Remote data jobs
Analyst, scientist and data engineering roles from live listings, each labelled with where the employer says you can be based.
Covers data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, analytics engineer, business intelligence and machine learning roles.
844
live data roles
104
found in the last day
Where you can actually work from
Most job boards call all of these simply "remote". These are the live counts for data roles right now.
- Work from home495
- Hybrid162
- Region Restricted158
- Undisclosed17
- Work from anywhere12
What remote data jobs pay
Typically $200k a year, with the middle half between $155k and $239k. Based on 330 live listings that publish a salary in US dollars.
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Where employers say you have to live
The places most often named in live data adverts that restrict residence. Counted from the advert’s own wording.
- United States 98
- Remote - United States 28
- USA 26
- Remote 20
- Remote - USA 18
- Canada 17
- Remote - US 16
- San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US 13
- Poland 12
- Brazil 10
Seniority mix
Read from the employer’s own job titles. Titles with no seniority word are not counted, so these will not add up to 844.
- Entry level7
- Junior10
- Mid level1
- Senior344
- Lead / principal144
- Head / director8
Working hours
436 live data adverts say something about hours, and 19 of those describe working asynchronously. The rest say nothing, which usually means normal hours in the employer’s own timezone, worth asking before you accept.
Employers hiring most right now
- Reddit26 roles
- Preply17 roles
- Pinterest15 roles
- Jobs for Humanity14 roles
- Coinbase13 roles
- Instacart13 roles
- OpenAI13 roles
- Samsara12 roles
- Plaid11 roles
- Doctolib10 roles
- Moniepoint10 roles
- Nebius10 roles
How to spot a legit remote data job
Most bad remote-job experiences are not scams, they are honest listings that were vague about location, or filled weeks ago. These are the checks worth running before you apply.
- Does the listing say where you can live?
- A real employer names the countries, regions or timezones they can hire in, because employment law forces them to. A listing that says only "remote" and nothing else is the most common reason people waste an application.
- Is there a named company behind it?
- Legitimate roles name the employer and link to their own careers page. Anonymous listings, or ones that only reveal the company after you pay or sign up, are the clearest warning sign there is.
- Are you ever asked for money?
- No genuine employer charges for training, equipment, a background check or a starter kit. Any request for payment, cryptocurrency or bank details before a signed contract is a scam, without exception.
- Does the pay match the work?
- Very high pay for very little skill is the oldest trick in the book. Compare the figure against what the same role actually pays elsewhere before taking it seriously.
- Was the interview real?
- Being hired purely over a chat app, with no video call and no questions about your experience, is not a hiring process. Reshipping, payment-processing and "buy equipment with this cheque" roles all start this way.
- Is the listing still open?
- Boards are full of roles that closed months ago. Check that the employer's own careers page still shows it before spending an hour on an application.
Nomaders does the first and last of those checks for you: every listing is read for what the employer actually says about location, and constantly re-checked so closed roles drop out. Browse the live roles.
Remote data jobs: common questions
Are data analyst jobs remote?
Often, because the work is done in the company's own tools rather than in a room. The usual catch is data residency, some employers need you in a particular country for access to regulated data, and they say so in the advert.
How do I find remote data jobs that hire worldwide?
Filter for work from anywhere rather than remote. Nomaders only applies that label when the listing itself states you can live in any country, and keeps the sentence that proves it.
Are there entry level remote data analyst jobs?
Yes, though far fewer than at mid level, and they fill quickly. Junior and associate analyst roles are the ones to watch, and applying in the first day or two matters.
What do remote data jobs pay?
Data engineering and machine learning usually pay above analysis. The figures on this page are taken only from live listings that publish a salary in US dollars.
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How Nomaders checks these roles
Listings are collected from employers' own career pages and remote job boards, around the clock. Each one is read for what the employer actually says about location, and labelled accordingly, a role is only called work from anywhere when the listing says so in plain words. Nothing on this page is estimated.
What "remote" actually means