Quant Salaries: Live Disclosed Comp
Base-salary figures published in 1142 of the 4,403 live postings we track (26% disclose comp, mostly NYC-based roles where pay-transparency laws apply). Median across all disclosed postings: $188k. Excludes bonus and PnL-linked comp, which dominate at senior levels.
By role
| Role | Postings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | 54 | $225k |
| HFT | 80 | $208k |
| Quantitative Researcher | 138 | $200k |
| Quantitative Developer | 63 | $200k |
| Quantitative Trader | 52 | $200k |
| Software Engineer | 210 | $200k |
| Data Scientist | 56 | $188k |
By seniority
| Seniority | Postings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 64 | $169k |
| Junior | 167 | $150k |
| Mid-level | 417 | $175k |
| Senior | 314 | $200k |
| Lead | 62 | $213k |
| VP / Director | 116 | $189k |
By firm (3+ disclosed postings)
| # | Firm | Type | Postings | Median base | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five Rings Capital | Prop trading & market making | 8 | $269k | $100k–$300k |
| 2 | Citadel | Hedge fund | 23 | $268k | $123k–$325k |
| 3 | Citadel Securities | Prop trading & market making | 31 | $263k | $200k–$300k |
| 4 | GTS | Prop trading & market making | 4 | $234k | $138k–$275k |
| 5 | Hudson River Trading | Prop trading & market making | 57 | $225k | $100k–$300k |
| 6 | Jump Trading | Prop trading & market making | 31 | $225k | $80k–$325k |
| 7 | Two Sigma | Hedge fund | 23 | $220k | $138k–$300k |
| 8 | Schonfeld | Hedge fund | 15 | $213k | $110k–$288k |
| 9 | Susquehanna (SIG) | Prop trading & market making | 16 | $213k | $115k–$300k |
| 10 | Arrowstreet Capital | Asset manager | 17 | $213k | $130k–$263k |
| 11 | PDT Partners | Hedge fund | 8 | $210k | $135k–$220k |
| 12 | Millennium | Hedge fund | 70 | $205k | $75k–$213k |
| 13 | Qube RT (QRT) | Hedge fund | 14 | $203k | $165k–$240k |
| 14 | Flow Traders | Prop trading & market making | 14 | $203k | $88k–$263k |
| 15 | Tower Research | Prop trading & market making | 22 | $200k | $135k–$250k |
| 16 | DRW | Prop trading & market making | 40 | $200k | $110k–$275k |
| 17 | IMC | Prop trading & market making | 48 | $200k | $88k–$300k |
| 18 | Chicago Trading | Prop trading & market making | 13 | $200k | $85k–$238k |
| 19 | Optiver | Prop trading & market making | 39 | $200k | $38k–$250k |
| 20 | Jacobs Levy | Asset manager | 5 | $200k | $145k–$213k |
| 21 | Group One | Prop trading & market making | 7 | $200k | $110k–$238k |
| 22 | Point72 | Hedge fund | 77 | $190k | $90k–$350k |
| 23 | Quantbot | Hedge fund | 3 | $190k | $83k–$190k |
| 24 | Old Mission Capital | Prop trading & market making | 18 | $188k | $90k–$238k |
| 25 | Acadian | Asset manager | 8 | $176k | $75k–$238k |
| 26 | Maven Securities | Prop trading & market making | 4 | $175k | $115k–$175k |
| 27 | Virtu | Prop trading & market making | 9 | $175k | $95k–$250k |
| 28 | WorldQuant | Hedge fund | 12 | $175k | $138k–$213k |
| 29 | Bridgewater | Hedge fund | 14 | $175k | $110k–$425k |
| 30 | Trexquant | Hedge fund | 15 | $175k | $135k–$200k |
| 31 | D. E. Shaw | Hedge fund | 89 | $170k | $25k–$350k |
| 32 | BlackRock | Asset manager | 144 | $169k | $85k–$288k |
| 33 | T. Rowe Price | Asset manager | 94 | $166k | $73k–$262k |
| 34 | Engineers Gate | Hedge fund | 4 | $164k | $156k–$225k |
| 35 | Verition | Hedge fund | 6 | $155k | $90k–$175k |
| 36 | AQR Capital | Hedge fund | 25 | $150k | $80k–$280k |
| 37 | Brevan Howard | Hedge fund | 7 | $150k | $125k–$200k |
| 38 | Squarepoint Capital | Hedge fund | 28 | $150k | $80k–$275k |
| 39 | Valkyrie | Prop trading & market making | 6 | $148k | $133k–$194k |
| 40 | Akuna Capital | Prop trading & market making | 5 | $145k | $140k–$145k |
| 41 | Wellington | Asset manager | 45 | $135k | $85k–$173k |
| 42 | Man Group | Hedge fund | 14 | $113k | $73k–$175k |