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Data Scientist
283 employer-disclosed salaries · last 90 days · refreshed 4317 min ago
$181kmedian · disclosed by employers, not self-reported
p25 $139kmedian $181kp75 $223k
National baseline: $108k (BLS OEWS, U.S. national, May 2023). Live postings skew toward employers that disclose pay.
Am I underpaid?
By seniority
Junior$80k – $87k – $120k10 postings
Mid$123k – $156k – $205k127 postings
Senior$159k – $183k – $215k90 postings
Staff+$192k – $218k – $264k48 postings
Remote vs on-site
Remote $224k · on-site $175k
By employer type
Startup $203k (8)
Enterprise $200k (39)
Gov contractor $122k (4)
Where this comes from
- Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference + Experimentation · Discord · $220,500 to $245,000
- Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist · Faire · $246,500 to $339,000 per year
- Data Scientist · Lyft · $129,709 - $192,000/year
- Staff Data Scientist, Causal Inference & Experimentation · Discord · $279,000 to $310,000
Live pay-transparency data parsed from public job boards — what employers offer today, not what people self-reported years ago.