Data Scientist salary in San Francisco
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
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Data Scientist pay in San Francisco is measured from 64 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 35 postings put the middle half between $190,500 and $235,625, with a median of $213,757.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $207,500 and senior $213,757. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 3% more.
Against the 13 other measured markets for data scientist at senior, this sits below 3 of them; Mountain View leads at $225,519.
86 data scientist roles are open in San Francisco right now, 75 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $174,000 – $217,800 | $207,500 | 29 |
| Senior | $190,500 – $235,625 | $213,757 | 35 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open data scientist roles in San Francisco · 75 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $148,000–$297,330scale $80,000–$420,000
Associate Data Scientist Jerry.ai · Remote · US New $110,000–$140,000 1d ago Data Scientist Jerry.ai · Remote · US New $140,000–$160,000 1d ago 
Data Scientist, Algorithms - Pricing - Rider Engagement Lyft · San Francisco New $128,000–$160,000 2d ago 
Payer Healthcare Data Scientist, Director PwC · MA-Boston New $155,000–$410,000 2d ago 
Principal Data Scientist, Analytics Liveramp · San Francisco $193,500–$227,500 4d ago 
Product Data Scientist - Youth, Families and Learning OpenAI · San Francisco $401,000–$510,000 4d ago Data Scientist 2 Gap Inc · San Francisco $206,565–$216,565 5d ago 
Senior Data Scientist Circle · Remote · US $152,500–$205,000 8d ago Data Scientist Lyft · San Francisco $195,000–$222,000 8d ago 
Senior Data Scientist Probably Genetic · San Francisco $180,000–$230,000 10d ago 
Staff Data Scientist, Algorithm, Growth Airwallex · San Francisco $250,000–$299,000 12d ago 
Data Scientist II, Fraud & Risk Socure · San Francisco $140,000–$170,000 2w ago 
Staff Data Scientist, Dynamic Pricing Turo · San Francisco $182,000–$228,000 2w ago Senior Data Scientist, Risk Turo · San Francisco $156,000–$195,000 2w ago Data Scientist, FinEng OpenAI · San Francisco $293,000–$515,000 2w ago 
Staff Data Scientist Ripple · San Francisco $212,000–$265,000 2w ago Staff Data Scientist - Payments Circle · Remote · US $195,000–$257,500 3w ago Data Scientist, Algorithms - Dynamic Pricing Lyft · San Francisco $128,000–$160,000 3w ago 
Master's University Grad Data Scientist (USA) Pinterest · San Francisco $124,950–$168,000 3w ago 
Senior Data Scientist Kikoff · San Francisco $226,000–$254,000 3w ago Data Scientist, B2B Strategy & Intelligence OpenAI · San Francisco $347,000–$510,000 3w ago 
Senior Data Scientist - Flex Pay Upgrade · San Francisco $100,000–$150,000 3w ago Staff Data Scientist, Grant Kikoff · San Francisco $265,000–$306,000 4w ago 
Data Scientist - Client Platform Discord · San Francisco $160,000–$200,000 4w ago Payer Healthcare Data Scientist, Manager PwC · MA-Boston $99,000–$232,000 4w ago 
Forward Deployed Data Scientist Fin · San Francisco $206,600–$229,000 5w ago Staff Data Scientist - Fraud & Risk Socure · New York $191,000–$230,000 5w ago 
Data Scientist, Product Ascend · San Francisco $150,000–$200,000 6w ago 
Data Scientist Baseten · San Francisco $185,000–$260,000 7w ago Data Scientist II - Big Data R&D, Identity Graph & Deceased Monitoring Socure · San Francisco $140,000–$170,000 7w ago 
Data Scientist, Growth Notion · San Francisco $145,000–$233,000 2mo ago 
Agent Data Scientist Decagon · San Francisco $165,000–$215,000 2mo ago Data Scientist, Real Estate & Workplace OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$385,000 2mo ago 
Data Scientist CHAOS Industries · San Francisco $150,000–$170,000 2mo ago Staff Data Scientist, Causal Inference & Experimentation Discord · San Francisco $248,000–$310,000 2mo ago 
Data Scientist Clay Labs · San Francisco $170,000–$300,000 2mo ago 
Senior Data Scientist, Growth Glean · Mountain View $200,000–$260,000 2mo ago 
Data Scientist, Finance Ramp · New York $137,120–$297,330 2mo ago Senior Data Scientist - Document Verification Socure · San Francisco $191,000–$230,000 2mo ago Data Scientist, B2B Demand Generation, Growth & Measurement OpenAI · San Francisco $293,000–$385,000 2mo ago Staff Data Scientist, Notifications Pinterest · Remote · US $164,695–$339,078 2mo ago Data Scientist, Ads Demand OpenAI · San Francisco $293,000–$515,000 2mo ago Data Scientist, SMB Ads Growth OpenAI · San Francisco $293,000–$515,000 2mo ago Staff Data Scientist - Digital Intelligence Socure · San Francisco $210,000–$250,000 2mo ago 
Data Scientist, Growth Analytics Tubi · Los Angeles $130,100–$165,000 3mo ago Senior Data Scientist, Algorithm, Lyft Biz Lyft · San Francisco $148,000–$185,000 3mo ago Senior Data Scientist, Algorithms, Lyft Biz Lyft · New York $148,000–$185,000 3mo ago 
Staff Product Data Scientist, Infrastructure Waymo · Mountain View $230,000–$284,000 3mo ago 
Lead Data Scientist, Product Descript · Remote · US $200,000–$250,000 4mo ago Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting Pinterest · Remote · US $164,695–$339,078 4mo ago 
Data Scientist, Product Harvey · San Francisco $155,000–$260,000 4mo ago Sr. Data Scientist, Marketing Pinterest · Remote · US $139,764–$287,749 4mo ago 
Data Scientist, Risk Imprint · Remote · US $170,000–$200,000 4mo ago 
Staff Data Scientist Midi Health · Palo Alto $250,000 4mo ago Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference Lyft · San Francisco $148,000–$185,000 4mo ago Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference Lyft · Seattle $136,160–$170,240 4mo ago Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference Lyft · New York $148,000–$185,000 4mo ago Data Scientist Ramp · New York $137,120–$297,330 4mo ago 
Data Scientist Samba · San Francisco $150,000–$185,000 6mo ago Senior Data Scientist - Digital Intelligence, Device Signals Socure · San Francisco $150,000–$185,000 6mo ago 60 of 86 open roles. All data scientist jobs