XGBoost salary: $215K median
The median advertised XGBoost salary is $215K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $174K to $256K: counted from 37 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $103 an hour or $17,917 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $321K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll XGBoost jobs
$215Kmedian advertised salary
$174K – $256Kmiddle half of roles
$222Kaverage advertised salary
37roles counted
XGBoost salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $230K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $230K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $212K | 36 |
Skills that pay more for XGBoost roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugging Face | $321K | +$106K | 5 |
| AI | $240K | +$25K | 13 |
| Generative AI | $239K | +$24K | 8 |
| Risk management | $238K | +$24K | 7 |
| MLOps | $225K | +$10K | 8 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Garner Health | $321K | 5 |
| Socure | $155K | 5 |
Highest-paying open XGBoost roles
All XGBoost jobs- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Financial ProductsAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$297K - $401KLead and abovePythonJavaSQL
- Manager, Product Applied ScienceGarner Health · 🇺🇸New York City, New York$300K - $390KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Staff Applied ScientistGarner Health · 🇺🇸New York City, New York$300K - $390KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Software Engineer - Machine LearningFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $376KGoPythonC++
- Machine Learning Engineer — Risk & AIOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$215K - $322KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - FraudPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$229K - $315KHybridSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Model Governance Lead, CreditPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$208K - $307KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningXGBoostRisk management
- Senior Machine Learning EngineerReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$217K - $303KRemoteSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior ML Engineer, Core DevelopmentAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KSeniorPythonDockerMachine Learning
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - RiskGusto · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - Hybrid$227K - $284KHybridLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff Machine Learning ScientistDave · 🇺🇸United States$208K - $269KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Sr Data Scientist, Risk StrategyOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$224K - $268KSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Staff Data Scientist, Forward Deployed6sense · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$195K - $266KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Data Scientist (Applied ML)Nerdwallet · 🇺🇸NerdWallet US$136K - $252KRemoteSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Staff Data Scientist - Digital IntelligenceSocure · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, CA$210K - $250KHybridLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Machine LearningHume AI · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$180K - $250KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Engineer, Machine LearningVirta Health · Remote$230K - $250KRemoteSeniorMachine LearningLLMAWS
- Principal Data Scientist - ConsumerGopuff · 🇺🇸United States$180K - $240KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
- Data Science Manager, Model RiskSentilink · 🇺🇸United States$210K - $240KRemotePythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Sr. Data Scientist, Forward-Deployed6sense · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$168K - $231KSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
Questions about XGBoost pay
- What is the average XGBoost salary?
- $222K a year on average and $215K at the median, across 37 open XGBoost 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 $174K to $256K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest XGBoost pay?
- Garner Health ($321K), Socure ($155K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a xgboost a high-paying job?
- The median XGBoost posting advertises $215K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 24% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a xgboost?
- A tenth of the postings offer $321K a year or more; the highest open XGBoost role advertises up to $401K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the XGBoost salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $215K a year is about $103 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,917 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $84 to $123 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for XGBoost roles?
- Postings that ask for Hugging Face (+$106K, 5 postings), AI (+$25K, 13 postings), Generative AI (+$24K, 8 postings) advertise more than the $215K median of all XGBoost 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 XGBoost roles at companies is $215K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $174K to $256K. Counted from 37 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/xgboost/
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