As of June 2026, Machine Learning Engineer has an AI-exposure score of 54/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Machine Learning Engineer

54/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 42% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$140,000.

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How you compare to similar Technology roles

Machine Learning Engineer (you)
54
UX Designer
55
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53
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52
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56
Software Developer
57
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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable

No automatable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (84%).

Augmentable
  • Train and deploy models
  • Build data pipelines
  • Assign or schedule tasks to meet work priorities and goals.
  • Approve, prepare, monitor, and adjust operational budgets.
  • Participate in staffing decisions and direct training of subordinates.
  • Direct daily operations of departments, coordinating project activities with other departments.
  • Maintain network hardware and software, direct network security measures, and monitor networks to ensure availability to system users.
  • Develop performance standards, and evaluate work in light of established standards.
  • Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.
  • Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to determine computing needs and system requirements.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary projects in areas such as virtual reality, human-computer interaction, or robotics.
  • Evaluate project plans and proposals to assess feasibility issues.
  • Conduct logical analyses of business, scientific, engineering, and other technical problems, formulating mathematical models of problems for solution by computers.
  • Meet with managers, vendors, and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
  • Apply theoretical expertise and innovation to create or apply new technology, such as adapting principles for applying computers to new uses.
  • Analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware and software.
Durable
  • Frame ML problems
  • Design computers and the software that runs them.
  • Evaluate model trade-offs

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