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Data Scientist salary in United States
In the U.S., data scientists (SOC 15-2051) earned a median $120,230 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 133 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $222,500. The middle half of those ads list $170,600 to $263,670, based on 133 salaries from 50 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data Scientists: official U.S. pay, May 2025
In the U.S., data scientists (SOC 15-2051) earned a median $120,230 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 133 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $222,500.
- 10th percentile
- $67,240
- 25th percentile
- $85,660
- Median
- $120,230
- 75th percentile
- $158,880
- 90th percentile
- $199,130
Jobiba's job-ad median is 85% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are OpenAI, Pinterest and Roblox. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
Occupation: Data Scientists (SOC 15-2051) · 262,440 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation across the U.S., all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain), retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $222,500
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $228,420
- Aug 2026
- Low $213,275 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 133
- from 50 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $137,324
- 25th percentile
- $170,600
- Median
- $222,500
- 75th percentile
- $263,670
- 90th percentile
- $323,318
133 salaries · 194 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 133 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
Salary brackets
Data Scientist salary brackets in United States
How the 133 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| Under $125K | 6% 8 listings | |
| $125K–$150K | 12% 16 listings | |
| $150K–$175K | 7% 10 listings | |
| $175K–$200K | 14% 18 listings | |
| $200K–$225KMedian here | 14% 18 listings | |
| $225K–$250K | 15% 20 listings | |
| $250K–$275K | 11% 14 listings | |
| $275K–$300K | 4% 6 listings | |
| $300K–$325K | 7% 10 listings | |
| $325K and over | 10% 13 listings |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
Salary by experience
How Data Scientist pay changes with experience in United States
Pay by the experience level employers state in their job posts, from salaries listed in the last 12 months. A level appears only with at least 8 salaries.
| Experience level | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level$133,120–$227,240 · 10 salaries | $137,390 | |
| Mid level$200,000–$228,950 · 9 salaries | $204,750 | |
| Senior level$215,000–$281,500 · 73 salaries | $235,000 |
One shared scale, $127.2K to $287.4K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.
Salary by company
What companies pay a Data Scientist in United States
Employers with at least 5 listed salaries for this role; those with 8 or more link to their own salary page. The sparkline is the company's monthly median where it has enough salaries.
| Company | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI$307,500–$392,500 · 17 salaries | $325,500 | |
| Pinterest$139,764–$164,695 · 14 salaries | $155,452 | |
| Roblox$228,420–$293,245 · 13 salaries | $263,670 | |
| Reddit$228,950–$265,088 · 8 salaries | $260,450 |
One shared scale, $129.7K to $402.6K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Data Scientist pay in United States
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| artificial intelligencemedian $307,500 · 35 salaries | up +38.2% | |
| gitmedian $247,000 · 11 salaries | up +11.0% | |
| financemedian $226,000 · 35 salaries | up +1.6% | |
| pythonmedian $225,125 · 118 salaries | up +1.2% | |
| sqlmedian $222,500 · 119 salaries | flat 0.0% | |
| machine learningmedian $221,380 · 69 salaries | down −0.5% | |
| aimedian $221,000 · 109 salaries | down −0.7% | |
| recruitmentmedian $221,000 · 13 salaries | down −0.7% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Data Scientist jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Data Scientist, PolicyAnthropic · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$285,000 – $380,000
- Data Scientist, GTMAnthropic · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$285,000 – $380,000
- Data Scientist, ProductAnthropic · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$285,000 – $380,000
- Staff Data ScientistRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$212,000 – $265,000
- Senior Data ScientistRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$172,000 – $215,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
133 salaries from 50 employers, posted between 22 Oct 2025 and 22 Oct 2026. Last updated 22 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 83%
- Pay read from posting text 8%
- Other sources 9%
Live jobs
Data Scientist jobs in United States
- Data Scientist - Retail Demand Sensing
Cvshealth · Wellesley-93 Worcester St
- Senior Data Scientist - Risk Prediction Engine
Cvshealth · NY - New York
- Data Scientist (Open Level)
Formation Bio · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Data Scientist, Medical Imaging (Open Level)
Formation Bio · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Data Scientist, Growth
Anthropic · New York City, WA
$285K – $380K/yr · listed by the employer
- Data Scientist, Fleet Orchestration Algorithms
Zoox · Foster City, California, United States
$177K – $217K/yr · listed by the employer
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
Frequently asked questions
Data Scientist salary in United States: common questions
What is the average Data Scientist salary in United States in 2026?
In the U.S., data scientists (SOC 15-2051) earned a median $120,230 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 133 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $222,500. The middle half of those job ads pay between $170,600 and $263,670 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
Why is Data Scientist pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?
Jobiba's job-ad median is 85% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are OpenAI, Pinterest and Roblox. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
How much does an entry-level Data Scientist earn in United States compared with experienced hires?
By experience level in the postings Jobiba could classify: Entry level: $137,390 median (10 postings); Mid level: $204,750 median (9 postings); Senior level: $235,000 median (73 postings). Bands with too few postings are not shown.
How does Jobiba calculate Data Scientist salary in United States?
From 133 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.