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Machine Learning Engineer H-1B salary at Apple — 1,026 certified filings (FY2017–FY2026)

97
Filings · FY2025
$193k
Median base · FY2025
$176k–$224k
Middle 50% · FY2025
+18%
vs market median · all years

Apple filed 97 certified H-1B LCAs for Machine Learning Engineer in FY2025, with a median base salary of $193k and the middle 50% of offers between $176k and $224k. Across all years its $184k median is 18% above the $156k market median for Machine Learning Engineer. It has filed 1,026 Machine Learning Engineer LCAs since FY2017, most often in Cupertino, CA.

How much does Apple pay a Machine Learning Engineer?

Certified base salary for Machine Learning Engineer at Apple by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $193k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.

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Does Apple pay Machine Learning Engineers above the market?

Apple's all-years median against every employer's certified Machine Learning Engineer LCAs — 18% above the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.

Machine Learning Engineer base salary: Apple versus all H-1B employers
Base salary for this titleFilingsMedian
Apple1,026$184k
All employers · Machine Learning Engineer4,981$156k

How has Apple's Machine Learning Engineer hiring changed by year?

1 certified Machine Learning Engineer filings in FY2017 → 25 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.

Apple certified H-1B Machine Learning Engineer filings and base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsvs prior FYMedian base
FY202625−74%$193k
FY202597−51%$193k
FY2024198+30%$186k
FY2023152−33%$184k
FY2022228+51%$189k
FY2021151+26%$180k
FY2020120+287%$171k
FY201931+35%$175k
FY201823+2200%$135k
FY20171—$115k

Which wage levels does Apple file for Machine Learning Engineer?

DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 92% of Apple's Machine Learning Engineer filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

Share of 741 Machine Learning Engineer filings with a wage level · all years

8%
37%
54%
  • Level II8.4%62
  • Level III37.4%277
  • Level IV54.3%402

Where does Apple hire H-1B Machine Learning Engineers?

Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.

Apple Machine Learning Engineer H-1B worksite states
StateFilingsMedian base
California748$190k
Washington181$170k
New York32$170k
Texas30$150k
Massachusetts17$143k
Colorado9$135k
Pennsylvania4$145k
North Carolina2$118k
Apple Machine Learning Engineer H-1B worksite cities
CityFilingsMedian base
Cupertino, CA542$190k
Seattle, WA180$170k
Sunnyvale, CA153$193k
New York, NY32$170k
Austin, TX30$150k
Santa Clara, CA24$190k
San Diego, CA18$150k
Cambridge, MA17$143k

Also filed as

Apple's other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most Machine Learning Engineer LCAs. All years.

Top Machine Learning Engineer sponsors

Top H-1B sponsors for Machine Learning Engineer
EmployerFilingsMedian base
Adobe449$175k
Tiktok152$200k
Meta Platforms138$211k
Bytedance124$222k
Qualcomm Technologies103$123k
Pinterest51$142k
Doordash48$174k
Bloomberg L P44$152k
Expedia39$149k

Common questions about Machine Learning Engineer H-1B pay at Apple

How much does Apple pay a Machine Learning Engineer on an H-1B?
Apple's median certified H-1B base salary for Machine Learning Engineer is $193k in FY2025, from 97 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $176k and $224k. Across all years the median is $184k.
How many Machine Learning Engineer H-1B LCAs has Apple filed?
Apple has 1,026 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Machine Learning Engineer on record (FY2017–FY2026), 25 of them in FY2026. That is 3% of its 36,424 certified filings across all titles.
Does Apple pay Machine Learning Engineers above the market?
Apple's all-years median of $184k is 18% above the $156k median for Machine Learning Engineer across all H-1B employers (4,981 certified filings).
Where does Apple hire H-1B Machine Learning Engineers?
Apple's Machine Learning Engineer LCAs name worksites mostly in California, Washington, New York; the top cities are Cupertino, CA, Seattle, WA, Sunnyvale, CA.
Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
What salary do these figures show?
The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2017–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →