How Much Do Data Science Jobs Pay in New York? (September 2026)

How pay has moved

Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.

Highest-paying employers

1. #1

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   Rain

   3 salaried listings in New York

   $524,500

   median
   Data Scientist - Fraud Risk$50k – $1000k·New York, NYSenior Product Data Analyst$50k – $999k·New York, NYMachine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk$170k – $240k·New York, NY
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2. #2

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   Polymarket

   2 salaried listings in New York

   $450,000

   median
   Director, Data Analytics$400k – $500k·New YorkDirector, Data Platform$400k – $500k·New York
   All Polymarket roles →
3. #3

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   Anthropic

   41 salaried listings in New York

   $420,000

   median
   Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer, Chip Design RL (Reinforcement Learning)$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer, Computer Use$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)$500k – $850k·Remote
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4. #4

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   EvolutionIQ

   2 salaried listings in New York

   $317,800

   median
   Senior AI / ML Engineer (LLMs)$416k – $235k·RemoteSenior Machine Learning (ML) Engineer (AI Insurtech)$395k – $225k·Remote
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5. #5

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   Perplexity

   2 salaried listings in New York

   $312,500

   median
   Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI Engineer, Agent Capabilities)$220k – $405k·San Francisco, New York CityMember of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Data Platform)$220k – $405k·San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York City
   All Perplexity roles →

Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in New York; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.