# Data scientist salary: $190,800–$260,000 a year

Every number below comes from 294 tracked live postings whose title matches "data scientist". No surveys, no self-reports — listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured September 2026 · n=136 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median data scientist posting offers $190,800–$260,000 a year (n=136).
- 55.1% of the 294 live postings matching "data scientist" are remote.
- Level 4 data scientists (building AI systems) list $190,500–$238,200, vs $190,800–$262,800 at Level 1.

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 1 | $120,000–$240,000 |
| Mid-level | 17 | $140,000–$226,800 |
| Senior | 81 | $190,800–$260,000 |
| Lead | 26 | $212,500–$301,950 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 66 | $190,400–$260,000 |
| On-site / hybrid | 70 | $192,000–$260,000 |

## Companies hiring data scientists

- [OpenAI](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/openai) (17)
- [Binance](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/binance) (15)
- [Reddit](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/reddit) (14)
- [Airwallex](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/airwallex) (9)
- [Faculty](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/faculty) (9)
- [Socure](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/socure) (9)
- [Adobe](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/adobe) (7)
- [Anthropic](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anthropic) (7)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "data scientist", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 136 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page — below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured September 2026. Small-n slices move a lot — read the n column first.

## Data scientist salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median data scientist salary?**

Across 136 live US postings for data scientists with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $190,800–$260,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many data scientists jobs are remote?**

55.1% of the 136 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 107 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 109 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/data-scientist