Data Scientist salary: $202K median
From 282 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$202Kmedian advertised salary
$170K – $252Kmiddle half of roles
$215Kaverage advertised salary
282roles counted
Data Scientist salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $252K, 31% more than senior roles ($192K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $192K | $175K–$226K | 97 |
| Lead and above | $252K | $221K–$275K | 73 |
| No level in title | $180K | $143K–$228K | 110 |
Data Scientist salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $232K | 115 |
| 🇺🇸California | $230K | 122 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $205K | 55 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $204K | 260 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $396K | 14 |
| Anthropic | $332K | 5 |
| Roblox | $294K | 8 |
| Airwallex | $274K | 3 |
| Suno | $270K | 4 |
| $260K | 8 | |
| $252K | 7 | |
| Waymo | $248K | 6 |
| Zoox | $232K | 4 |
| Databricks | $226K | 6 |
| Mercury | $226K | 3 |
| Wayve | $225K | 3 |
| GoFundMe | $225K | 3 |
| Formation Bio | $214K | 5 |
| Plaid | $214K | 4 |
| Socure | $210K | 13 |
| Airbnb | $208K | 4 |
| GitLab | $206K | 3 |
| 6sense | $200K | 3 |
| Justworks | $190K | 3 |
| Oscar Health | $190K | 6 |
| Oura | $188K | 3 |
| Northbeam | $185K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $183K | 3 |
| Lyft | $161K | 5 |
Highest-paying open Data Scientist roles
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- Data Scientist, FinEngOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$293K - $515KPythonSQL
- Senior / Staff Data Scientist, Applied AIClear Street · Remote$200K - $500KRemoteLeadRustTypeScriptReact
- Director of Data ScienceMotional · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Las Vegas, Nevada…$288K - $396KRemoteLeadPythonSQLAWS
- Data Scientist, GrowthAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA$285K - $380KPythonSQLLLM
- Data Scientist, GTMAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$285K - $380KPythonSQLLLM
- Manager, Data ScienceAttentive · 🇺🇸New York, NY (Hybrid)$320K - $380KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Director, Data ScienceFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$290K - $376KLeadLLM
- Principal Data Scientist, Economy RecommendationsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$323K - $374KLeadPythonSQLAirflow
- Principal Data Scientist - SafetyRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$274K - $374KLeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Staff Manager, Data ScienceWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, USA$298K - $368KLeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Manager II, Engineering- Analytics Engineering, Core Data SciencePinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemotePythonSQL
- Staff Software, Engineering – Analytics Engineering, Core Data SciencePinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLeadPythonSQL
- Principal Data Scientist, AdsReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$268K - $365KRemoteLeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Principal Data Scientist, User EcosystemReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$313K - $365KRemoteLeadMachine LearningPyTorch
- Senior Manager, Data ScienceGoFundMe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$243K - $364KSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Manager, Data Science and Machine LearningSquarespace · 🇺🇸New York City$223K - $359KSeniorMachine LearningLLMAI
- Senior Director, Analytics & Data ScienceCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$310K - $355KLeadPythonSQLGCP
- Head of Data (Data Science and Data Engineering)Aircall.io, Inc. · 🇺🇸New York Office; San Francisco Office$300K - $350KLeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Staff Data Scientist, RoboticsAgility Robotics · Remote$218K - $340KRemoteLeadPythonSQL
Questions about Data Scientist pay
- What is the average Data Scientist salary?
- $215K a year on average and $202K at the median, across 282 open Data Scientist postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $170K to $252K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Data Scientist pay?
- OpenAI ($396K), Anthropic ($332K), Roblox ($294K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Data Scientist roles at tech companies is $202K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $170K to $252K. Counted from 282 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/data-scientist/
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