Machine Learning Engineer Salary in Austin — What You'll Actually Make

Entry Level$111,000
Mid Level$152,000
Senior Level$221,000
/yearAverage Monthly: $13,444/month
Demand:🔥 Hot

Reality Check

TLDR

Austin is the sweet spot. 80% of SF salaries with 50% of the cost of living and no state income tax.

How to Earn More

  • 1.Publish papers or contribute to open-source ML — it is the best resume signal in ML hiring
  • 2.Specialize in LLMs and transformer architectures — the hottest niche in all of tech right now
  • 3.Get into ML infrastructure — MLOps engineers are scarcer and paid almost as much as researchers

Top Paying Industries

Big TechAI StartupsAutonomous Vehicles

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