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Scale AI Salaries
Base pay from 122 open Scale AI roles that list a salary range. Annual USD.
25th percentile
$194K
Median
$230K
75th percentile
$263K
Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $68K, highest $496K.
Scale AI pay by role
| Role | Location | Salary range |
|---|---|---|
| VP, Research | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $397K–$496K |
| Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents | San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY | $302K–$378K |
| Principal Architect | Washington, DC | $298K–$373K |
| Senior Manager, Research Scientist | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $290K–$363K |
| Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAI | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $290K–$363K |
| Tech Lead Manager- MLRE, ML Systems | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $290K–$363K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector | San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC | $252K–$362K |
| Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $288K–$360K |
| Team Lead, ARC Software Engineering Team | Washington, DC | $287K–$359K |
| Sr. Director, (Applied AI) Forward Deployed Engineering | New York, NY | $285K–$357K |
| Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $250K–$350K |
| Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector | New York, NY; Washington, DC | $210K–$345K |
| Staff Product Manager, Agentic Platform | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC | $210K–$345K |
| Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector | Denver, CO; Washington, DC | $274K–$343K |
| Infrastructure Security Engineer, Public Sector | New York, NY; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC | $198K–$342K |
| Product Security Engineer, Public Sector | New York, NY; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC | $198K–$342K |
| Head of GTM Strategy & Operations, Enterprise | San Francisco, CA | $275K–$337K |
| Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $265K–$331K |
| COLM 2026 - General Interest | San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY | $173K–$324K |
| Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $252K–$315K |
| Senior Software Engineer - Agentic Tooling & Productivity | San Francisco, CA | $252K–$315K |
| Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $252K–$315K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $252K–$315K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Gen AI | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY | $252K–$315K |
| Staff Software Engineer, RL Environments | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $252K–$315K |
| DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & Security | Washington, DC | $198K–$311K |
| Senior Software Engineer, Public Sector | San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC | $216K–$311K |
| Engineering Manager, Agent Oversight | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $248K–$311K |
| Forward Deployed Product Manager, Enterprise | New York, NY | $240K–$300K |
| Product Manager, Enterprise Core Platform | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $240K–$300K |
| Security Engineer, Infrastructure | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC | $238K–$297K |
| Security Engineer, Product Security | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC | $238K–$297K |
| Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector | Denver, CO; Honolulu, HI; Washington, DC | $196K–$294K |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector | Denver, CO; Honolulu, HI; Washington, DC | $196K–$294K |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector | Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO; Honolulu, HI; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC | $184K–$293K |
| Senior Product Design Manager, Enterprise | New York, NY | $234K–$292K |
| Staff Product Designer, Enterprise | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $234K–$292K |
| Field Engineer, Data Engine | Colorado Springs, CO; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC | $190K–$290K |
| Staff Product Designer | New York, NY; Washington, DC | $200K–$290K |
| Lead Counsel, Product | San Francisco, CA | $227K–$284K |
| National Security Hackathon 2026 - General Interest | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Washington, DC | $227K–$284K |
| Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector | Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO; Honolulu, HI; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC | $223K–$279K |
| Software Engineering Manager, Public Sector | Washington, DC | $223K–$279K |
| Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise AI | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $216K–$270K |
| Engineering Manager, Customer Platform (GenAI) | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Research Scientist, Agent Robustness | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Research Scientist, Safety Post Training | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration Platform | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Senior Software Engineer, Platform | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $216K–$270K |
| Engineering Manager, Frontier AI Infrastructure - Public Sector | Washington, DC | $214K–$267K |
| Solutions Architect, Enterprise | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $212K–$265K |
| Staff Solutions Architect, Enterprise | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $212K–$265K |
| Software Engineer, ARC Team | San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC | $184K–$259K |
| Software Engineer, Frontier AI Infrastructure | San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC | $184K–$259K |
| AI Advisory Principal | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $207K–$259K |
| Revenue Operations Manager | San Francisco, CA | $207K–$259K |
| Software Engineer, Public Sector | San Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC | $180K–$259K |
| Senior AI Product Manager | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $206K–$257K |
| Senior AI Product Manager, Cybersecurity | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $206K–$257K |
| Senior AI Product Manager, Finance Agents | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $205K–$257K |
| Deployment Strategist | Washington, DC | $203K–$254K |
| Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command | Los Angeles, CA | $203K–$254K |
| Engagement Manager (Hawaii), Public Sector | Honolulu, HI | $166K–$249K |
| Engagement Manager, Public Sector | Washington, DC | $166K–$249K |
| Engagement Manager, Public Sector (CO Springs) | Colorado Springs, CO | $166K–$249K |
| Technical Program Lead, Public Sector | Washington, DC | $199K–$249K |
| Technical Program Manager, Public Sector | Washington, DC | $166K–$249K |
| Senior Frontier Data Strategist | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $193K–$241K |
| Enterprise Account Executive | San Francisco, CA | $200K–$240K |
| Enterprise Account Executive (Financial Services) | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $200K–$240K |
| Enterprise Account Executive (Healthcare & Life Sciences) | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $200K–$240K |
| ML Research Engineer, ML Systems | San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY | $190K–$237K |
| Solutions Engineer (Clearance Required) | Washington, DC | $186K–$233K |
| Senior Data Analyst, Public Sector | Washington, DC | $184K–$230K |
| Chief of Staff, Public Sector Engineering & Security | Washington, DC | $182K–$228K |
| Data Acquisition Lead, Frontier Environments | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $182K–$228K |
| Product Marketing Lead, Enterprise | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $182K–$228K |
| Field Engineer, Public Sector | Austin, TX; Colorado Springs, CO; Omaha, NE; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC | $181K–$227K |
| Growth Strategy & Operations Lead | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $181K–$226K |
| Product Operations Lead, Generative AI | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $181K–$226K |
| Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $180K–$225K |
| Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $180K–$225K |
| Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector | Washington, DC | $180K–$225K |
| Software Engineer - AI Enablement | San Francisco, CA | $180K–$225K |
| Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $179K–$224K |
| Software Engineer, Enterprise AI | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $179K–$224K |
| Deployment Strategist - DHS/DOJ | Washington, DC | $177K–$221K |
| AI Product Manager (Coding/Multimodal) | San Francisco, CA | $171K–$214K |
| Global Head of Workplace | San Francisco, CA | $171K–$214K |
| Staff Product Manager, Gen AI | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $171K–$214K |
| Engagement Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector | Washington, DC | $166K–$208K |
| Engagement Manager, Public Sector (Midwest) | Omaha, NE | $138K–$208K |
| Technical Program Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public Sector | Washington, DC | $166K–$208K |
| Finance Systems Integration Lead | San Francisco, CA | $166K–$207K |
| Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations | San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY | $166K–$207K |
| Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training | San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY | $166K–$207K |