Principal Data & ML salaries in United States
Built from 69 employer-stated ranges observed in live postings (as of 2026-10-11). Every number traces to a public source row.
Employers hiring Principal Data & ML roles in United States state a median of $258,500 annual USD (P25 $207,500, P75 $321,422), measured from 69 employer-published ranges as of 2026-10-11.
Beyond base: 41.9% of evaluated postings here mention equity, 29.5% mention bonus/commission (n=105 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LLM | 28 | 26.7% |
| Python | 27 | 25.7% |
| Roadmapping | 17 | 16.2% |
| SQL | 15 | 14.3% |
| AWS | 14 | 13.3% |
| CI/CD | 13 | 12.4% |
| PyTorch | 13 | 12.4% |
| Reinforcement Learning | 13 | 12.4% |
| Azure | 11 | 10.5% |
| Java | 11 | 10.5% |
| Spark | 11 | 10.5% |
| Kubernetes | 10 | 9.5% |
Where would an offer land?
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- P10
- $155,500
- P20
- $193,100
- P30
- $209,800
- P40
- $237,800
- P50
- $258,500
- P60
- $279,000
- P70
- $305,000
- P80
- $328,500
- P90
- $371,088
Deciles of employer-stated ranges (midpoints, annual USD) for this market. Percentiles interpolate between deciles; sample statistics, not an offer recommendation.
Companies behind these numbers (United States)
| Company | Sector | Open roles | Stated ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| consumer | 6 | 6 | View roles → | |
| linkedin3 | — | 5 | 5 | View roles → |
| servicenow | — | 5 | 5 | View roles → |
| appian | — | 4 | 4 | View roles → |
| braze | — | 4 | 4 | View roles → |
| airbnb | consumer | 3 | 3 | View roles → |
| basis-research | — | 3 | 3 | View roles → |
| abnormalsecurity | software | 2 | 2 | View roles → |
| attentive | — | 2 | 2 | View roles → |
| capco | — | 2 | 2 | View roles → |
| databricks | software | 2 | 2 | View roles → |
| elastic | software | 2 | 2 | View roles → |