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Senior data and ML salaries in the United States
Median $195k a year across 272 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $174k to $223k. 87% of the 313 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $174k to $223k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Attentive Mobilemedian of 3 published bands$282k
Robloxmedian of 9 published bands$278k
Redditmedian of 7 published bands$260k
Waymomedian of 18 published bands$238k
Scale AImedian of 2 published bands$235k
Discordmedian of 3 published bands$233k
Chef Roboticsmedian of 2 published bands$230k
Plaidmedian of 9 published bands$227k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | $215k | 20 |
| Senior Data Scientist | $195k | 19 |
| Senior Data Engineer | $200k | 17 |
| Senior Analytics Engineer | $186k | 15 |
| Senior Data Analyst | $140k | 7 |
| Senior AI Data & Analytics Engineer II | $184k | 6 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform | $201k | 6 |
| Senior Data Platform Engineer | $195k | 4 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Senior Data Scientist, Consumer AppsRoblox · San Mateo, CA, United States$264k to $323k
- Senior Data Scientist, Monetary PolicyRoblox · San Mateo, CA, United States$264k to $323k
- Senior Data Scientist - Consumer FrontendRoblox · San Mateo, CA, United States$264k to $323k
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, AdsRoblox · San Mateo, CA, United States$259k to $311k
- Senior Machine Learning EngineerAttentive Mobile · New York, NY$244k to $320k
- Senior Machine Learning EngineerAttentive Mobile · San Francisco, CA$244k to $320k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for senior data and ML roles in the United States?
$195k a year in base pay, across 272 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $174k to $223k.
What do the best-paid senior data and ML roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $238k, and one in ten sits below $151k.
How many senior data and ML job posts publish a salary?
87% of the 313 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 $194k against $198k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 110 and 162 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for senior 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 ($282k), Roblox ($278k), Reddit ($260k).
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.