Data Modeler Salary

Q: How much does a Data Modeler make?

Data modelers make $100,495 per year on average, or $48.31 per hour, in the United States. Data modelers on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $73,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $138,000. Location impacts how much a data modeler can expect to make. Data modelers make the most in California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and Louisiana.

Updated February 6, 2023

Average Data Modeler Salary

$100,495yearly

$48.31 hourly

Entry level Salary

$73,000 yearly

$73,00010%

$100,495Median

$138,00090%

How much does a Data Modeler make?

Data modelers make $100,495 per year on average, or $48.31 per hour, in the United States. Data modelers on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $73,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $138,000.

Location impacts how much a data modeler can expect to make. Data modelers make the most in California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, and Louisiana.

Highest Paying States For Data Modelers

Throughout the U.S., the average salary for a data modeler is roughly $100,495 per year, which boils down to $48.31 per hour. Interestingly enough, data modelers have the highest salaries in San Francisco, CA at about $131,961 per year. For those who are just starting out, the average entry-level salary in San Francisco, CA is $94,000. Additionally, data modelers make more than the average salary in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, Wilmington, DE, New York, NY, and San Antonio, TX. On a more broad level, data modeler salaries are highest in California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Louisiana, Arizona, and Rhode Island. On the contrary, Indiana, Oklahoma, and West Virginia offer the lowest data modeler salaries.

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Average Salary:

Data Modeler average salary by State

Rank	State	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Count
1	Nevada	$110,726	$53.23	189
2	Arizona	$101,236	$48.67	644
3	California	$124,165	$59.69	2,133
4	Washington	$107,592	$51.73	612
5	Utah	$93,657	$45.03	369
6	Massachusetts	$94,296	$45.33	1,306
7	New York	$96,020	$46.16	1,840
8	Oregon	$106,263	$51.09	336
9	Texas	$94,807	$45.58	1,982
10	Louisiana	$103,190	$49.61	228
11	Rhode Island	$101,120	$48.62	82
12	Connecticut	$93,236	$44.83	464
13	North Carolina	$91,739	$44.11	1,099
14	New Hampshire	$92,655	$44.55	190
15	New Jersey	$94,022	$45.20	1,014
16	Delaware	$96,706	$46.49	104
17	Kentucky	$92,699	$44.57	312
18	District of Columbia	$95,199	$45.77	322
19	Pennsylvania	$92,088	$44.27	1,041
20	Maryland	$93,569	$44.99	807
21	Virginia	$93,756	$45.08	886
22	Montana	$87,055	$41.85	134
23	South Carolina	$92,708	$44.57	222
24	Hawaii	$89,222	$42.90	106
25	Illinois	$85,251	$40.99	1,437
26	Ohio	$85,216	$40.97	756
27	Florida	$89,397	$42.98	1,292
28	Missouri	$83,858	$40.32	549
29	Iowa	$82,812	$39.81	308
30	Alabama	$84,530	$40.64	293
31	Nebraska	$82,666	$39.74	208
32	Michigan	$83,645	$40.21	629
33	Mississippi	$84,412	$40.58	131
34	Vermont	$81,099	$38.99	107
35	Wisconsin	$83,488	$40.14	403
36	Colorado	$83,369	$40.08	642
37	Alaska	$80,145	$38.53	102
38	Maine	$80,717	$38.81	128
39	New Mexico	$81,611	$39.24	169
40	Minnesota	$81,753	$39.30	692
41	Georgia	$81,233	$39.05	1,025
42	Idaho	$79,535	$38.24	174
43	Tennessee	$81,272	$39.07	383
44	Arkansas	$78,182	$37.59	224
45	Kansas	$78,544	$37.76	258
46	West Virginia	$76,232	$36.65	128
47	North Dakota	$72,025	$34.63	100
48	Indiana	$76,862	$36.95	485
49	South Dakota	$71,706	$34.47	95
50	Oklahoma	$76,459	$36.76	178
51	Wyoming	$74,447	$35.79	37

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Highest Paying Cities For Data Modelers

Rank	City	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Count
1	San Francisco, CA	$131,961	$63.44	2
2	Seattle, WA	$108,177	$52.01	1
3	Portland, OR	$105,480	$50.71
4	Wilmington, DE	$96,750	$46.51
5	New York, NY	$96,323	$46.31	1
6	San Antonio, TX	$96,176	$46.24
7	Washington, DC	$95,221	$45.78	2
8	Shrewsbury, MA	$94,434	$45.40
9	Jersey City, NJ	$94,153	$45.27
10	Columbia, MD	$93,600	$45.00
11	Durham, NC	$93,065	$44.74	6
12	Philadelphia, PA	$92,965	$44.69
13	Hartford, CT	$92,925	$44.68	1
14	Columbia, SC	$92,820	$44.63
15	Dover, NH	$91,832	$44.15

Data Modelers Salary Details

Average Data Modeler Salary Graph, Trends, and Summary

What is a Data Modeler's Salary?

Percentile	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate
90th Percentile	$138,000	$11,500	$66
75th Percentile	$118,000	$9,833	$57
Average	$100,495	$8,375	$48
25th Percentile	$84,000	$7,000	$40
10th Percentile	$73,000	$6,083	$35

Highest Paying Types of Data Modelers

Job Title	Annual Salary	Monthly Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
Salesforce Administrator	$86,565	$7,214	$41.62	57,792
Development Administrator	$90,963	$7,580	$43.73	99,949
Consultant Database Administrator	$103,322	$8,610	$49.67	78,925
Database Developer/Database Administrator	$86,335	$7,195	$41.51	130,003
Oracle Database Administrator	$88,410	$7,368	$42.50	60,429
Developer Analyst	$85,279	$7,107	$41.00	219,524

Here are the five companies hiring the most now:

Which Companies Pay Data Modelers The Most?

According to our most recent salary estimates, Meta and Apple are the highest paying companies for data modelers.

Rank	Company	Average Salary	Hourly Rate	Job Openings
1	Meta	$148,080	$71.19	736
2	Apple	$143,475	$68.98	35
3	Twitter	$141,010	$67.79
4	Bill.com	$137,531	$66.12	5
5	Bloomberg	$133,968	$64.41	50
6	Sony Interactive Entertainment America	$130,614	$62.80
7	Citi	$128,615	$61.83	91
8	Ulta Beauty	$128,458	$61.76	2
9	Adobe	$126,878	$61.00	17
10	Walgreens	$126,545	$60.84	64
11	Western Alliance Bank	$125,372	$60.27	2
12	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$124,754	$59.98	94
13	Open Systems Technologies	$124,740	$59.97	5
14	MUFG EMEA	$124,154	$59.69
15	Allegis Group	$123,061	$59.16	2
16	Morgan Stanley	$121,475	$58.40	21
17	BJ's Wholesale Club	$121,424	$58.38	1
18	Zurich	$120,632	$58.00	51
19	LendingClub	$120,596	$57.98
20	American Board of Emergency Medicine	$120,430	$57.90

How Much Do Data Modelers Make In Different Industries?

Data modeler salaries can vary depending on the industry. In fact, our data shows that the pharmaceutical, retail, and health care industries tend to offer much higher salaries for data modelers. For example, data modelers make a whopping average salary of $115,205 while working in the pharmaceutical industry. Meanwhile, other people in this field are making $108,788 in the retail industry and $102,599 in the health care industry.

Data modelers may want to avoid working in the professional industry as it offers the lowest average salary of $75,421.

Highest Paying Industries For Data Modelers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary	Hourly Rate
1	Pharmaceutical	$115,205	$55.39
2	Retail	$108,788	$52.30
3	Health Care	$102,599	$49.33
4	Finance	$100,264	$48.20
5	Technology	$94,956	$45.65
6	Professional	$75,421	$36.26

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Data Modeler Pay Trends

Average Data Modeler Salary Over Time

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Data Modeler Salary By Year

Year	Avg. Salary	Hourly Rate	% Change
2023	$100,000	$48.32	+3.3%
2022	$97,200	$46.72	+2.3%
2021	$95,000	$45.67	+3.4%
2020	$91,800	$44.12	+2.4%
2019	$89,600	$43.07	+3.8%

Recently Added Data Modeler Salaries

Company	Job	Location	Date Added	Salary
Randstad Us	Senior Data Modeler-New Jersey/North Carolina	Pennington, NJ	11/28/2022	$142,459
The Hartford	Model Validation, P&C Data Science	Hartford, CT	11/27/2022	$105,680
Voya Financial	Senior Data Modeler	Atlanta, GA	11/26/2022	$115,380
Careerbuilder-Us	Principal Data Modeler	Los Angeles, CA	11/25/2022	$107,000
Fidelity Investments	Principal Data Modeler	Westlake, TX	11/23/2022	$107,000
Fidelity Investments	Principal Data Modeler	Jersey City, NJ	11/23/2022	$107,000
Fidelity Investments	Principal Data Modeler	Durham, NC	11/23/2022	$107,000
Fidelity Investments	Principal Data Modeler	Merrimack, NH	11/23/2022	$107,000
Fidelity Investments	Principal Data Modeler	Westlake, TX	11/23/2022	$107,000
Fidelity Investments	Principal Data Modeler	Smithfield, RI	11/23/2022	$107,000

Data Modeler Salaries FAQs

What State Pays Data Modelers The Most?

California pays Data Modelers the most in the United States, with an average salary of $124,165 per year, or $59.69 per hour.

How Do I Know If I'm Being Paid Fairly As A Data Modeler?

You know if you are being paid fairly as a Data Modeler if your pay is close to the average pay for the state you live in. For example, if you live in Nevada you should be paid close to $110,726 per year.

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Updated February 6, 2023