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Staff data and ML salaries in the United States
Median $249k a year across 162 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $205k to $276k. 79% of the 206 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $205k to $276k. 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$340k
Discordmedian of 2 published bands$300k
Atomsmedian of 5 published bands$297k
Perplexitymedian of 4 published bands$283k
Waymomedian of 18 published bands$281k
Redditmedian of 16 published bands$276k
Airbnbmedian of 5 published bands$275k
Airwallexmedian of 3 published bands$275k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Data Scientist | $222k | 9 |
| Staff Machine Learning Engineer | $218k | 8 |
| Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform | $249k | 4 |
| Staff Data Analyst | $170k | 3 |
| Staff Data Engineer | $195k | 3 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning | $340k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Senior Staff Machine Learning Systems Engineer, Ads ML PlatformReddit · Remote$293k to $410k
- Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI Platform (Ads Ranking)reddit · Remote$293k to $410k
- Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, GenAI PlatformReddit · Remote$293k to $410k
- Staff / Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - USAInworld AI · Mountain View, California$270k to $430k
- Staff Software Engineer, Machine LearningAttentive Mobile · New York, NY$320k to $360k
- Staff Software Engineer, Machine LearningAttentive Mobile · Remote$320k to $360k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for staff data and ML roles in the United States?
$249k a year in base pay, across 162 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $205k to $276k.
What do the best-paid staff data and ML roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $305k, and one in ten sits below $186k.
How many staff data and ML job posts publish a salary?
79% of the 206 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 $253k against $248k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 57 and 105 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for staff 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 ($340k), Discord ($300k), Atoms ($297k).
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.