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Director-level machine learning engineer salary in the San Francisco Bay Area

The median posted base pay for director-level machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area is $307K a year, from 92 open jobs at 65 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $276K to $351K. One job in ten has posted pay above $399K.

Data of . This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay
$307K
Middle half of the jobs
$276K to $351K
10th to 90th percentile
$240K to $399K
Open jobs with posted pay
92
Companies
65

Machine learning engineer pay by level in the San Francisco Bay Area

Posted base pay for machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area, by the level in the job title. This page is about the director-level level. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

  • Intern20 jobs$142K$129K to $161K
  • Entry level56 jobs$164K$148K to $193K
  • Level not stated2,094 jobs$225K$190K to $275K
  • Senior1,069 jobs$225K$205K to $263K
  • Staff538 jobs$262K$238K to $296K
  • Principal190 jobs$297K$247K to $352K
  • Director+92 jobs$307K$276K to $351K
Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay bands by level, ML / AI engineering, Bay Area. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level10th25thMedian75th90thJobs with pay
Intern$118K$129K$142K$161K$186K20
Entry level$138K$148K$164K$193K$216K56
Level not stated$163K$190K$225K$275K$340K2,094
Senior$187K$205K$225K$263K$290K1,069
Staff$213K$238K$262K$296K$372K538
Principal$207K$247K$297K$352K$376K190
Director+$240K$276K$307K$351K$399K92

Top-paying companies for director-level machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area

The companies with the highest median posted base pay for director-level machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area. A company name opens its levels in the pay explorer.

  1. 1Capital One$302K10 jobs
The median posted base pay of each company for director-level machine learning and AI engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area. We use the middle point of each posted range. A company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Open jobs

Other levels in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Other job types in the San Francisco Bay Area

How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do 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. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.