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Lead Data Scientist salary

3 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026

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The best-evidenced figure here is for lead data scientist roles at senior level across the United States: 37 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $148,013 and $190,481, with a median of $169,000.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 2 of the 3 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

3 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Senior	$148,013 – $190,481	$169,000	37
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$152,000 – CA$165,600	CA$165,000	5hint
Remote · United States	Senior	$164,825 – $202,250	$187,500	7hint

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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Pay marked ^e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.

this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $120,000–$220,000scale $70,000–$310,000

Lead Data Scientist - Hybrid Manulife and John Hancock · Boston New $127,330–$236,470 1d ago

Lead Data Scientist Versant · Universal City New $170,000–$190,000 2d ago

Lead Data Scientist - Autonomous Goal Management Humana · Remote · US New $142,300–$195,700 3d ago

Lead Data Scientist, AdTech Launch Potato · Remote · US New $175,000–$200,000 3d ago

Lead Data Scientist - AML Wise · London £90,500–£127,000 5d ago Lead Data Scientist Mastercard · Toronto CA$127,000–CA$203,000 9d ago Lead Data Scientist, Operations Research Sensata · Attleboro $119,600–$164,450 9d ago

Lead Data Scientist - Receive Risk Wise · London £90,500–£127,000 10d ago

Lead Data Scientist - Scams Prevention Wise · London £90,500–£127,000 11d ago

Lead Data Scientist Digital Turbine · New York $223,000–$272,000 12d ago Lead Data Scientist Disney · Glendale $158,100–$211,900 2w ago Lead Data Scientist Disney (Disneycareerdc) · Glendale $158,100–$211,900 2w ago Lead Data Scientist - Aetna Medicare Stars Cvshealth · Hartford $130,295–$260,590 2w ago Lead Data Scientist Mastercard · Salt Lake City $140,000–$231,000 2w ago

Lead Data Scientist - KYC/Onboarding Wise · London £90,500–£127,000 2w ago

Lead Data Scientist NBCUniversal · New York $145,000–$175,000 2w ago Lead Data Scientist Facet · Remote · US $180,000–$220,000 3w ago

Lead Data Scientist - AML Handling Wise · London £90,500–£127,000 3w ago Lead Data Scientist Mastercard · Toronto CA$127,000–CA$203,000 4w ago Lead Data Scientist NiSource · Columbus OH - Arena District $133,400–$200,100 4w ago Lead Data Scientist Solstice Advanced Materials · Morris Plains $169,316–$211,645 4w ago Lead Data Scientist Totalwine · Florida SSC $146,600–$197,900 4w ago

Lead Data Scientist Lincoln Financial · Radnor $120,375–$192,600 4w ago

Lead Data Scientist, Telematics Root Insurance · Remote · US $142,800–$178,500 4w ago

Senior Lead Data Scientist, Graph & Forecasting Dynata · Remote · US $120,000–$155,000 5w ago

Lead Data Scientist - Fraud (Hybrid) Enova International · Chicago $106,000–$140,000 6w ago

Lead Data Scientist - Causal Inference Wise · London £90,500–£127,000 6w ago Lead Data Scientist Chamberlain Group (CG) · Oak Brook $102,600–$193,425 7w ago Lead Data Scientist – Demand Forecasting (Market Analytics) Analogdevices · US, MA, Wilmington $109,600–$150,700 7w ago Lead Data Scientist Sanofi · Toronto CA$127,000–CA$177,000 8w ago Lead Data Scientist urbancompass · Boca Raton $175,500–$195,000 2mo ago

Lead Data Scientist Vizient · Irving $117,600–$206,000 2mo ago Lead Data Scientist Mastercard · Toronto CA$127,000–CA$203,000 2mo ago

Lead Data Scientist - Relevancy Sciences (P3764) 8451 · Cincinnati $125,000–$207,000 3mo ago Cleared On Site Lead Data Scientist (5421) smxtech · Camp Springs $103,100–$171,800 3mo ago

Lead Data Scientist Forward Financing · Remote · Canada CA$172,000–CA$237,000 4mo ago

Lead Data Scientist Forward Financing · Remote · US $172,000–$237,000 4mo ago

Lead Data Scientist, Product Descript · Remote · US $200,000–$250,000 4mo ago Lead Data Scientist RELX · Raleigh $104,900–$174,700 5mo ago Lead Data Scientist RELX (LexisNexisLegal) · Raleigh $104,900–$174,700 5mo ago Lead Data Scientist Visa · Bellevue $180,000–$288,000 5mo ago

Lead Data Scientist DoorDash USA · San Francisco $219,700–$323,000 11mo ago Lead Data Scientist BMW Group · Woodcliff Lake $181,712–$201,300

Lead Data Scientist (Analytics), Financial Systems Grab · Petaling Jaya New Pay not stated 2d ago

Lead Data Scientist, Sports bet365 · Manchester £82,300–£112,500^e 2w ago

Lead Data Scientist Blend360 · Remote · Uruguay Pay not stated 4w ago

Lead Data Scientist paretocaptiveservicesllc · Remote · Worldwide Pay not stated 4w ago

Senior Lead Data Scientist 4Flow · Bangalore Pay not stated 4w ago Lead Data Scientist Mindera · Cluj-Napoca Pay not stated 5w ago

Lead Data Scientist (Foco em Sust) Nestlé · São Paulo Pay not stated 7w ago Lead Data Scientist Memorialhermann · Home Office - TX $150,000–$205,000^e 7w ago

Lead Data Scientist NielsenIQ · Vadodara Pay not stated 2mo ago

Lead Data Scientist - Healthcare Tiger Analytics Inc. · Remote · US $150,000–$205,000^e 3mo ago

Lead Data Scientist (Predictive Analytics) ProSidian Consulting, LLC · Alexandria $150,000–$205,000^e 6mo ago

Lead Data Scientist ProSidian Consulting, LLC · Alexandria $150,000–$205,000^e 6mo ago

Lead Data Scientist NielsenIQ · Vadodara Pay not stated 6mo ago

Lead Data Scientist Cohere · Remote · US $187,569–$237,063^e 6mo ago Lead Data Scientist Infosys Singapore & Australia · Sydney Pay not stated 9mo ago Lead Data Scientist – Autonomous Driving Avride · Austin $164,051–$191,788^e 11mo ago

Lead Data Scientist - (Singapore Based) Agoda · Singapore Pay not stated 1y ago

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