Data Scientist salary

44 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for data scientist roles at senior level across the United States: 361 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $154,500 and $210,000, with a median of $181,900.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run entry-level $101,450, mid-level $142,891 and senior $181,900. Moving from entry-level to senior is worth roughly 79% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 25 of the 44 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

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Live data scientist roles by data function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.

Every measured range

44 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$93,685 – $107,703	$101,450	23
United States · country-wide	Mid	$121,489 – $168,488	$142,891	284
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$103,202 – CA$136,000	CA$115,500	29
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£40,725 – £80,000	£58,000	7hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$154,500 – $210,000	$181,900	361
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$125,000 – CA$170,000	CA$142,450	29
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£84,375 – £112,500	£106,875	12
Remote · United States	Entry	$100,000 – $120,000	$117,500	5hint
Remote · United States	Mid	$122,400 – $163,000	$141,681	53
Remote · United States	Senior	$160,000 – $206,000	$185,000	89
Remote · Canada	Senior	CA$167,750 – CA$200,875	CA$170,000	7hint
Alexandria	Mid	$129,575 – $146,300	$134,200	5hint
Annapolis Junction	Mid	$130,000 – $190,000	$170,000	5hint
Arlington	Senior	$135,000 – $163,700	$162,000	5hint
Atlanta	Mid	$100,000 – $162,000	$126,750	5hint
Austin	Senior	$164,051 – $191,788	$191,075	7hint
Boston	Mid	$128,800 – $134,900	$129,100	5hint
Boston	Senior	$154,586 – $204,688	$172,200	10
Chantilly	Mid	$162,000 – $191,400	$177,550	9hint
Chicago	Mid	$93,750 – $124,746	$111,043	6hint
Chicago	Senior	$137,550 – $157,065	$147,925	15
Fort Meade	Mid	$126,800 – $151,475	$142,883	5hint
London	Mid	£58,000 – £85,000	£75,000	5hint
London	Senior	£105,000 – £112,500	£108,750	8hint
Los Angeles	Mid	$129,600 – $137,869	$137,869	5hint
Los Angeles	Senior	$185,000 – $205,000	$187,500	9hint
Mclean	Mid	$132,950 – $187,456	$160,738	8hint
Mountain View	Senior	$180,000 – $230,000	$225,519	11
New York	Mid	$137,500 – $185,000	$150,000	33
New York	Senior	$188,295 – $235,750	$207,750	40
Palo Alto	Senior	$198,000 – $240,000	$214,500	9hint
San Diego	Senior	$200,500 – $227,875	$224,500	6hint
San Francisco	Mid	$174,000 – $217,800	$207,500	29
San Francisco	Senior	$190,500 – $235,625	$213,757	35
San Jose	Mid	$147,369 – $170,725	$157,575	6hint
San Jose	Senior	$182,081 – $203,056	$184,875	8hint
Seattle	Mid	$160,855 – $240,616	$162,000	5hint
Seattle	Senior	$180,400 – $211,000	$198,000	7hint
Springfield	Mid	$129,788 – $162,000	$135,000	11
Springfield	Senior	$140,000 – $150,000	$140,000	5hint
Sunnyvale	Senior	$171,250 – $236,688	$211,000	6hint
Toronto	Mid	CA$98,400 – CA$120,775	CA$105,000	15
Toronto	Senior	CA$119,500 – CA$146,500	CA$131,900	19
Washington	Mid	$123,575 – $154,375	$131,900	10

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

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