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Map of Data Scientist Salaries
The darker areas on the map show where Data Scientists earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.
Average Data Scientist Salary By Location
Throughout the U.S., the average salary for a data scientist is roughly $109,565 per year, which boils down to $52.68 per hour. Interestingly enough, data scientists have the highest salaries in San Francisco, CA at about $112,934 per year. For those who are just starting out, the average entry-level salary in San Francisco, CA is $72,000. Additionally, data scientists make more than the average salary in Redmond, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Jersey City, NJ. On a more broad level, data scientist salaries are highest in Washington, Idaho, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Alaska, and Texas. On the contrary, Indiana, Hawaii, and South Dakota offer the lowest data scientist salaries.
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Average Data Scientist Salary By Company
If you want to get paid the most as a data scientist, being employed by a company such as McGuireWoods or Lyft would be a smart choice, as they are the highest paying companies in this field. Additionally, companies like Airbnb and Houzz also report highly competitive salaries for data scientists.
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Data Scientist Salary History
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Average Data Scientist Pay By Industry
As we previously stated, data scientist salaries can vary depending on the industry. In fact, our data shows that retail, media, and technology companies tend to offer much higher salaries for data scientists. For example, data scientists make a whopping average salary of $133,296 while working for retail companies. Meanwhile, other people in this field are making $121,036 at media companies and $113,056 at technology companies. But data scientists may want to avoid working in the health care industry as it offers the lowest average salary at $81,987.
Recently Added Data Scientist Salaries
| Company | Job | Location | Date Added | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash Store Cash Store Data Scientist | Data Scientist Data Scientist | Irving, TX Irving, TX | 10/29/2020 10/29/2020 | $75,200 $75,200 10/29/2020 |
Management Decisions, Inc. Management Decisions, Inc. Data Scientist/Engineer-Natural Language Processing | Data Scientist/Engineer-Natural Language Processing Data Scientist/Engineer-Natural Language Processing | Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA | 10/27/2020 10/27/2020 | $120,000 $120,000 10/27/2020 |
Kelly Services Kelly Services Urgent! Data Scientist (Biotech/Pharma) | Urgent! Data Scientist (Biotech/Pharma) Urgent! Data Scientist (Biotech/Pharma) | Cambridge, MA Cambridge, MA | 10/27/2020 10/27/2020 | $93,915 $93,915 10/27/2020 |
Smith Hanley Associates Smith Hanley Associates Data Scientist | Data Scientist Data Scientist | Washington, DC Washington, DC | 10/22/2020 10/22/2020 | $100,000 $100,000 10/22/2020 |
University of Wisconsin Madison University of Wisconsin Madison Data Scientist | Data Scientist Data Scientist | Madison, WI Madison, WI | 10/21/2020 10/21/2020 | $44,748 $44,748 10/21/2020 |
Management Decisions, Inc. Management Decisions, Inc. Data Scientist | Data Scientist Data Scientist | Irvine, CA Irvine, CA | 10/20/2020 10/20/2020 | $150,000 $150,000 10/20/2020 |
Management Decisions, Inc. Management Decisions, Inc. Data Scientist/Python Engineer | Data Scientist/Python Engineer Data Scientist/Python Engineer | Chicago, IL Chicago, IL | 10/20/2020 10/20/2020 | $140,000 $140,000 10/20/2020 |
Randstad Randstad Staff Data Scientist | Staff Data Scientist Staff Data Scientist | Bentonville, AR Bentonville, AR | 10/20/2020 10/20/2020 | $140,000 $140,000 10/20/2020 |
Randstad Randstad Principal Data Scientist | Principal Data Scientist Principal Data Scientist | Sunnyvale, CA Sunnyvale, CA | 10/20/2020 10/20/2020 | $140,000 $140,000 10/20/2020 |
Kelly Services Kelly Services Data Scientist | Data Scientist Data Scientist | Sunnyvale, CA Sunnyvale, CA | 10/19/2020 10/19/2020 | $135,655 $135,655 10/19/2020 |
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