Jobiba Salary Intelligence

Data Scientist salary in San Mateo

Salary range, market position, recent movement, location comparisons and matching live jobs—calculated from comparable Jobiba listings rather than copied salary tables.

16 salary observations16 matching live jobsmedium confidence

Typical market range

$223,045–$293,245

Median $264,435 / year

Based on 16 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · refreshed 22 Oct 2026

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Salary distribution

Where the market sits

USD · annualized

$223,045

25th percentile

$264,435

Market median

$293,245

75th percentile

$208,390

Lower market

$223,045

25th percentile

$293,245

75th percentile

$314,330

Upper market

Market movement

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Not enough historical evidence yet. Trend is shown only when both 90-day windows have enough comparable observations, preventing noisy “growth” claims from tiny samples.

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Higher-paying roles to explore

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How Jobiba calculates this

Evidence first, estimate second

  • • Uses recent active Jobiba listings that contain employer/source salary data.
  • • Requires an explicit salary currency and pay period before a listing can enter an aggregate.
  • • Applies broad currency-specific plausibility floors/ceilings, then rejects extreme statistical outliers.
  • • Groups title variants through Jobiba's canonical salary-role taxonomy so current estimates and historical trends use the same comparable cohort.
  • • Annualizes hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay; no foreign-exchange conversion is used.
  • • Uses percentile medians and publishes a range only after the minimum comparable sample is reached.
  • • Labels inferred pay on salary pages/jobs as a Jobiba estimate, never as employer-provided compensation.

Based on 16 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · refreshed 22 Oct 2026

Frequently asked questions

Data Scientist salary in San Mateo: common questions

What is the average Data Scientist salary in San Mateo in 2026?

The median Data Scientist salary in San Mateo is $264,435 a year, based on 16 salary-listed job postings on Jobiba. The middle half of postings pay between $223,045 and $293,245 a year (25th to 75th percentile).

Which cities pay the most for Data Scientist jobs?

Among cities with enough USD salary data on Jobiba, the highest medians are New York City ($332,500 median, 7 postings), San Francisco ($224,250 median, 44 postings), United States ($223,600 median, 5 postings). Salaries are compared in their listed currency, without conversion.

How does Jobiba calculate Data Scientist salary in San Mateo?

From 16 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.

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Jobiba Market Terminal

Salary trend & career market pulse

A stock-style view of pay movement—without pretending salaries are stocks. Graph points require multiple comparable observations, and stronger growth signals require at least five.

Market tape

$293,245

Median · Oct 26 · 4 observations

P25 $254,254

P75 $300,894

Aug 26Oct 26

12-month growth

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Median salary change

3-year CAGR

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Annualized growth

3-month momentum

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Signal: insufficient

Market volatility

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Consecutive monthly median variability

History coverage

2 reliable monthly snapshots

Reliable evidence currently reaches back to Aug 26. Jobiba does not fabricate missing older history.

City movers

Where pay is gaining momentum

01

San Francisco, United States

11 latest-month samples · $212,500 median

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02

San Mateo, United States

8 latest-month samples · $263,670 median

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03

United States, Canada

5 latest-month samples · $223,600 median

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04

New York, United States

5 latest-month samples · $204,750 median

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Market composition

Experience mix behind the data

This helps candidates judge whether a headline median is dominated by junior, mid-level or senior observations.

12M

experience mix

Unknown
46.2%
Senior Level
23.1%
Mid Level
15.4%
8+ Years
7.7%
Entry Level
7.7%

Skills & pay signal

Skills showing up in better-paid Data Scientist listings

A premium is an association, not a causal guarantee. Higher-paying jobs often bundle several scarce skills, stronger seniority and tougher scope together. Use this as a shortlist for deeper career research.

Jobiba has enough skill evidence to show demand, but no skill currently clears the positive-premium threshold with a reliable sample.

Skills with broad demand but no current pay premium
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