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Blue Origin Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer Salary

Blue Origin's 15 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $198k/yr, typically $162k–$303k/yr, from 12 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Blue Origin role
median $157k/yr
Blue Origin's data scientists and machine learning engineers: 26% above it
Data scientists and machine learning engineers at every space company
median $163k/yr
Blue Origin: 21% above it
All US data scientists, May 2025
median $120k/yr
Blue Origin's postings: 65% above it
Highest posted top
$323k/yr
Principal Software Engineer – Data & AI

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Blue Origin data scientist or machine learning engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II2Too few figures
Level III4$198k/yr$198k–$231k/yr
Senior4$213k/yr$181k–$277k/yr
Principal or fellow2Too few figures
Senior manager1Too few figures
Title names no level2Too few figures

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Blue Origin hires data scientists and machine learning engineers

  • Greater Seattle Area, WA11 roles, median $198k/yr
  • Denver, CO3 roles, median $188k/yr
  • Huntsville, AL1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 18:02 UTC

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Questions about Blue Origin pay for data scientists and machine learning engineers

How much does Blue Origin pay data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Blue Origin's open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $198k/yr, typically $162k–$303k/yr, from 12 distinct pay figures in 12 of its 15 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $323k/yr, for Principal Software Engineer – Data & AI.

What does Blue Origin pay data scientists and machine learning engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level III: a median $198k/yr (4 roles); senior: a median $213k/yr (4 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Blue Origin pay data scientists and machine learning engineers more than other space companies?

Blue Origin's median, $198k/yr, is 21% above the $163k/yr median of the 367 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at every space company we read (Blue Origin's among them).

Do data scientists and machine learning engineers earn more than other roles at Blue Origin?

Blue Origin's roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $198k/yr, 26% above the $157k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Blue Origin salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Blue Origin's pay for data scientists and machine learning engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of data scientists at $120k/yr (May 2025); Blue Origin's posted median, $198k/yr, is 65% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does Blue Origin hire data scientists and machine learning engineers?

Its open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers are in Greater Seattle Area, WA (11), Denver, CO (3) and Huntsville, AL (1). By place, they post a median of $198k/yr in Greater Seattle Area, WA and $188k/yr in Denver, CO.