# Data scientist salary: $166,800–$228,460 a year

Every number below comes from 919 tracked live postings whose title matches "data scientist". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=276 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median data scientist posting offers $166,800–$228,460 a year (n=276).
- 28.9% of the 919 live postings matching "data scientist" are remote.
- Builds AI (AI Level 4) data scientists list $159,200–$215,300, vs $179,000–$247,600 at Little AI (AI Level 1).

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 1 | $130,000–$175,000 |
| Junior | 7 | $108,300–$160,000 |
| Mid-level | 56 | $136,000–$184,000 |
| Senior | 159 | $175,100–$230,000 |
| Lead | 45 | $192,000–$260,000 |

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

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 105 | $182,800–$250,000 |
| On-site / hybrid | 171 | $154,400–$215,300 |

## Companies hiring data scientists

- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (70)
- [Capital One](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/capital-one) (59)
- [RELX](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/relx) (28)
- [Grab](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/grab) (24)
- [Fetch](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/fetch) (18)
- [LSEG](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/lseg) (17)
- [Mastercard](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/mastercard) (16)
- [OpenAI](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/openai) (15)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "data scientist", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 276 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 Do not cite as a national average.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 November 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 276 live US postings for data scientists with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $166,800–$228,460 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

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

28.9% of the 276 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

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

In this sample, 534 postings build AI and 211 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

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

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/data-scientist. Measured November 2026.

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