What is the average Statistics salary?

$187K a year on average and $180K at the median, across 1,166 open Statistics 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 $142K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Statistics pay?

OpenAI ($396K), Anthropic ($332K), Mercor ($330K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a statistics a high-paying job?

The median Statistics posting advertises $180K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 3% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a statistics?

A tenth of the postings offer $272K a year or more; the highest open Statistics role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Statistics salary per hour and per month?

The median of $180K a year is about $87 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,000 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $68 to $107 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Statistics roles?

Postings that ask for LLM (+$44K, 191 postings), Causal inference (+$40K, 124 postings), Machine Learning (+$25K, 390 postings) advertise more than the $180K median of all Statistics postings with pay.

What does an entry-level statistics make?

11 junior and intern Statistics postings state pay, with a median of $125K a year ($60 an hour).

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.

Statistics Salary: $187K Average, $180K Median (Nov 2026)

Statistics salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $225K, 21% more than senior roles ($186K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$186K	$159K–$221K	381
Lead and above	$225K	$188K–$270K	253
No level in the title	$150K	$115K–$195K	521

Statistics salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$226K	300
🇺🇸Pittsburgh, PA	$200K	15
🇺🇸California	$198K	471
🇺🇸New York, NY	$187K	157
🇺🇸United States	$182K	1,086
🇺🇸Boston, MA	$174K	53
🇺🇸Washington, DC	$172K	31
🇺🇸Seattle, WA	$172K	66
🇺🇸Chicago, IL	$152K	40
🇺🇸Denver, CO	$150K	39
🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA	$142K	78
🇺🇸Texas	$104K	24
🇺🇸Austin, TX	$84K	17

Skills that pay more for Statistics roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
LLM	$224K	+$44K	191
Causal inference	$220K	+$40K	124
Machine Learning	$205K	+$25K	390
C++	$195K	+$15K	136
Python	$190K	+$10K	669

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
OpenAI	$396K	15
Anthropic	$332K	9
Mercor	$330K	10
Turing	$302K	4
Roblox	$294K	13
Airwallex	$274K	4
GoFundMe	$274K	3
Plaid	$272K	5
Suno	$270K	5
Garner Health	$268K	6
Figma	$264K	5
Snorkel AI	$262K	3
Reddit	$260K	10
Mixpanel	$256K	3
Faire	$250K	10
OKX	$248K	4
ZoomInfo	$247K	3
Airbnb	$245K	8
Pinterest	$239K	18
Waymo	$238K	23
Glean	$230K	5
Freenome	$229K	7
Nuro	$227K	4
Kardigan	$227K	5
Tango Therapeutics	$226K	4

Highest-paying open Statistics roles

All Statistics jobs

Research Engineer, Post-Training Model EvaluationsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KPythonLLMLLM evaluation6mo
Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent ScalingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$500K - $850KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsReinforcement learning6w
Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Ads MeasurementPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US$315K - $551KLead and aboveMachine LearningAIAI agents6w
Applied Data Science & Insights Leader - GTM Intelligence Solutions and Technical SuccessOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$441K - $515KPythonSQLMachine Learning5mo
Machine Learning Engineer, Implicit SignalsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$381K - $510KHybridMachine LearningAILLM evaluation4w
Infrastructure Software EngineerMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $500KGoPythonPostgreSQL2mo
Software Engineer, AgentsMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $500KPythonTypeScriptReact14mo
Quantitative, Head of Dataset & QualityBuild Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $500KLead and above.NETHTMLLLM evaluation2mo
Research InternQuadrillion Labs · 🇺🇸New York City$300K - $500KInternMachine LearningLLMPandas4mo
Sr. Manager, Machine Learning Engineering-Applied ResearchPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$228K - $469KRemoteSeniorMachine LearningLLMAI3mo
Principal Systems Engineer, SafetyZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$349K - $419KLead and aboveAUTOSARStatistics14mo
Vice President, Clinical DevelopmentKardigan · 🇺🇸Princeton, New Jersey, United States$340K - $416KLead and aboveGoRegulatory complianceCDL4mo
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Financial ProductsAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$297K - $401KLead and abovePythonJavaSQL2mo
Staff Research ScientistTuring · 🇺🇸United States$250K - $400KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM7w
Founding Machine Learning EngineerShepherd · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $400KPythonTypeScriptSQL7mo
Research EngineerAntimetal · 🇺🇸HQ - NYC$200K - $400KPythonTypeScriptLLM3mo
Senior Director, R&D Planning & OperationsOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$290K - $398KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMSnowflake4w
Director of Data ScienceMotional · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Las Vegas, Nevada…$288K - $396KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLAWS7w
Director of Product ManagementMixpanel · 🇺🇸New York City, US (Hybrid)$312K - $390KHybridLead and aboveFigmaUser researchStatistics9d
Manager, Product Applied ScienceGarner Health · 🇺🇸New York City, New York$300K - $390KPythonSQLMachine Learning3mo

Questions about Statistics pay

What is the average Statistics salary?: $187K a year on average and $180K at the median, across 1,166 open Statistics 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 $142K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Statistics pay?: OpenAI ($396K), Anthropic ($332K), Mercor ($330K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a statistics a high-paying job?: The median Statistics posting advertises $180K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 3% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a statistics?: A tenth of the postings offer $272K a year or more; the highest open Statistics role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Statistics salary per hour and per month?: The median of $180K a year is about $87 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,000 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $68 to $107 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Statistics roles?: Postings that ask for LLM (+$44K, 191 postings), Causal inference (+$40K, 124 postings), Machine Learning (+$25K, 390 postings) advertise more than the $180K median of all Statistics postings with pay.
What does an entry-level statistics make?: 11 junior and intern Statistics postings state pay, with a median of $125K a year ($60 an hour).
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.

Statistics salary: $180K median