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MLOps Engineer Career Market Report 2026

298 active jobs. 191 companies. Median salary $150K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

298
Active Job Openings
191
Companies Hiring
$150K
Median Salary (US)
78%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The MLOps Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 78% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $150K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $104K to $220K.

Remote roles pay 9% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

MLOps is the most-demanded skill at 85%

GitHub Actions demand rose +19.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Hyphenconnect leads hiring with 8 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Staff → Manager (+$72K, +43%)

Salary increase: +$72K · Sample: Staff → Manager

AI automation risk: low (score 30/100)

Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 238% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior16$104K$129K$213K
Staff6$150K$168K$200K
Mid-Level3$90K$113K$270K
Manager3$150K$240K$240K

What jumps out

Staff → Manager: +$72K (43%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States15$165KUSD
Remote11$150KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.4%
Remote20.5%
Hybrid5.7%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

MLOps
85%
AI/LLM
82%
Python
71%
CI/CD
65%
Kubernetes
57%
AWS
55%
Docker
50%
Terraform
39%
Azure
36%
GCP
34%
DevOps
34%
PyTorch
26%

Skills on the Rise

GitHub Actions ↑+19.2ppJenkins ↑+12.8pp

Declining in Demand

DevOps ↓-8.0ppTerraform ↓-4.4ppKubernetes ↓-4.1ppDocker ↓-4.0ppGCP ↓-3.1pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Hyphenconnect82.7%
Cloudbedsthirdpartyboard72.3%
Fedex41.3%
Jobgether41.3%
Gen Digital41.3%
Firevanderrwthaachen41.3%
Smartsheet31.0%
Raft31.0%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States72
India29
Remote26
United Kingdom17
France10
Germany8
Canada7
Poland6

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree61.5%144
Master's Degree15.4%36
Bachelor's Degree2.6%6
PhD / Doctorate2.1%5

Certifications

Azure Certified (3%)Kubernetes Certified (2%)CISSP (1%)

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