How many remote data jobs are there right now?−
Remote Landers lists 204 remote data roles as of Oct 30, 2026.
How much do remote data jobs pay?+
Across the 204 remote data roles listed as of Oct 30, 2026: Most pay $105k–$250k a year (median $173k), based on the 170 with a yearly salary in USD.
Which companies are hiring for remote data roles?+
Can you do remote data jobs from anywhere?+
Not usually: none of the 204 roles listed as of Oct 30, 2026 is open worldwide. By where candidates must be based: the United States (150), Canada (21), Europe (4), the United Kingdom (2), plus a few in other regions. 31 listings don't say where applicants can be based - check with the employer.
Is remote data hiring still active?+
Yes — 113 new remote data roles have been added to Remote Landers in the past 30 days.
What does a remote data role actually involve?+
Remote data roles turn raw data into decisions — building models, running analyses, maintaining pipelines, or reporting on business metrics — using the same tools and datasets an on-site team would, accessed through cloud data platforms rather than an office network.
How is remote data work different from an on-site role?+
The analysis itself doesn't change; how findings get communicated does. More of the work is writing up a result clearly enough that someone in a different time zone can understand it without you there to explain it live.
What do you need to break into remote data work?+
Be ready to show real, specific work — a past analysis, a model you built, a public GitHub — rather than describing your skills abstractly. Comfort with the cloud-based tools a team already uses, not just the underlying statistics or ML, matters more for a remote hire, since there's less chance to learn a company's specific setup by watching over someone's shoulder.