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Data Scientist Salary

Data Scientists analyze complex data to extract insights and build predictive models. They combine statistics, programming, and domain expertise to solve data-driven problems.

$16,640 - $920,000Based on 220 jobs

Salary Breakdown

Compensation statistics for Data Scientist roles

$16,640

Minimum

$195,000

Median

$194,381

Average

$920,000

Maximum

$16,640Median: $195,000$920,000

Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range

Data Scientist Salary Trend

$202,240$194,225$186,210

Dec 2025

$188,500

87 jobs

Jan 2026

$199,950

133 jobs

DecJan

Median monthly salary trend derived from job listings in the last 6 months

Top Skills for Data Scientists

Based on median salary of jobs requiring these skills

1
data mining
$234,000
17 jobs
2
tableau
$216,235
28 jobs
3
GPT
$214,500
8 jobs
4
llama
$214,500
11 jobs
5
big data
$211,000
23 jobs
6
robot
$209,000
11 jobs
7
SnowFlake
$207,250
8 jobs
8
generative ai
$200,225
34 jobs
9
LLM
$197,825
55 jobs
10
natural language processing
$197,825
5 jobs
11
power bi
$196,875
6 jobs
12
python
$195,000
190 jobs
13
Tensorflow
$193,000
51 jobs
14
Deep Learning
$193,000
41 jobs
15
Langchain
$185,913
8 jobs

Skills extracted from job descriptions and tags

Salary by Experience

Entry Level
$102,752median
$102,7523 jobs$133,120
Mid Level
$167,950median
$62,40061 jobs$640,000
Senior
$188,000median
$100,00082 jobs$291,805
Staff/Principal
$217,000median
$138,00058 jobs$347,455
Executive
$227,500median
$195,00016 jobs$402,055

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