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Data scientist salary

The median posted base pay for data science jobs is $183K a year, from 857 open jobs at 430 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $151K to $217K. One job in ten has posted pay above $252K.

Data of . This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay
$183K
Middle half of the jobs
$151K to $217K
10th to 90th percentile
$130K to $252K
Open jobs with posted pay
857
Companies
430

Data scientist pay by level

Posted base pay for data science jobs, by the level in the job title. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

  • Level not stated352 jobs$165K$135K to $200K
  • Senior311 jobs$185K$162K to $212K
  • Staff89 jobs$216K$188K to $240K
  • Principal53 jobs$192K$173K to $233K
  • Director+44 jobs$275K$221K to $319K
Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay bands by level, data science. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level10th25thMedian75th90thJobs with pay
Level not stated$118K$135K$165K$200K$233K352
Senior$143K$162K$185K$212K$240K311
Staff$176K$188K$216K$240K$270K89
Principal$158K$173K$192K$233K$278K53
Director+$176K$221K$275K$319K$341K44

Top-paying companies for data science jobs

The companies with the highest median posted base pay for data science jobs. A company name opens its levels in the pay explorer.

  1. 1OpenAI$381K8 jobs
  2. 2Anthropic$333K5 jobs
  3. 3Roblox$293K5 jobs
  4. 4Reddit$260K9 jobs
  5. 5Pinterest$252K7 jobs
  6. 6Waymo$238K5 jobs
  7. 7Plaid$227K5 jobs
  8. 8Databricks$226K6 jobs
  9. 9PlayStation Global$224K7 jobs
  10. 10Formation Bio$214K5 jobs
  11. 11Capital One$211K57 jobs
  12. 12Socure$211K13 jobs
  13. 13Millennium$205K6 jobs
  14. 14Generate Biomedicines$192K5 jobs
  15. 15Launch Potato$188K12 jobs
  16. 16Revolution Medicines$185K7 jobs
  17. 17Muon Space$183K5 jobs
  18. 18Flagship Pioneering, Inc.$176K8 jobs
  19. 19impact.com$175K6 jobs
  20. 20QuEra Computing, Inc.$171K10 jobs
The median posted base pay of each company for data science jobs. We use the middle point of each posted range. A company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Data scientist pay by US region

The median posted base pay for data science jobs in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs.

  • New York191 jobs+11%$206K
  • Bay Area269 jobs+7%$198K
  • US remote170 jobs+1%$188K
  • Other US cities359 jobs−6%$173K
The median posted base pay for data science in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs ($185K). A job that lists two regions counts in each region. A region needs 20 or more jobs. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay by region, data science. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
RegionMedian posted base payAgainst the US medianJobs with pay
New York$206K+11%191
Bay Area$198K+7%269
US remote$188K+1%170
Other US cities$173K−6%359
All US jobs$185K0%801

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How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.