Scale
Scale AI is a San Francisco-based data annotation platform that provides high-quality training data and full-stack AI infrastructure to power machine learning models for enterprises, governments, and AI labs worldwide.
Scale salaries
Average salary
$189.8–246.8K/ year
Based on
297 jobs
Salary by seniority
| Level | Average | Board baseline | vs. board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $95–135.9K | $105.3–166.2K | -15% |
| Associate | $155.7–189.5K | $115.6–168.2K | +22% |
| Mid-level | $178.3–234.9K | $157–243.1K | +3% |
| Senior | $195.3–253.9K | $192.9–291K | -7% |
| Director | $222.7–279.4K | $243.2–330.7K | -13% |
Salaries by role
Public Sector
30 jobs
$174–244.7K
Software Engineering
31 jobs
$197.1–263.9K
Data Engineering
6 jobs
$202–292.3K
Data Science
6 jobs
$194.8–250.5K
Enterprise Sales
12 jobs
$173.2–215.8K
Business Operations
8 jobs
$165.5–211.7K
Full-Stack Development
9 jobs
$189.7–237.1K
Operations Management
12 jobs
$125.2–156.8K
Backend Development
11 jobs
$202.3–252.9K
DevOps
11 jobs
$201.9–268.1K
Cloud Engineering
5 jobs
$201–251.3K
Technical Program Management
32 jobs
$175.6–243.4K
Robotics
5 jobs
$192.1–248.6K
Program Management
24 jobs
$154.7–205.6K
Machine Learning Engineer
22 jobs
$209.4–269.8K
AI Engineer
12 jobs
$211.9–274.8K
Software Engineer
16 jobs
$194.8–262.5K
Engineering Management
12 jobs
$232.1–296.3K
AI Engineering
18 jobs
$223.8–285.2K
Machine Learning
9 jobs
$235.9–299.6K
Platform Engineering
14 jobs
$212.2–280.4K
AI Research
10 jobs
$217.6–279K
Generative AI
7 jobs
$207.1–264.3K
Enterprise AI
9 jobs
$222.6–278.4K
Machine Learning Research
10 jobs
$238–297.6K
Solutions Engineering
15 jobs
$200.9–258.8K
Machine Learning Engineering
18 jobs
$227.9–295.4K
Infrastructure Engineering
8 jobs
$192.7–279.8K
Account Management
8 jobs
$181.4–241.1K
Gen AI Operations
19 jobs
$155.2–202.4K
Applied Scientist
7 jobs
$233.3–295.9K
Product Management
14 jobs
$216.8–273K
Technical Product Management
15 jobs
$217.4–270.7K
Public Sector Engineering
20 jobs
$207.8–296.7K
Backend Engineering
14 jobs
$196.2–275.3K
AI Product Management
13 jobs
$210.8–262.8K
Research Scientist
9 jobs
$228.1–300.4K
Corporate Accounting
5 jobs
$125.6–159.4K
Sales Engineering
6 jobs
$184.2–230K
Backend Engineer
10 jobs
$199.2–259.9K
Strategic Projects
6 jobs
$150.6–202.9K
Enterprise Engineering
11 jobs
$224.3–284.3K
Engagement Management
9 jobs
$176.7–242.1K
Business Development
7 jobs
$145.6–182K
AI Operations
6 jobs
$164.1–219.8K
Customer Success Management
9 jobs
$174.7–239.7K
AI Strategy
5 jobs
$179.4–224.3K
Customer Success
5 jobs
$189.1–243.3K
Forward Deployed Engineering
5 jobs
$214.1–291.7K
Government Technology
11 jobs
$194.9–278.4K
Engagement Manager
7 jobs
$162.3–231.3K
Technical Leadership
6 jobs
$251.6–314.6K
Public Sector Operations
5 jobs
$168.6–225.2K
Strategic Finance
5 jobs
$176.6–220.8K
Corporate Finance
5 jobs
$176.6–220.8K
AI Research Scientist
5 jobs
$272.8–347K
Defense Technology
7 jobs
$184.2–254.7K
AI/ML Engineering
5 jobs
$214.2–291.8K
AI/ML Program Management
10 jobs
$175.4–246.1K
Public Sector Sales
7 jobs
$167.8–213.6K
Account Executive
5 jobs
$182.9–226.6K
Technical Program Manager
5 jobs
$177.6–229K
Top locations
United States
10,986 jobs
$188.8–282.2K
California, United States
8,119 jobs
$198.2–299.5K
San Francisco, CA, United States
4,095 jobs
$225.2–306.5K
Santa Clara, CA, United States
2,572 jobs
$177.3–314.7K
New York, United States
976 jobs
$177.5–246.8K
Sunnyvale, CA, United States
672 jobs
$153.8–232.7K
New Jersey, United States
384 jobs
$150.7–213.5K
Livingston, NJ, United States
359 jobs
$154.9–219.5K
New York, NY, United States
338 jobs
$189.9–259.4K
Texas, United States
322 jobs
$137.8–259.9K
Other companies
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93 jobs
$307.2–418.1K
Magic
18 jobs
$205.3–505K
Anthropic
1,148 jobs
$265.8–347.6K
Tenstorrent
188 jobs
$98.6–489.8K
OpenAI
1,420 jobs
$245.1–334.5K
Harmonic
6 jobs
$191.7–383.3K
Lambda
157 jobs
$223.3–301.5K
Perplexity
189 jobs
$203.1–319.5K
Sierra
282 jobs
$199.8–299.1K
Periodic Labs
33 jobs
$204.9–282.9K
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for Scale?
- The average salary for Scale is $189,806.00 – $246,758.00 per year, based on 297 job postings on this board that disclose pay.
- How is the salary figure for Scale calculated?
- These figures are aggregated from current and recent job postings on this board that disclose pay, then averaged across roles. They are estimates, not guarantees of compensation.