Data Scientist salary

Q: What state pays Data Scientists the most?

California pays Data Scientists the most in the United States, with an average salary of $120,196 per year, or $57.79 per hour.

Q: How do I know if I'm being paid fairly as a Data Scientist?

You know if you are being paid fairly as a Data Scientist if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Washington you should be paid close to $111,669 per year.

Q: How much does a data scientist make?

A data scientist makes around $103,930 a year ($49.97 an hour). The salary range for a data scientist can start anywhere from as low as $52,000 a year to as high as $160,000 a year. Variations in pay rate reflect several factors, including the data scientist's industry and the number of years working in the job.

Q: Is data science high-paying?

Yes, data science is high-paying. The median salary for a mid-level data scientist is $130,000 a year. If this data scientist is also in a managerial role, the median salary rises to $195,000 a year.

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Dr. Mark Fridline Ph.D.

Average data scientist salary

$106,104

$51.01 hourly rate

Entry-level data scientist salary

$75,000 yearly salary

Updated January 8, 2025

How much does a data scientist make?

The average data scientist salary in the United States is $106,104. Data scientist salaries typically range between $75,000 and $148,000 yearly. The average hourly rate for data scientists is $51.01 per hour.

Data scientist salary is impacted by location, education, and experience. Data scientists earn the highest average salary in California.

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The Citadel$171,297

Credit Karma$140,905

Data Scientist salary estimates from across the web

Based on the latest salary information compiled by Zippia, Salary.com, Indeed, Glassdoor, Ziprecruiter, SalaryExpert, Comparably, Payscale and CareerExplorer, the average salary for a data scientist typically falls between $87,913 and $145,574.

zippia

$106,104yearly

glassdoor[1]

$129,740yearly

indeed[2]

$123,659yearly

comparably[3]

$145,574yearly

Salary.com[4]

$119,224yearly

ZipRecruiter[5]

$117,000yearly

payscale[6]

$100,238yearly

SalaryExpert[7]

$132,479yearly

CareerExplorer[8]

$87,913yearly

Average data scientist salary by state

The highest-paying states for data scientists are California, Washington, and New York. The lowest average data scientist salary states are Kansas, Nebraska, and Mississippi.

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Highest paying states for data scientists

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Washington	$111,669	$53.69
2	New York	$98,821	$47.51
3	Delaware	$92,901	$44.66
4	California	$120,196	$57.79
5	Massachusetts	$94,091	$45.24
6	Nevada	$96,695	$46.49
7	Idaho	$89,669	$43.11
8	Alaska	$90,445	$43.48
9	New Jersey	$90,358	$43.44
10	New Hampshire	$87,302	$41.97
11	Connecticut	$89,010	$42.79
12	Arizona	$89,489	$43.02
13	Rhode Island	$88,388	$42.49
14	Utah	$86,604	$41.64
15	Pennsylvania	$85,459	$41.09
16	District of Columbia	$89,648	$43.10
17	West Virginia	$86,375	$41.53
18	Oregon	$88,457	$42.53
19	Maryland	$87,406	$42.02
20	Vermont	$85,676	$41.19
21	North Carolina	$81,851	$39.35
22	South Dakota	$80,898	$38.89
23	Virginia	$85,719	$41.21
24	Maine	$83,805	$40.29
25	Ohio	$82,610	$39.72
26	Illinois	$82,774	$39.80
27	Texas	$84,311	$40.53
28	Montana	$80,145	$38.53
29	New Mexico	$80,314	$38.61
30	Minnesota	$82,819	$39.82
31	Michigan	$81,586	$39.22
32	North Dakota	$77,667	$37.34
33	Tennessee	$80,287	$38.60
34	Wisconsin	$80,315	$38.61
35	Missouri	$78,098	$37.55
36	Colorado	$80,168	$38.54
37	Wyoming	$76,099	$36.59
38	Arkansas	$78,131	$37.56
39	Georgia	$78,393	$37.69
40	Indiana	$76,528	$36.79
41	Iowa	$75,776	$36.43
42	Kentucky	$75,741	$36.41
43	Hawaii	$66,573	$32.01
44	Kansas	$74,872	$36.00
45	South Carolina	$76,879	$36.96
46	Louisiana	$76,434	$36.75
47	Nebraska	$74,466	$35.80
48	Florida	$75,549	$36.32
49	Alabama	$73,671	$35.42
50	Mississippi	$73,859	$35.51
51	Oklahoma	$73,188	$35.19

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Highest paying cities for data scientists

The highest-paying cities for data scientists are Richmond, CA, Redmond, WA, and New York, NY.

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Richmond, CA	$129,871	$62.44
2	Redmond, WA	$112,336	$54.01
3	New York, NY	$99,006	$47.60
4	Boston, MA	$94,169	$45.27
5	Jersey City, NJ	$90,513	$43.52
6	Phoenix, AZ	$89,897	$43.22
7	Washington, DC	$89,632	$43.09
8	Hartford, CT	$88,948	$42.76
9	Hillsboro, OR	$88,069	$42.34
10	Arlington, VA	$86,787	$41.72
11	Salt Lake City, UT	$86,108	$41.40
12	Philadelphia, PA	$85,886	$41.29
13	Austin, TX	$85,437	$41.08
14	Chicago, IL	$83,084	$39.94
15	Minneapolis, MN	$82,821	$39.82
16	Raleigh, NC	$82,798	$39.81
17	Columbus, OH	$82,117	$39.48
18	Dearborn, MI	$81,703	$39.28
19	Denver, CO	$80,120	$38.52
20	Madison, WI	$79,710	$38.32

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Data Scientist salary details

A data scientist's salary ranges from $75,000 a year at the 10th percentile to $148,000 at the 90th percentile.

Average Data Scientist Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a data scientist's salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
90th Percentile	$148,000	$12,333	$71
75th Percentile	$126,000	$10,500	$61
Average	$106,104	$8,842	$51
25th Percentile	$88,000	$7,333	$42
10th Percentile	$75,000	$6,250	$36

Highest paying data scientist jobs

The highest paying types of data scientists are senior computer scientist, senior data scientist, and geospatial scientist.

Job Title	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
Research And Development Internship	$38,489	$3,207	$18.50	154,854
Developer Analyst	$85,279	$7,107	$41.00	219,524
Operations Research Analyst	$74,424	$6,202	$35.78	154,380
Data Analyst Internship	$38,752	$3,229	$18.63	135,614
Statistician	$84,726	$7,061	$40.73	17,782
Data Consultant	$94,945	$7,912	$45.65	149,791

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Dr. Mark Fridline Ph.D.

Associate Chair, University of Akron

According to U.S News and World Reports, 2017 was the year of the statistician. In 2018 and 2019, statistician was ranked as one of the top best jobs, and 2020 continues to be rank it as one of the careers with the most job opportunities in the upcoming decade. Given the high demand for the field of statistics, high salaries continue to follow.

Top companies hiring data scientists now:

Which companies pay data scientists the most?

Data scientist salaries at The Citadel and Airbnb are the highest-paying according to our most recent salary estimates. In addition, the average data scientist salary at companies like Meta and ByteDance are highly competitive.

Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	The Citadel	$171,297	$82.35
2	Airbnb	$153,510	$73.80
3	Meta	$153,148	$73.63
4	ByteDance	$151,915	$73.04
5	Apple	$147,478	$70.90
6	Brex	$147,344	$70.84
7	DoorDash	$146,007	$70.20
8	Crunchbase	$145,996	$70.19
9	Yelp	$145,037	$69.73
10	StubHub	$145,006	$69.71
11	Netflix	$144,857	$69.64
12	Flexport	$144,335	$69.39
13	Thrive Market	$144,086	$69.27
14	Safeway	$143,614	$69.05
15	Zenefits	$143,360	$68.92
16	Upstart Network	$142,907	$68.71
17	Lyft	$142,400	$68.46
18	Google	$141,242	$67.90
19	Chegg	$140,932	$67.76
20	Credit Karma	$140,905	$67.74

Wage gap by gender, race and education

$109,000$107,800$106,600$105,400$104,200$103,000

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Data Scientist salary by industry

The average data scientist salary varies across industries:

The average data scientist salary in the start-up industry is $123,913, the highest of any industry.
The average data scientist salary in the finance industry is $122,350.
Data scientists in the professional industry earn an average salary of $99,285, the lowest of any industry.

Highest paying industries for data scientists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Start-up	$123,913	$59.57
2	Technology	$122,350	$58.82
3	Retail	$119,530	$57.47
4	Manufacturing	$106,752	$51.32
5	Finance	$104,421	$50.20
6	Professional	$99,285	$47.73

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Data Scientist salary trends

The average data scientist salary has risen by $20,467 over the last ten years. In 2014, the average data scientist earned $85,637 annually, but today, they earn $106,104 a year. That works out to a 12% change in pay for data scientists over the last decade.

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Average data scientist salary over time

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Data Scientist salary by year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2025	$106,000	$51.01	+3.3%
2024	$103,000	$49.33	+2.3%
2023	$100,000	$48.21	+3.3%
2022	$97,000	$46.65	+2.3%
2021	$94,800	$45.55	+1.1%

Recently added data scientist salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
Humana	Lead Data Scientist	Hartford, CT	12/18/2024	$126,800
Humana	Lead Data Scientist	Juneau, AK	12/18/2024	$126,800
Humana	Lead Data Scientist	Olympia, WA	12/18/2024	$126,800
Humana	Lead Data Scientist	Dover, DE	12/18/2024	$126,800
Humana	Lead Data Scientist	Montgomery, AL	12/18/2024	$126,800
Humana	Lead Data Scientist	Pierre, SD	12/18/2024	$126,800
Noblis	Data Scientist	Jackson, MS	12/18/2024	$61,600
Noblis	Data Scientist	Boston, MA	12/18/2024	$61,600
Noblis	Data Scientist (AI and Machine Learning)	Dover, DE	12/18/2024	$61,600
Noblis	AI and Machine Learning Data Scientist	Urban Honolulu, HI	12/18/2024	$61,600

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