A semiconductor laser element includes: a substrate; and a laser array portion that includes a plurality of light emitting portions arranged side by side, and is stacked above the substrate, wherein a stacked body of the substrate and the laser array portion includes a pair of resonator end faces on opposite faces, and a groove portion that extends from the laser array portion into the substrate is provided on at least one of the pair of resonator end faces between two adjacent light emitting portions among the plurality of light emitting portions.