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Scale AI salaries

61 posted ranges · median $243k · H-1B median $246k (51 filings)

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Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

TitlePosted
Software Engineer21 posted ranges$243k$216k to $270k
Research Scientist8 posted ranges$243k$216k to $270k
Security Engineer5 posted ranges$270k$218k to $342k
Engineering Manager5 posted ranges$251k$223k to $279k
Forward Deployed Engineer5 posted ranges$243k$216k to $293k
Agent Engineer4 posted ranges$243k$216k to $270k
Research Engineer3 posted ranges$280k$249k to $311k
Machine Learning Engineer3 posted ranges$265k$235k to $294k
Solutions Engineer3 posted ranges$239k$212k to $265k
DevOps Engineer1 posted range$198k to $311kone posting
Data Analyst1 posted range$184k to $230kone posting
Data Engineer1 posted range$180k to $225kone posting
AI Engineer1 posted range$180k to $225kone posting

Posted ranges

61 postings

PostingRange
Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agents (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$302kto $378k
Senior Manager, Research Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$290kto $363k
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $362k
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$288kto $360k
Team Lead, ARC Software Engineering Team (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$287kto $359k
Sr. Director, (Applied AI) Forward Deployed Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerDirector and upNew York City$285kto $357k
Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $350k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffWashington DC area$274kto $343k
Infrastructure Security Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedNew York City$198kto $342k
Product Security Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedNew York City$198kto $342k
Security Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedNew York City$218kto $342k
Frontier Agent Engineering Manager, Enterprise (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Gen AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
Staff Software Engineer, RL Environments (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$252kto $315k
DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)DevOps EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$198kto $311k
Senior Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $311k
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$249kto $311k
Engineering Manager, Agent Oversight (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$248kto $311k
Security Engineer, Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $297k
Security Engineer, Product Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $297k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$235kto $294k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$184kto $293k
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$223kto $279k
Software Engineering Manager, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerWashington DC area$223kto $279k
Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Engineering Manager, Customer Platform (GenAI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Agent Robustness (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Frontier Risk Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Research Scientist, Safety Post Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior Software Engineer - Agentic Tooling & Productivity (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior Software Engineer, Identity (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Senior Software Engineer, Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$216kto $270k
Engineering Manager, Frontier AI Infrastructure - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Engineering ManagerManagerWashington DC area$214kto $267k
Solutions Engineer, Enterprise (the posting, opens in a new tab)Solutions EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$212kto $265k
Staff Solutions Engineer, Enterprise (the posting, opens in a new tab)Solutions EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$212kto $265k
Software Engineer, ARC Team (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$184kto $259k
Software Engineer, Frontier AI Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$184kto $259k
Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $259k
Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$196kto $245k
ML Research Engineer, ML Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$190kto $237k
Solutions Engineer (Clearance Required) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Solutions EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$186kto $233k
Senior Data Analyst, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data AnalystSeniorWashington DC area$184kto $230k
Frontier Agents Engineer (Applied AI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Agent EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $225k
Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Forward Deployed EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $225k
Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data EngineerSeniorWashington DC area$180kto $225k
Software Engineer - AI Enablement (the posting, opens in a new tab)AI EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $225k
Software Engineer, Identity (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $225k
Software Engineer, Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $225k
Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$179kto $224k
Software Engineer, Enterprise AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$179kto $224k
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$166kto $207k
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Post-Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$166kto $207k
IT Systems Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedWashington DC area$149kto $186k
Software Engineer - New Grad (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerEntrySan Francisco Bay Area$124kto $162k
Software Engineer, Public Sector - New Grad (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerEntrySan Francisco Bay Area$124kto $162k
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Scale AI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence infrastructure and software company based in San Francisco, California. Source

Job board: Greenhouse (job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai). Robots check on 2026-09-24: robots.txt allows careers and jobs paths (31 other paths disallowed).

By level

LevelPostedH-1B
Entry2 posted$124k to $162k2 postingsNone
Senior12 posted$243k$216k to $270kFew2 filings
Staff12 posted$284k$252k to $315k$320k3 filings
Manager6 posted$265k$236k to $295k$288k4 filings
Director and up1 posted$285k to $357kone postingFew1 filing
Not stated28 posted$221k$185k to $259k$243k41 filings

By city

CityPosted
San Francisco Bay Area44 posted ranges$243k$216k to $270k
Washington DC area13 posted ranges$240k$198k to $279k
New York City4 posted ranges$275k$208k to $342k

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q14$243k
FY2025 Q24$212k
FY2025 Q316$230k
FY2025 Q45$241k
FY2026 Q15$283k
FY2026 Q23$290k
FY2026 Q338$245k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 2161$243k

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