Pay from True Anomaly's own postings
True Anomaly Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer Salary
True Anomaly's 11 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $198k/yr, typically $173k–$310k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.
Against other pay
- Every True Anomaly role
- median $168k/yr
- True Anomaly's data scientists and machine learning engineers: 18% above it
- Data scientists and machine learning engineers at every space company
- median $163k/yr
- True Anomaly: 21% above it
- Highest posted top
- $315k/yr
- Engineering Manager, Perception 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.
True Anomaly data scientist or machine learning engineer pay by level
| Level the title names | Open roles | Median | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 1 | Too few figures | |
| Staff | 1 | Too few figures | |
| Principal or fellow | 1 | Too few figures | |
| Manager | 1 | Too few figures | |
| Title names no level | 7 | $173k/yr | $173k–$270k/yr |
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 True Anomaly hires data scientists and machine learning engineers
- Long Beach, CA11 roles, median $198k/yr
- Denver, CO10 roles, median $198k/yr
Open True Anomaly roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers, highest pay first
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC
Engineering Manager, Perception AI (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Flight Software · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$205,000–$315,000/yr
Staff Platform Engineer, AI (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Software & IT · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 4mo agoDetails
$225,000–$310,000/yr
Principal Data Engineer (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Software & IT · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$200,000–$280,000/yr
Data Scientist (II-Senior), Manufacturing Analytics (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Science & Data · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$125,000–$270,000/yr
Data Scientist (II-Senior), Operations & Reliability (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Science & Data · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$125,000–$270,000/yr
Perception Engineer, AI (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Flight Software · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 10mo agoDetails
$125,000–$270,000/yr
Senior Platform Engineer, AI (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Software & IT · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 4mo agoDetails
$190,000–$270,000/yr
Platform Engineer, AI (Levels I, II, III) (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Software & IT · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 4mo agoDetails
$120,000–$225,000/yr
Machine Learning Engineer (II-III), Space Agentic AI (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Flight Software · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 5mo agoDetails
$125,000–$220,000/yr
Machine Learning Engineer (II-III), Space Edge Deployment (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Flight Software · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$125,000–$220,000/yr
Data Analyst (opens the job details)
True Anomaly · Programs & Business · Long Beach, CA· 2w agoDetails
$80,000–$150,000/yr
More True Anomaly salaries by profession
- Software Engineer, median $198k/yr
- Electrical Engineer, median $176k/yr
- Propulsion Engineer, median $195k/yr
- Test Engineer, median $149k/yr
- Mechanical Engineer, median $133k/yr
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Questions about True Anomaly pay for data scientists and machine learning engineers
How much does True Anomaly pay data scientists and machine learning engineers?
True Anomaly's open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $198k/yr, typically $173k–$310k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures in 11 of its 11 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 $315k/yr, for Engineering Manager, Perception AI.
Does True Anomaly pay data scientists and machine learning engineers more than other space companies?
True Anomaly's median, $198k/yr, is 21% above the $163k/yr median of the 313 open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers at every space company we read (True Anomaly's among them).
Do data scientists and machine learning engineers earn more than other roles at True Anomaly?
True Anomaly's roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers post a median $198k/yr, 18% above the $168k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (True Anomaly salaries compares every kind of work).
How does True Anomaly'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); True Anomaly'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 True Anomaly hire data scientists and machine learning engineers?
Its open roles for data scientists and machine learning engineers are in Long Beach, CA (11) and Denver, CO (10). By place, they post a median of $198k/yr in Long Beach, CA and $198k/yr in Denver, CO.