R salary: $172K median
The median advertised R salary is $172K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $132K to $215K: counted from 259 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $83 an hour or $14,333 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $260K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll R jobs
$172Kmedian advertised salary
$132K – $215Kmiddle half of roles
$178Kaverage advertised salary
259roles counted
R salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $226K, 24% more than senior roles ($182K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $182K | $148K–$210K | 85 |
| Lead and above | $226K | $190K–$268K | 56 |
| No level in the title | $155K | $115K–$192K | 114 |
R salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $214K | 71 |
| 🇺🇸California | $189K | 106 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $175K | 237 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $155K | 43 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $148K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $115K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $96K | 20 |
Skills that pay more for R roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Causal inference | $226K | +$54K | 45 |
| Machine Learning | $210K | +$38K | 75 |
| A/B testing | $185K | +$13K | 32 |
| Quantitative analysis | $184K | +$12K | 32 |
| SQL | $175K | +$3K | 193 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $326K | 6 |
| Roblox | $294K | 6 |
| Kardigan | $270K | 3 |
| $260K | 7 | |
| Freenome | $242K | 3 |
| Headway | $238K | 3 |
| Waymo | $230K | 8 |
| Databricks | $214K | 14 |
| $214K | 7 | |
| Airwallex | $210K | 3 |
| Airbnb | $200K | 5 |
| Oscar Health | $190K | 5 |
| Ripple | $188K | 4 |
| Summit Therapeutics | $179K | 4 |
| Crusoe | $178K | 5 |
| Charles River Associates | $178K | 7 |
| LatchBio | $160K | 4 |
| Omnicom Media | $155K | 7 |
| Anduril Industries | $154K | 5 |
| Lyft | $144K | 5 |
| Judi Health | $122K | 7 |
| SpaceX | $115K | 17 |
| The Jackson Laboratory's | $87K | 3 |
| Pre-Doctoral in Economics Program (PREP) | $60K | 7 |
Highest-paying open R roles
All R jobs- Data Scientist, Ads DemandOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$293K - $515KPythonSQLR
- Data Scientist, SMB Ads GrowthOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$293K - $515KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- People Research Scientist, RecruitingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$285K - $380KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Principal Data Scientist, Economy RecommendationsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$323K - $374KLead and abovePythonSQLAirflow
- Senior Staff Manager, Data ScienceWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, USA$298K - $368KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Manager II, Engineering- Analytics Engineering, Core Data SciencePinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemotePythonSQLR
- Staff Software, Engineering – Analytics Engineering, Core Data SciencePinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLR
- Principal Data Scientist, AdsReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$268K - $365KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Security ScientistFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$140K - $348KPythonSQLSnowflake
- Senior Director, Real World Data (RWD)Freenome · Remote$236K - $335KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLGCP
- Senior Data Scientist, Consumer AppsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$264K - $323KSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Director, Head of Statistical ProgrammingKardigan · 🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey, United States$248K - $323KLead and aboveRGitRegulatory compliance
- Head of Growth Data ScienceAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$300K - $320KHybridLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Director, RNAi DiscoveryPliant Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$290K - $320KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningR
- Senior Director, Data Science, Core Insurance & NetworkOscar Health · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$240K - $315KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- GTM Strategy & Operations - AMER Enterprise TechAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$270K - $310KPythonSQLTableau
- Staff Data Scientist, Causal Inference & ExperimentationDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$248K - $310KLead and abovePythonSQLLLM
- Associate Director, Full Stack Clinical Platform EngineerKardigan · 🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey$234K - $305KLead and abovePythonSQLDocker
- Principal, Marketing AnalyticsElastic · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $304KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Staff Data Scientist, AdsReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $304KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
Questions about R pay
- What is the average R salary?
- $178K a year on average and $172K at the median, across 259 open R 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 $132K to $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest R pay?
- OpenAI ($326K), Roblox ($294K), Kardigan ($270K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a r a high-paying job?
- The median R posting advertises $172K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a r?
- A tenth of the postings offer $260K a year or more; the highest open R role advertises up to $515K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the R salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $172K a year is about $83 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,333 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $64 to $103 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for R roles?
- Postings that ask for Causal inference (+$54K, 45 postings), Machine Learning (+$38K, 75 postings), A/B testing (+$13K, 32 postings) advertise more than the $172K median of all R 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.
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The median advertised salary for R roles at companies is $172K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $132K to $215K. Counted from 259 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/r/
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