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Data and ML salaries in the United States
Median $203k a year across 884 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $171k to $249k. 85% of the 1,041 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $171k to $249k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Anthropicmedian of 17 published bands$363k
OpenAImedian of 25 published bands$339k
Mercormedian of 5 published bands$330k
redditmedian of 2 published bands$314k
Inworld AImedian of 2 published bands$313k
Attentive Mobilemedian of 8 published bands$311k
Robloxmedian of 18 published bands$303k
Replitmedian of 2 published bands$284k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | $180k | 31 |
| Data Engineer | $155k | 24 |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $188k | 20 |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | $215k | 20 |
| Senior Data Scientist | $195k | 19 |
| Senior Data Engineer | $200k | 17 |
| Senior Analytics Engineer | $186k | 15 |
| Data Analyst | $115k | 13 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)Anthropic · Remote$500k to $850k
- Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data PlatformAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $500k to $850k
- Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA $500k to $850k
- Engineering Manager, Research Data PlatformAnthropic · San Francisco, CA $405k to $850k
- Head of Machine LearningEarnin · Mountain View, US$477k to $583k
- Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/MLOpenAI · San Francisco$381k to $555k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for data and ML roles in the United States?
$203k a year in base pay, across 884 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $171k to $249k.
What do the best-paid data and ML roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $297k, and one in ten sits below $145k.
How many data and ML job posts publish a salary?
85% of the 1,041 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote data and ML roles in the United States pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $203k against $203k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 301 and 583 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for data and ML roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Anthropic ($363k), OpenAI ($339k), Mercor ($330k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.