# Data Scientist Salary

> Data Scientist roles pay a median of $233k a year, based on 162 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $192k to $274k, and the top 10% more than $349k. 43% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: OpenAI.

- **Median (USD):** $233k
- **25th to 75th percentile:** $192k to $274k
- **10th to 90th percentile:** $153k to $349k
- **Disclosed roles:** 162

## By level

From the title and requirements, not from a company level framework.

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 4 | $136k | $146k | $147k |
| [Senior](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/senior) | 50 | $193k | $225k | $247k |
| [Staff](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/staff) | 36 | $226k | $256k | $271k |
| Principal | 5 | $225k | $242k | $317k |
| Lead | 8 | $214k | $268k | $354k |
| Exec | 4 | $327k | $342k | $358k |

## By city

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [San Francisco](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/san-francisco) | 58 | $215k | $251k | $325k |
| [New York](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/new-york) | 24 | $202k | $270k | $333k |
| [Mountain View](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/mountain-view) | 12 | $218k | $235k | $260k |
| Menlo Park | 5 | $195k | $236k | $269k |
| Bellevue | 3 | $231k | $236k | $239k |
| Sunnyvale | 3 | $235k | $245k | $305k |
| Foster City | 3 | $222k | $247k | $257k |
| Seattle | 3 | $258k | $275k | $320k |
| Redwood City | 3 | $134k | $160k | $217k |

## By country

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [USA](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/usa) | 142 | $203k | $247k | $279k |
| Canada | 3 | $145k | $156k | $161k |

## Remote vs on-site

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On-site / hybrid | 92 | $184k | $236k | $270k |
| [Remote](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-scientist/remote) | 70 | $195k | $229k | $278k |

## Top-paying companies

Companies with at least three disclosed salaries here, by median.

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [OpenAI](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/openai) | 15 | $366k | $396k | $404k |
| [Anthropic](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/anthropic) | 7 | $333k | $333k | $376k |
| [Airwallex](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/airwallex) | 3 | $275k | $275k | $292k |
| [Suno](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/suno) | 5 | $270k | $270k | $270k |
| [Figma](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/figma) | 3 | $254k | $265k | $299k |
| [Reddit](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/reddit) | 11 | $229k | $260k | $298k |
| [Faire](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/faire) | 10 | $251k | $251k | $251k |
| [Zoox](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/zoox) | 3 | $222k | $247k | $257k |
| [Wayve](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/wayve) | 3 | $235k | $245k | $305k |
| [Robinhood](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/robinhood) | 4 | $226k | $236k | $244k |

## Other roles

- [Machine Learning Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/machine-learning-engineer)
- [AI Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-llm-engineer)
- [Research Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/research-scientist)
- [Data Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-engineer)
- [MLOps Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/mlops-infrastructure)
- [Computer Vision Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/computer-vision)
- [NLP Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/nlp)
- [Robotics Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/robotics)
- [AI Safety Researcher Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-safety-alignment)
- [AI Product Manager Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-product-manager)
- [Prompt Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/prompt-eval-engineer)
- [Analytics Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/analytics-engineer)
- [AI Designer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-designer)

Every live listing here that discloses a number, in any currency. Converted to USD at ECB reference rates as of 2026-10-28. Hourly, weekly, and monthly figures are annualised (2,080 / 52 / 12). Where a salary is a range we use its midpoint. Live roles: [Data Scientist jobs](https://aijobsgrid.com/ai-jobs/data-scientist). Check an offer: https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/calculator?role=data-scientist&offer=185000

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