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CareerAtlas is running on a deterministic simulated demo dataset — compensation, trend, and outcome figures illustrate the product but are not verified real-world data. See Methodology and Data Sources for details.

NLP Engineer

Builds systems that understand and generate natural language.

Project salaryAdd to compare
Compensation by seniority
Simulated

Median

$173k

Mean

$180k

10th–90th pct

$131k–$239k

Observations

576

Confidence: 34% · based on 576 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated
Common skills
Natural Language Processing
Core
Python
Core
Deep Learning
Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated
Bachelor's Degree
63% require · 26% prefer
Master's Degree
9% require · 29% prefer
No College
22% require · 6% prefer
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Common next roles
Conversational AI Engineer+3.9%Robotics ML Engineer+4.3%Computer Vision Engineer-11.9%Computational Linguist-5.4%Autonomy Engineer-3.8%
Common previous roles
Computer Vision Engineer-13.5%Computational Linguist-5.7%Conversational AI Engineer+3.7%Robotics ML Engineer+4.1%Autonomy Engineer-4.0%
Demand snapshot
Active openings (simulated)2,744
Posting growth-14.3%
Median days to fill68 days
Simulated
Employed (US, simulated)217,127
Projected growth9.4%/yr
Simulated
Role characteristics
Remote-friendliness75%
Automation exposure25%
Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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