Apple Machine Learning Engineer Salary
Here we’ll share our most up-to-date salary data for ICT3-ICT5 machine learning engineer roles at Apple as of April 2023. Rora has coached hundreds of MLEs and research scientists over the past 5 years across many of the best companies in the industry (Google Brain, Apple, DeepMind, OpenAI, FAIR, MSR, Tesla) and reviewed 1000s of verified offers. We’ve also included some helpful context below on how Apple compares to the highest AI salaries in the industry, taking into account the current tech hiring pullback.
ICT3 Apple MLE Salary
2023 Top of Band Numbers
Base Salary
$185K
Equity (4-years)
$450K
Yr 1 & 2 Signing Bonus
$125K
Performance Bonus
10%
ICT4 Apple MLE Salary
2023 Top of Band Numbers
Base Salary
$215K
Equity (4-years)
$700K
Yr 1 & 2 Signing Bonus
$175K
Performance Bonus
10%
ICT5 Apple MLE Salary
2023 Top of Band Numbers
Base Salary
$275K
Equity (4-years)
$1.4M
Yr 1 & 2 Signing Bonus
$225K
Performance Bonus
15%
ML/AI Compensation Landscape
To call the current AI hiring market unique would be a bit of an understatement. On one hand, big tech companies are doing frequent layoffs and freezing hiring for many groups. But simultaneously, hundreds of tech companies have declared AI their top priority for the next few years. As a result, we’ve seen huge variance in AI offers, with careful negotiation making the difference since companies and recruiters are struggling to balance budgets while hitting AI growth goals.
Recently we shared a detailed report on salary negotiation for AI Researchers in 2023, which included this table outlining the highest offers from our recent PHD negotiations. While not directly comparable to MLE offers, it is still a good guide for which companies are paying the most and how much can still be negotiated despite a slower hiring market.
1:1 Salary Negotiation Support
We've negotiated more than $30M in Apple offers. Our largest Apple increase was $1.5M over four years!
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Step 1 is defining the strategy, which often starts by helping you create leverage for your negotiation (e.g. setting up conversations with FAANG recruiters).
Step 2 we decide on anchor numbers and target numbers with the goal of securing a top of band offer, based on our internal verified data sets.
Step 3 we create custom scripts for each of your calls, practice multiple 1:1 mock negotiations, and join your recruiter calls to guide you via chat.