Staff Data & ML salaries in United States
Built from 319 employer-stated ranges observed in live postings (as of 2026-10-10). Every number traces to a public source row.
Employers hiring Staff Data & ML roles in United States state a median of $250,000 annual USD (P25 $222,950, P75 $276,800), measured from 319 employer-published ranges as of 2026-10-10.
Beyond base: 72.6% of evaluated postings here mention equity, 45.0% mention bonus/commission (n=387 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 | 168 | 43.4% |
| LLM | 124 | 32.0% |
| SQL | 82 | 21.2% |
| A/B Testing | 72 | 18.6% |
| Kubernetes | 65 | 16.8% |
| PyTorch | 57 | 14.7% |
| AWS | 54 | 14.0% |
| Roadmapping | 52 | 13.4% |
| Spark | 46 | 11.9% |
| Java | 39 | 10.1% |
| Databricks | 36 | 9.3% |
| Reinforcement Learning | 32 | 8.3% |
Where would an offer land?
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- P10
- $200,000
- P20
- $214,700
- P30
- $227,500
- P40
- $237,500
- P50
- $250,000
- P60
- $263,500
- P70
- $275,500
- P80
- $287,000
- P90
- $351,000
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| servicenow | — | 38 | 32 | View roles → |
| databricks | software | 21 | 21 | View roles → |
| consumer | 20 | 20 | View roles → | |
| anthropic | ai | 19 | 19 | View roles → |
| consumer | 16 | 16 | View roles → | |
| airbnb | consumer | 15 | 15 | View roles → |
| linkedin3 | — | 12 | 12 | View roles → |
| robinhood | fintech | 9 | 9 | View roles → |
| braze | — | 8 | 8 | View roles → |
| ataraxis-ai | — | 7 | 7 | View roles → |
| scaleai | ai | 7 | 7 | View roles → |
| deepgram | — | 6 | 6 | View roles → |