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Principal data and ML salaries in the United States

Median $260k a year across 33 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $219k to $325k. 87% of the 38 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.

$260k
Median base
per year
$219k to $325k
Middle half
25th to 75th percentile
87%
Publish a band
of 38 postings
33
Postings counted
live, with a band
How the published bands spread33 postings
$172k$405k

The middle half: $219k to $325k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.

Data and ML in the United States, by level

Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.

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Questions this data answers

What is the median salary for principal data and ML roles in the United States?

$260k a year in base pay, across 33 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $219k to $325k.

How many principal data and ML job posts publish a salary?

87% of the 38 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.

Which companies pay the most for principal data and ML roles in the United States?

Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Attentive Mobile ($390k), Reddit ($328k), Roblox ($324k).

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.