Quant Salaries: Live Disclosed Comp
Base-salary figures published in 986 of the 4,099 live postings we track (24% disclose comp, mostly NYC-based roles where pay-transparency laws apply). Median across all disclosed postings: $175k. Excludes bonus and PnL-linked comp, which dominate at senior levels.
By role
| Role | Postings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Machine Learning Engineer | 41 | $220k |
| HFT | 75 | $213k |
| Quantitative Researcher | 128 | $211k |
| Quantitative Developer | 62 | $200k |
| Software Engineer | 144 | $200k |
| Quantitative Trader | 54 | $188k |
| Data Scientist | 45 | $188k |
By seniority
| Seniority | Postings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 54 | $159k |
| Junior | 145 | $164k |
| Mid-level | 400 | $174k |
| Senior | 250 | $194k |
| Lead | 40 | $213k |
| VP / Director | 96 | $183k |
By firm (3+ disclosed postings)
| # | Firm | Type | Postings | Median base | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citadel | Hedge fund | 19 | $268k | $123k–$325k |
| 2 | Citadel Securities | Market maker | 31 | $263k | $213k–$300k |
| 3 | Five Rings Capital | Prop trading | 8 | $238k | $100k–$300k |
| 4 | Two Sigma | Hedge fund | 9 | $233k | $90k–$300k |
| 5 | Hudson River Trading | Prop trading | 46 | $231k | $115k–$300k |
| 6 | Susquehanna (SIG) | Prop trading | 13 | $225k | $110k–$300k |
| 7 | Jump Trading | Prop trading | 41 | $225k | $150k–$325k |
| 8 | PDT Partners | Prop trading | 6 | $215k | $135k–$220k |
| 9 | IMC | Market maker | 53 | $213k | $75k–$300k |
| 10 | Arrowstreet Capital | Hedge fund | 23 | $213k | $80k–$263k |
| 11 | Millennium | Hedge fund | 46 | $205k | $108k–$213k |
| 12 | Flow Traders | Market maker | 12 | $203k | $113k–$263k |
| 13 | Qube RT (QRT) | Hedge fund | 13 | $200k | $165k–$240k |
| 14 | Tower Research | Prop trading | 11 | $200k | $150k–$250k |
| 15 | DRW | Prop trading | 13 | $200k | $150k–$400k |
| 16 | Chicago Trading | Prop trading | 13 | $200k | $85k–$238k |
| 17 | Schonfeld | Hedge fund | 4 | $193k | $105k–$288k |
| 18 | Quantbot | Prop trading | 3 | $190k | $83k–$190k |
| 19 | Point72 | Hedge fund | 59 | $188k | $80k–$275k |
| 20 | Old Mission Capital | Market maker | 18 | $188k | $62k–$238k |
| 21 | Jacobs Levy | Asset manager | 6 | $188k | $78k–$213k |
| 22 | GTS | Market maker | 11 | $188k | $160k–$263k |
| 23 | D. E. Shaw | Hedge fund | 69 | $180k | $25k–$313k |
| 24 | Virtu | Market maker | 8 | $175k | $133k–$250k |
| 25 | WorldQuant | Hedge fund | 13 | $175k | $138k–$213k |
| 26 | Bridgewater | Hedge fund | 10 | $171k | $110k–$338k |
| 27 | Trexquant | Hedge fund | 16 | $170k | $135k–$188k |
| 28 | Maven Securities | Market maker | 6 | $159k | $98k–$175k |
| 29 | T. Rowe Price | Asset manager | 48 | $151k | $73k–$276k |
| 30 | Verition | Hedge fund | 14 | $150k | $100k–$175k |
| 31 | Squarepoint Capital | Hedge fund | 26 | $150k | $100k–$210k |
| 32 | DV Trading | Prop trading | 5 | $150k | $125k–$175k |
| 33 | Valkyrie | Market maker | 6 | $148k | $133k–$194k |
| 34 | AQR Capital | Hedge fund | 16 | $146k | $80k–$235k |
| 35 | BlackRock | Asset manager | 132 | $145k | $90k–$245k |
| 36 | Brookfield Asset Management | Asset manager | 48 | $120k | $52k–$375k |
| 37 | PIMCO | Asset manager | 53 | $120k | $75k–$265k |
| 38 | Wellington | Asset manager | 27 | $115k | $85k–$173k |
| 39 | Garda Capital Partners | Hedge fund | 10 | $114k | $90k–$250k |
| 40 | Man Group | Hedge fund | 6 | $93k | $80k–$130k |