Search filed US quant salaries
The base pay 32 trading firms and hedge funds filed for US jobs, July 2025 to June 2026, by firm, city and job title as filed. Some firms file one figure for each job; others file a range, and the list shows both ends.
322 job titles at 29 firms · median base $200,000 · highest $478,400
Machine Learning ResearcherSIG · RiversideFrom $478,400SIGFrom $478,400- Senior Credit TraderCitadel Securities · New York$365,000 to $405,000Citadel Securities$365,000 to $405,000
- IAC Researcher · San Francisco$400,000$400,000
- Quantitative Research LeadCitadel Securities · Miami$325,000 to $400,000Citadel Securities$325,000 to $400,000
- Senior Quantitative ResearcherCitadel Securities · Miami$300,000 to $375,000Citadel Securities$300,000 to $375,000
- Software Engineering Team LeadCitadel Securities · New York$300,000 to $375,000Citadel Securities$300,000 to $375,000
Research DeveloperHeadlands · Chicago$200,000 to $375,000Headlands$200,000 to $375,000- Software DeveloperHeadlands · Chicago$200,000 to $375,000Headlands$200,000 to $375,000
- Research DeveloperHeadlands · New York$200,000 to $375,000Headlands$200,000 to $375,000
Structured Products TraderD. E. Shaw · New York$350,000D. E. Shaw$350,000- Software Engineer · Bellevue$350,000$350,000
- Machine Learning ResearcherSIG · Bala Cynwyd$284,700 to $350,000SIG$284,700 to $350,000
- Quantitative ResearcherCitadel Securities · Chicago$275,000 to $350,000Citadel Securities$275,000 to $350,000
- Senior Quantitative ResearcherCitadel Securities · Chicago$275,000 to $350,000Citadel Securities$275,000 to $350,000
- Quantitative Researcher, Trading Research · New York$325,000$325,000
- Software Engineer, Execution Services · New York$325,000$325,000
- Quantitative Research AnalystCitadel Securities · New York$275,000 to $325,000Citadel Securities$275,000 to $325,000
- Senior Software EngineerCitadel · New York$250,000 to $325,000Citadel$250,000 to $325,000
- Quantitative ResearcherCitadel Securities · Miami$250,000 to $325,000Citadel Securities$250,000 to $325,000
- Quantitative TraderCitadel Securities · Miami$250,000 to $325,000Citadel Securities$250,000 to $325,000
- Quantitative TraderCitadel Securities · New York$68,869 to $325,000Citadel Securities$68,869 to $325,000
- Quantitative Research AnalystCitadel Securities · Miami$111,139 to $322,500Citadel Securities$111,139 to $322,500
- Quantitative ResearcherCitadel Securities · New York$237,500 to $320,000Citadel Securities$237,500 to $320,000
- International ETF TraderCitadel Securities · New York$68,869 to $320,000Citadel Securities$68,869 to $320,000
- Quantitative Junior TraderCitadel Securities · New York$68,869 to $320,000Citadel Securities$68,869 to $320,000
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A filing states the base salary offered for one job. It does not include the bonus. For a single figure the list shows the median; for a range, the medians of both ends, and pay sorts by the upper end.
What is a salary filing?
When a US firm hires someone on a work visa, it files the base salary it will pay with the US government, and the filing is public. It states the base only. A discretionary bonus is left out, because only pay that is assured counts toward the filed wage.
Why do some firms file a range?
Some firms file one figure for each job; others file a range. The lower end of a range is often the legal minimum for the role in that city, not what the firm pays, so read the two ends together and lean on the upper one.
What do the filings not show?
They cover people who needed a visa, at every level from graduate to senior, so they say nothing about how many people a firm hires overall. They leave out the bonus and the sign-on, which at these firms can be larger than the base. The firm and city salary pages add both.