Median salary
$125,000
median over time
Typical range
$94k – $167.7k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
21.4%
743 of 3,479 roles
Live roles
3,479
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Research Engineer, Pretraining Scaling
Research Engineer, Knowledge Foundations
Research Engineer, Pretraining Scaling - London
Model Performance Software Engineer, Claude Code
Field Chief Information Security Officer (Field CISO)
VP, Product Management - Agentic AI
Software Engineer, Safeguards Foundations (Internal Tooling)
Abuse Investigator - Child Safety
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$135,700 | 91 |
Anduril Industries
|
$150,000 | 85 |
Burson
|
$55,000 | 29 |
| MA Mercer Advisors | $115,000 | 27 |
Instacart
|
$142,250 | 18 |
AlphaSense
|
$109,000 | 14 |
Relativity Space
|
$129,500 | 11 |
|
Anthropic
|
$397,773 | 10 |
Policy Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $203,000 | 16 |
| San Francisco | $176,500 | 65 |
| Austin | $150,500 | 12 |
| New York | $122,500 | 109 |
| Chicago | $120,500 | 37 |
| Boston | $120,000 | 28 |
| Denver | $120,000 | 22 |
| London | $100,560 | 10 |
| Dublin | $81,387 | 4 |
| Los Angeles | $80,000 | 15 |
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How much do Policy Analyst roles pay?
The median salary for Policy Analyst roles is $125,000 per year. Most pay falls between $94,000 (25th percentile) and $167,700 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $69,100 to $206,680.
These figures are computed live from 3,479 active Policy Analyst roles on JobsRadar, of which 743 (21.4%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Policy Analyst roles include Anthropic, Vanta, Neo4j and OpenAI.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.