💰 Salary Guide · Europe 2026

Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer Salary in Zurich

Real salary data from 350,000+ verified European tech compensation points. Based on actual job offers, not self-reported surveys.

Median Salary

CHF 211,000

per year · GBP

Salary Range

CHF 147k – CHF 311k

25th to 75th percentile

Data Points

109

Zurich

109+ verified salaries · Zurich

What do Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineers earn in Zurich?

Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineers in Zurich earn a median of CHF 211,000, with the range spanning CHF 147,000 to CHF 311,000.

Salaries are based on 109+ real data points scraped from live job postings across Zurich.

Salary by seniority level

Junior (0–2 yrs): CHF 110k – CHF 147k

Mid-level (2–5 yrs): CHF 147k – CHF 211k

Senior (5–8 yrs): CHF 211k – CHF 311k

Staff / Principal (8+ yrs): CHF 311k – CHF 389k+

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About this data

MasloJobs aggregates salary data from 350,000+ verified tech compensation data points across Europe. Updated continuously from live job postings, not self-reported surveys.

Last updated: March 2026