# Staff Data Scientist Salary

> Staff Data Scientist roles pay a median of $256k a year, based on 36 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $226k to $271k, and the top 10% more than $293k. 36% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: Suno.

- **Median (USD):** $256k
- **25th to 75th percentile:** $226k to $271k
- **10th to 90th percentile:** $184k to $293k
- **Disclosed roles:** 36

## By city

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| San Francisco | 11 | $218k | $252k | $261k |
| New York | 6 | $270k | $281k | $306k |
| Mountain View | 5 | $255k | $257k | $270k |

## By country

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| USA | 34 | $226k | $259k | $273k |

## Remote vs on-site

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| On-site / hybrid | 23 | $224k | $255k | $270k |
| Remote | 13 | $252k | $260k | $275k |

## Top-paying companies

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

| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Suno](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/suno) | 4 | $270k | $270k | $270k |
| [Waymo](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/waymo) | 3 | $264k | $270k | $302k |
| [Reddit](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/reddit) | 4 | $260k | $260k | $265k |
| [Pinterest](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/pinterest) | 3 | $252k | $252k | $252k |
| [Databricks](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/databricks) | 3 | $226k | $226k | $226k |
| [Braze](https://aijobsgrid.com/companies/braze) | 4 | $184k | $184k | $184k |

## Other roles

- [Staff Machine Learning Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/machine-learning-engineer/staff)
- [Staff AI Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-llm-engineer/staff)
- [Staff Research Scientist Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/research-scientist/staff)
- [Staff Data Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/data-engineer/staff)
- [Staff MLOps Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/mlops-infrastructure/staff)
- [Staff Computer Vision Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/computer-vision/staff)
- [Staff Robotics Engineer Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/robotics/staff)
- [Staff AI Product Manager Salary](https://aijobsgrid.com/salaries/ai-product-manager/staff)

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&facet=staff&offer=185000

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