dollars. The median posted range of these jobs is $220K to $350K. The numbers come from the companies' own job postings on Nov 11, 2026. They show base pay only, without stock or a bonus.
Companies with the most of these jobs
| Company | Jobs | Median posted base pay |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | 217 | $270K |
| Anthropic | 116 | $425K |
| OpenAI | 85 | $394K |
| 72 | $254K | |
| Waymo | 45 | $281K |
| Thinking Machines Lab | 31 | $413K |
| Capital One | 31 | $295K |
| Baseten | 29 | $248K |
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What does $300K+ mean on this page?
The top of the posted yearly base pay range is $300K or more. The bottom of the range can be lower. Stock and a bonus are not in the range.
How many machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area pay $300K or more?
1,829 open machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area at 389 companies post a base pay range that goes to $300K or more a year. That is 45% of the 4,078 jobs with a yearly posted range in US dollars. The median posted range of these jobs is $220K to $350K.
Which companies post these jobs?
The companies with the most of these jobs are NVIDIA, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Waymo.
A job is in this list when the top of its posted yearly range in US dollars is $300K or more. A page needs 20 or more of these jobs. The median range does not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom.