Nscale job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $195k. The middle half of those posts range from $150k to $234k. That is 162 job posts, as of Nov 7, 2026.
Nscale salaries
What Nscale publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.
$195k median · $150k to $234k middle half · 162 job posts with a salary
Updated Nov 7, 2026
Salary by role at Nscale
In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.
| Role | Job posts | Median | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineering | 37 | $225k | $175k to $250k |
| Operations | 18 | $175k | $131k to $231k |
| Product | 9 | $225k | $200k to $240k |
| Finance | 8 | $153k | $124k to $196k |
| Security | 7 | $208k | $188k to $213k |
| Data | 7 | $205k | $168k to $208k |
| Legal | 5 | $275k | $275k |
| Sales | 5 | $225k | $215k to $225k |
Salary by AI level at Nscale
Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.
| AI level | Job posts | Median | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Builds AI ●●●● | 11 | $225k | $205k to $263k |
| Works on AI ●●●○ | 33 | $213k | $180k to $245k |
| Uses AI ●●○○ | 7 | $195k | $168k to $240k |
| Little AI ●○○○ | 111 | $185k | $140k to $225k |
Salary by country at Nscale
Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.
| Country | Job posts | Median | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 147 | $195k | $150k to $235k |
Nscale job posts with a salary
The 25 most recent of 162. Pay is shown as the employer published it.
- People Systems Engineer$150k-$230k
Remote · AMER · Works on AI ●●●○ · yesterday
- Senior Security Engineer, Red Team$160k-$190k
New York; San Francisco; Seattle · Uses AI ●●○○ · yesterday
- Technical Program Manager – Networking NPI$190k-$260k
New York; San Francisco; Seattle · Little AI ●○○○ · yesterday
- Director, Strategy & Operations - Communications$170k-$300k
San Francisco; Seattle · Uses AI ●●○○ · yesterday
- Senior Low Voltage Deployment Engineer$100k-$180k
US · Little AI ●○○○ · 2 days ago
- Community Affairs Manager$130k-$220k
US · Little AI ●○○○ · 2 days ago
- Environmental Director$160k-$270k
Houston · Little AI ●○○○ · 2 days ago
- Community Affairs Manager$130k-$220k
US · Little AI ●○○○ · 3 days ago
- Community Affairs Manager$130k-$220k
Point Pleasant, WV · Little AI ●○○○ · 3 days ago
- Developer Experience Engineer-AI Infrastructure Operations$100k-$170k
Remote · Houston; New York; San Francisco; Seattle · Works on AI ●●●○ · 3 days ago
- Senior Developer Experience Engineer-AI Infrastructure Operations$170k-$265k
Remote · Houston; New York; San Francisco; Seattle · Builds AI ●●●● · 3 days ago
- Senior Manager, Preconstruction Scheduling$130k-$230k
AMER · Little AI ●○○○ · 3 days ago
- Senior Manager, Indirect Procurement$130k-$220k
AMER · Little AI ●○○○ · 3 days ago
- Senior Manager, Data Centre Delivery$180k-$240k
US · Works on AI ●●●○ · 3 days ago
- Construction Manager, Data Centre Delivery$140k-$200k
US · Works on AI ●●●○ · 3 days ago
- Senior Staff Machine Identity and PKI Engineer$210k-$270k
AMER · Works on AI ●●●○ · 3 days ago
- Staff Operational Readiness Technical Program Manager, AI Infrastructure Deployment$190k-$300k
Remote · Houston; New York; San Francisco; Seattle · Works on AI ●●●○ · 3 days ago
- Director, Controls, AMERS$170k-$240k
AMER · Little AI ●○○○ · 4 days ago
- Director of Technical Program Management, Logical Deployment$290k-$350k
San Francisco; Seattle · Works on AI ●●●○ · 4 days ago
- Principal Manager, Design, Special Projects, AMERS$170k-$200k
AMER · Little AI ●○○○ · 4 days ago
- Director of Technical Program Management, Physical Deployment$290k-$350k
San Francisco; Seattle · Works on AI ●●●○ · 4 days ago
- Senior Staff Machine Identity and PKI Engineer$190k-$260k
AMER · Little AI ●○○○ · 4 days ago
- Staff Identity Governance Engineer$170k-$230k
AMER · Little AI ●○○○ · 4 days ago
- Senior Identity Platform Engineer (Okta, passkeys and identity verification)$160k-$210k
Remote · AMER · Little AI ●○○○ · 4 days ago
- VP, Commissioning & Validation$260k-$450k
US · Little AI ●○○○ · 1 week ago
Method
Based on 162 job posts at Nscale with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 7, 2026.
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Nscale salary questions, answered from the data
Which roles at Nscale list the highest salaries?
Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Legal has the highest median at $275k, from 5 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.
Does the salary at Nscale change with how much AI the job involves?
Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at Nscale: Builds AI $225k, Works on AI $213k, Uses AI $195k, Little AI $185k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.
Where do these Nscale salary figures come from?
From the live job posts at Nscale that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.