Remote data jobs paying $150k+ right now

25 remote data roles at 22 companies clear $150k on posted pay

This snapshot holds 25 live remote data postings whose published pay range reaches $150k or more, spread across 22 companies. Affirm has the most with 3 and mercor has 2. Every other company in the chart has 1, including Capital One, Instacart, Babylist, Cotiviti and Dermalogica.

That spread matters. No single employer dominates this cut, so a search aimed only at a few well-known names would miss most of these roles.

The roles themselves are mixed. The examples include hands-on engineering work: Data Engineer 5 at Capital One, a Software Engineer role on Vercel's data platform, and a backend role on Affirm's Lake Analytics Platform. There is analytics work, such as Senior Data Analyst, GTM at Tremendous. There is also leadership, such as VP Finance Data and Analytics at Cotiviti and Senior Manager, Data Analytics at Babylist.

In this report, "data" covers engineering, analytics and management. It does not mean one job title.

A $205,000 median range top is a ceiling, not a typical offer

The median top of the posted pay range is $205,000. Half of these postings list a ceiling at or above that figure, and half list one at or below it.

The top of a range is not the offer. Employers often place new hires below the ceiling. This cut also only requires a range to reach $150k, so the low end of some ranges may start below that. When you open a posting, read both ends of the range and check whether it applies nationally or depends on location.

Seniority shapes these numbers. Many example titles carry Senior, Manager or VP, or a level such as Data Engineer 5 or Sr. Data Engineer II. If you are earlier in your career, read these ranges as a picture of where the work leads, not as a starting expectation.

If you are already senior, use the published ranges as a reference point when you compare roles and discuss pay.

Remote here usually means remote within one country

A posting counts as remote when the employer marks it remote. The example locations show how much that label varies. Vercel's role is listed as Remote, United States, Affirm's as Remote US and Instacart's as Canada, Remote. Others say only Remote. One example, at allocate, lists a Palo Alto office even though it is marked remote.

This matters most for job seekers in the UK, Australia or Europe. A remote label rarely means anywhere in the world. Before you spend time on an application, check the location line, the eligibility notes and any time zone requirements in the posting.

If you are in the US or Canada, confirm whether the role is open across the whole country or only in certain states or provinces. Some employers also set pay by location, so the range you see may depend on where you live.

This is a small snapshot of postings, not a picture of hiring

These 25 postings come from Jobfinder AI's live index of 128,000 jobs from employer career sites, as of 2026-10-09. The cut is narrow: remote, data-related, with published pay reaching $150k. Many employers do not publish pay at all, so well-paid remote data roles without a posted range are not counted here.

Role group and seniority are assigned automatically from each posting. A few roles may sit at the edge of what you would call a data job. For example, an engineering manager role on Instacart's Core Picking team appears alongside analyst and data engineer roles.

The data also says nothing about how many people will be hired, how quickly roles close or how competitive they are. Postings open and close daily. Treat this list as a starting point for your own search, and confirm each posting is still open before you apply.