The median starting salary is $182,000 a year, measured on the 387 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
San Francisco, California, US1w
vllmpytorch
MLOps jobs: 962 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name MLOps in the job title or description. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 962
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 774
- remote
- 227
- median starting salary
- $182,000
San Francisco, Seattle3mo
openaibedrocksagemaker+1
London, United Kingdom4mo
pytorchtensorflow
San Mateo, United States6mo
openaivllmpytorch+1
$238k-$302kNew York, NY, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA9mo
hugging-facepytorchtensorflow
$175k-$220kSan Mateo10mo
vertex-aivllmpytorch+2
$234k-$297kSeattle, Washington, USRemote1w
llamapytorchtensorflow
IN - TDC 1 (IN110)2w
vertex-aipytorchtensorflow+3
$220k-$292kSanta Ana, California, United States1mo
pineconeweaviatemilvus+4
CAD 150k-CAD 190kToronto, Ontario, Canada6mo
hugging-facetensorflow
Bangalore, INDIA6mo
langchainlanggraphbedrock+2
Bangalore, INDIA6mo
langchainlanggraphbedrock+2
AI level of MLOps jobs
- AI Level 4439 (46%)
- AI Level 3335 (35%)
- AI Level 215 (2%)
- AI Level 1173 (18%)
Companies hiring for MLOps
MLOps jobs by city
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do MLOps jobs pay?
How much AI work do MLOps jobs involve?
Of the 962 live postings: AI Level 4: 439 (46%); AI Level 3: 335 (35%); AI Level 2: 15 (2%); AI Level 1: 173 (18%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for MLOps jobs?
By number of live postings: Databricks (103), Amazon (72), NVIDIA (45), PwC (35), Adobe (29). Counted September 2026.
Where are MLOps jobs located?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: San Francisco (57), Bengaluru (54), New York (53), London (40), Toronto (34). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in MLOps jobs?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (686), AWS (534), Machine learning (518), LLM (465), Azure (400). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in MLOps jobs?
By number of live postings: Forward deployed engineer (106), AI engineer (98), Machine learning engineer (92), Solutions architect (86), Data scientist (67). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names MLOps in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.