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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.

    $72,800 - $920,000Based on 151 jobs

    Salary Breakdown

    Compensation statistics for Data Scientist roles

    $72,800

    Minimum

    $199,600

    Median

    $213,105

    Average

    $920,000

    Maximum

    $72,800Median: $199,600$920,000

    Shaded area represents the 25th to 75th percentile range

    Data Scientist Salary Trend

    $205,000$195,375$185,750

    Dec 2025

    $188,500

    87 jobs

    Jan 2026

    $197,825

    211 jobs

    Feb 2026

    $197,306

    112 jobs

    Mar 2026

    $199,600

    159 jobs

    Apr 2026

    $202,250

    18 jobs

    DecFebApr

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

    Data Scientist Salary by Location

    Based on 74 job listings with salary data

    New York City
    $227K
    $93K$271K
    SF Bay Area
    $215K
    $145K$330K
    Seattle
    $198K
    $189K$270K
    Chicago
    $162K
    $162K$200K
    Washington DC
    $158K
    $145K$171K
    Median salary
    Salary range

    Top Skills for Data Scientists

    data mining
    $215Kmedian
    $172K9 jobs$219K
    BigQuery
    $215Kmedian
    $165K17 jobs$263K
    reinforcement learning
    $215Kmedian
    $135K15 jobs$229K
    LLM
    $208Kmedian
    $129K41 jobs$323K
    python
    $202Kmedian
    $93K137 jobs$633K
    Pytorch
    $202Kmedian
    $104K28 jobs$234K
    power bi
    $200Kmedian
    $132K11 jobs$213K
    generative ai
    $198Kmedian
    $104K25 jobs$330K
    claude
    $198Kmedian
    $93K14 jobs$323K
    Tensorflow
    $198Kmedian
    $104K67 jobs$283K
    RAG
    $198Kmedian
    $135K14 jobs$234K
    big data
    $187Kmedian
    $129K18 jobs$293K
    computer vision
    $183Kmedian
    $165K14 jobs$229K
    tableau
    $176Kmedian
    $135K28 jobs$263K
    Deep Learning
    $168Kmedian
    $104K34 jobs$348K

    Salary by Experience

    Entry Level
    $129Kmedian
    $116K3 jobs$129K
    Mid Level
    $178Kmedian
    $93K34 jobs$722K
    Senior
    $176Kmedian
    $104K56 jobs$486K
    Staff/Principal
    $215Kmedian
    $165K50 jobs$348K
    Executive
    $255Kmedian
    $240K8 jobs$283K

    Top Paying Companies for Data Scientists

    1
    Netflix logo

    Netflix

    6 jobs
    $486,000
    $486,000 - $721,500
    2
    Roblox logo

    Roblox

    3 jobs
    $348,250
    $293,245 - $348,250
    3
    Anthropic logo

    Anthropic

    4 jobs
    $322,500
    $322,500 - $322,500
    4
    OpenAI logo

    OpenAI

    2 jobs
    $319,500
    $309,000 - $330,000
    5
    Inflection AI logo

    Inflection AI

    1 job
    $285,000
    $285,000 - $285,000

    Ranked by median salary from disclosed compensation data

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