What is the average Distributed training salary?

$274K a year on average and $255K at the median, across 195 open Distributed training postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.

What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $212K to $310K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Distributed training pay?

Anthropic ($675K), OpenAI ($419K), Wayve ($366K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a distributed training a high-paying job?

The median Distributed training posting advertises $255K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 47% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a distributed training?

A tenth of the postings offer $360K a year or more; the highest open Distributed training role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Distributed training salary per hour and per month?

The median of $255K a year is about $123 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $21,250 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $102 to $149 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Distributed training roles?

Postings that ask for LLM evaluation (+$34K, 27 postings), Reinforcement learning (+$26K, 58 postings), JAX (+$26K, 41 postings) advertise more than the $255K median of all Distributed training postings with pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

Distributed training Salary: $274K Average, $255K Median

Distributed training salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $278K, 27% more than senior roles ($220K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$220K	$200K–$242K	49
Lead and above	$278K	$244K–$318K	57
No level in the title	$277K	$212K–$340K	87

Distributed training salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$269K	127
🇺🇸California	$260K	140
🇺🇸United States	$250K	177
🇺🇸New York, NY	$238K	27
🇺🇸Seattle, WA	$232K	27

Skills that pay more for Distributed training roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
LLM evaluation	$288K	+$34K	27
Reinforcement learning	$280K	+$26K	58
JAX	$280K	+$26K	41
Rust	$275K	+$20K	19
Machine Learning	$258K	+$3K	106

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$675K	7
OpenAI	$419K	6
Wayve	$366K	4
Lambda	$356K	8
Harvey	$340K	8
Pinterest	$322K	4
Zoox	$302K	5
Roblox	$286K	5
Waymo	$280K	9
Reddit	$276K	4
Far.ai	$275K	3
Latitude AI	$272K	3
Deepgram	$272K	4
Applied	$250K	3
Baseten	$248K	3
May Mobility	$245K	3
Nuro	$242K	6
Databricks	$231K	4
CoreWeave	$222K	10
Lightning AI	$210K	5
NewsBreak	$210K	3
Sciforium	$195K	5
Anduril Industries	$194K	7

Highest-paying open Distributed training roles

All Distributed training jobs

Research Engineer, Code RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$500K - $850KPythonLLMPyTorch5mo
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)Anthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | N…$500K - $850KRemoteMachine LearningPyTorchAI6mo
Member of Technical Staff, Pretraining SystemsMagic.dev · 🇺🇸San Francisco$275K - $550KDeep learningDistributed training8mo
Research Scientist, Robot Foundation ModelsWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$370K - $513KHybridMachine LearningPyTorchReinforcement learning6w
Training Performance EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$295K - $500KHybridRustPythonC++13mo
Software Engineer, Platform SystemsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$380K - $500KDistributed trainingObservabilityHigh-performance computing9mo
Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $485KPythonC++Machine Learning2mo
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $485KRustGoC++2w
Research Engineer / Scientist, Reinforcement LearningHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$230K - $450KHybridPythonLLMAI agents13d
Research Engineer / Scientist, Reinforcement LearningHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $450KHybridPythonLLMAI agents13d
Principal Software Engineer, ML & Media InfraPinterest · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; US; San Francisco, CA, US$285K - $450KLead and abovePythonJavaC++2w
Research Lead - Pre-training SafetyFar.ai · Berkeley Office$290K - $450KRemoteLead and above.NETMachine LearningLLM evaluation2mo
Research Engineer, Training & InferenceHarmonic · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$200K - $450KPythonC++LLM6mo
Staff Product Manager - ObservabilityLambda · Bellevue Office$291K - $430KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningPyTorchDatadog4w
Staff Product Manager - Storage & NetworkingLambda · Bellevue Office$291K - $430KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningDistributed trainingLoad balancing5w
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Product ML InfrastructurePinterest · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US$245K - $429KLead and abovePythonJavaC++6w
Research Engineer - AI/RL InfrastructureApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$126K - $423KMachine LearningPyTorchKubernetes26mo
Machine Learning Scientist/EngineerWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$311K - $420KHybridMachine LearningPyTorchAI6w
Applied ResearcherRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KMachine LearningPyTorchReinforcement learning10d
Software Engineer, Distributed TrainingRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KRustPythonC++2mo

Questions about Distributed training pay

What is the average Distributed training salary?: $274K a year on average and $255K at the median, across 195 open Distributed training postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?: The middle half of the postings offer $212K to $310K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Distributed training pay?: Anthropic ($675K), OpenAI ($419K), Wayve ($366K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a distributed training a high-paying job?: The median Distributed training posting advertises $255K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 47% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a distributed training?: A tenth of the postings offer $360K a year or more; the highest open Distributed training role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Distributed training salary per hour and per month?: The median of $255K a year is about $123 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $21,250 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $102 to $149 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Distributed training roles?: Postings that ask for LLM evaluation (+$34K, 27 postings), Reinforcement learning (+$26K, 58 postings), JAX (+$26K, 41 postings) advertise more than the $255K median of all Distributed training postings with pay.
Where do these figures come from?: From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

Distributed training salary: $255K median