Data & ML salaries in United States
Built from 2682 employer-stated ranges observed in live postings (as of 2026-10-10). Every number traces to a public source row.
Employers hiring Data & ML roles in United States state a median of $207,500 annual USD (P25 $159,500, P75 $270,000), measured from 2682 employer-published ranges as of 2026-10-10.
Beyond base: 44.1% of evaluated postings here mention equity, 28.1% mention bonus/commission (n=4072 evaluated excerpts).
Skills mentioned in this market
Tokens that literally appear in the posting text, with n and share of open roles. Not inferred.
| Skill | n | Share of open roles |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 1220 | 30.0% |
| LLM | 869 | 21.3% |
| SQL | 767 | 18.8% |
| Roadmapping | 585 | 14.4% |
| AWS | 453 | 11.1% |
| A/B Testing | 445 | 10.9% |
| GCP | 301 | 7.4% |
| Spark | 292 | 7.2% |
| Azure | 291 | 7.1% |
| Databricks | 290 | 7.1% |
| PyTorch | 276 | 6.8% |
| Kubernetes | 274 | 6.7% |
Where would an offer land?
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- P10
- $125,000
- P20
- $150,000
- P30
- $168,500
- P40
- $189,900
- P50
- $207,500
- P60
- $228,950
- P70
- $252,000
- P80
- $282,000
- P90
- $348,509
Deciles of employer-stated ranges (midpoints, annual USD) for this market. Percentiles interpolate between deciles; sample statistics, not an offer recommendation.
Median over time
What moved here in 30 days
- 2026-10-10 range stated Associate Director - Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor - Data Center Construction · turnertownsend · 165,000–185,000 USD
- 2026-10-09 range revised ↓ Staff Product Manager - Foundation Engineering · addepar1 · 158,000–248,000 USD → 142,000–223,000 USD
- 2026-10-09 range revised ↓ Marketing Scientist · openai · 234,000–260,000 USD → 198,000–220,000 USD
Change events derived from consecutive dated observations of this market. Full stream: API →
Who is being hired here
26.8% of open roles here are remote-eligible, and Manager roles are the largest slice at 40.6% of postings.
Stated pay by level
| Seniority | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VP | 5 | $219,400 | $345,000 | $383,000 |
| Executive | 6 | $269,910 | $275,000 | $360,000 |
| Principal | 69 | $207,500 | $258,500 | $321,422 |
| Staff | 319 | $222,950 | $250,000 | $276,800 |
| Director | 124 | $199,500 | $240,000 | $285,000 |
| Manager | 631 | $157,500 | $200,000 | $257,000 |
| Senior | 411 | $159,500 | $187,500 | $213,000 |
| Mid | 25 | $105,300 | $151,700 | $175,000 |
| Intern | 58 | $95,680 | $126,006 | $145,000 |
| Junior | 47 | $83,200 | $100,000 | $135,000 |
levels shown only at n≥3 · USD comparisons use dated reference FX; original local ranges are retained.
Companies behind these numbers (United States)
| Company | Sector | Open roles | Stated ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| openai | ai | 274 | 274 | View roles → |
| anthropic | ai | 150 | 145 | View roles → |
| accenturefederalservices | services | 129 | 129 | View roles → |
| turnertownsend | — | 363 | 90 | View roles → |
| servicenow | — | 86 | 71 | View roles → |
| databricks | software | 67 | 65 | View roles → |
| consumer | 63 | 63 | View roles → | |
| veeva | — | 52 | 52 | View roles → |
| scaleai | ai | 52 | 50 | View roles → |
| applied | — | 38 | 38 | View roles → |
| linkedin3 | — | 38 | 38 | View roles → |
| fluidstack | — | 33 | 33 | View roles → |
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