Data visualization salary: $165K median
The median advertised Data visualization salary is $165K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $198K: counted from 427 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $79 an hour or $13,750 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $238K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Data visualization jobs
$165Kmedian advertised salary
$128K – $198Kmiddle half of roles
$169Kaverage advertised salary
427roles counted
Data visualization salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $198K, 16% more than senior roles ($172K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $172K | $150K–$192K | 141 |
| Lead and above | $198K | $170K–$230K | 73 |
| No level in the title | $142K | $110K–$190K | 208 |
Data visualization salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $200K | 88 |
| 🇺🇸California | $178K | 164 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $174K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $166K | 399 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $156K | 77 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $156K | 27 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $151K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $145K | 33 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $133K | 19 |
Skills that pay more for Data visualization roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| React | $211K | +$46K | 45 |
| TypeScript | $205K | +$40K | 47 |
| Machine Learning | $184K | +$19K | 62 |
| Security clearance | $170K | +$5K | 55 |
| Python | $170K | +$5K | 212 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $363K | 6 |
| Anthropic | $332K | 7 |
| Decagon | $300K | 4 |
| Perplexity | $280K | 3 |
| Motional | $238K | 7 |
| Databricks | $231K | 4 |
| Waymo | $212K | 3 |
| Twenty | $211K | 7 |
| Skydio | $205K | 3 |
| Plaid | $202K | 5 |
| Applied | $195K | 5 |
| Siftstack | $195K | 6 |
| Zoox | $194K | 6 |
| Northbeam | $192K | 4 |
| Ripple | $185K | 3 |
| Samsara | $184K | 10 |
| Mozilla | $178K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $174K | 4 |
| Shield AI | $166K | 3 |
| True Anomaly | $165K | 7 |
| K2 Space | $155K | 3 |
| Omnicom Media | $155K | 9 |
| Anduril Industries | $154K | 46 |
| Faire | $148K | 4 |
| Sigma | $148K | 5 |
Highest-paying open Data visualization roles
All Data visualization jobs- Researcher, AlignmentOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$295K - $500KPythonTypeScriptMachine Learning
- Full Stack Engineer, Fleet SchedulingOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $490KGoPythonReact
- Staff/Principal Frontend Software EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$192K - $455KLead and aboveTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Staff/Principal Frontend Software EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸New York, NY$192K - $455KLead and aboveTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Data Product PlatformPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$209K - $429KRemoteLead and aboveAirflowData qualityData warehousing
- Software Engineer, Research ToolsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA…$300K - $405KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Software Engineer, ProductDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorPythonLLMAI agents
- Staff Software Engineer, ProductDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KLead and abovePythonLLMAI agents
- Principal Software Engineer - Creator Distributed Systems & StorageRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLead and aboveC++C#GCP
- Software Engineer, Context EngineSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoPythonTypeScript
- Data Scientist, GTMAnthropic · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$285K - $380KPythonSQLLLM
- Director, Engineering - Graphing and VisualizationDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA$296K - $370KLead and aboveData visualization
- Applied AI Engineer, FullstackRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$204K - $352KHybridTypeScriptReactLLM
- Product Manager (Builder)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $330KAgileUser researchData visualization
- Product Manager, Mobile AppsPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $330KGoAgileData visualization
- Principal Software Engineer, Team Lead - Perception PlatformsMotional · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Las Vegas, Nevada…$240K - $330KRemoteLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Software Engineer, Missile Defense Simulation (II - Principal)True Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$90K - $325KLead and abovePythonC++CI/CD
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Embedded InsightsPlaid · 🇺🇸New York City Office$229K - $315KHybridSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Manager, Infrastructure Data ScienceDatabricks · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$229K - $314KSeniorMachine LearningSparkData modeling
- Senior Manager, Infrastructure Data ScienceDatabricks · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California$229K - $314KSeniorMachine LearningSparkData modeling
Questions about Data visualization pay
- What is the average Data visualization salary?
- $169K a year on average and $165K at the median, across 427 open Data visualization postings at 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 $128K to $198K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Data visualization pay?
- OpenAI ($363K), Anthropic ($332K), Decagon ($300K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a data visualization a high-paying job?
- The median Data visualization posting advertises $165K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 5% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a data visualization?
- A tenth of the postings offer $238K a year or more; the highest open Data visualization role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Data visualization salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $165K a year is about $79 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,750 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $62 to $95 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Data visualization roles?
- Postings that ask for React (+$46K, 45 postings), TypeScript (+$40K, 47 postings), Machine Learning (+$19K, 62 postings) advertise more than the $165K median of all Data visualization postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level data visualization make?
- 5 junior and intern Data visualization postings state pay, with a median of $88K a year ($42 an hour).
- 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 visualization roles at companies is $165K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $198K. Counted from 427 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/data-visualization/
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