The Global AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index for 2025 💰📊
See below our global salary index in 2025 for roles in the AI, ML, Data Science space based on internal data (survey submissions + jobs with open salaries). Salary data is in USD and recalculated at its average fx rate during the year for salaries entered in other currencies.
The data is processed and updated on a weekly basis so the rankings may change over time during the year. Want to play around with the dataset yourself? You can download the complete salary dataset here.
| # | Role | Median Salary in 2025 | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Director of Machine Learning | $ 296,000 | 6 | Details |
| 2 | Director of Product Management | $ 265,650 | 16 | Details |
| 3 | Head of Applied AI | $ 260,000 | 6 | Details |
| 4 | Enterprise Account Executive | $ 246,835 | 62 | Details |
| 5 | Engineering Manager | $ 246,550 | 306 | Details |
| 6 | Head of AI | $ 242,500 | 24 | Details |
| 7 | Machine Learning Architect | $ 242,300 | 8 | Details |
| 8 | GenAI Architect | $ 219,100 | 12 | Details |
| 9 | AI Architect | $ 208,100 | 76 | Details |
| 10 | Product Designer | $ 205,700 | 90 | Details |
| 11 | Head of Data | $ 200,000 | 98 | Details |
| 12 | Research Engineer | $ 200,000 | 425 | Details |
| 13 | Quant Options Trader | $ 200,000 | 10 | Details |
| 14 | Applied Scientist | $ 194,500 | 433 | Details |
| 15 | Machine Learning Engineer | $ 190,300 | 1805 | Details |
| 16 | Software Architect | $ 187,600 | 20 | Details |
| 17 | Solutions Architect | $ 185,850 | 288 | Details |
| 18 | Data Infrastructure Engineer | $ 185,000 | 24 | Details |
| 19 | ML Scientist | $ 184,950 | 30 | Details |
| 20 | Architect | $ 184,000 | 383 | Details |
| 21 | Technical Lead | $ 180,475 | 116 | Details |
| 22 | Lead Engineer | $ 180,000 | 40 | Details |
| 23 | Software Engineer | $ 180,000 | 5183 | Details |
| 24 | Backend Engineer | $ 180,000 | 118 | Details |
| 25 | Tech Lead | $ 179,500 | 22 | Details |
| 26 | Research Scientist | $ 177,000 | 688 | Details |
| 27 | Product Manager | $ 176,659 | 900 | Details |
| 28 | Member of Technical Staff | $ 176,550 | 102 | Details |
| 29 | Computer Vision Engineer | $ 175,500 | 40 | Details |
| 30 | Algorithm Developer | $ 175,000 | 22 | Details |
| 31 | Quantitative Developer | $ 175,000 | 24 | Details |
| 32 | Developer Advocate | $ 172,500 | 14 | Details |
| 33 | Principal Engineer | $ 171,357 | 16 | Details |
| 34 | Principal Scientist | $ 171,000 | 10 | Details |
| 35 | Quantitative Researcher | $ 170,000 | 44 | Details |
| 36 | AI Engineer | $ 170,000 | 729 | Details |
| 37 | AI Scientist | $ 169,900 | 40 | Details |
| 38 | Solutions Engineer | $ 168,450 | 156 | Details |
| 39 | Data Strategy Lead | $ 168,250 | 8 | Details |
| 40 | Business Intelligence | $ 166,200 | 36 | Details |
| 41 | Machine Learning Scientist | $ 165,000 | 123 | Details |
| 42 | Systems Engineer | $ 164,958 | 298 | Details |
| 43 | Data Quality Lead | $ 163,780 | 14 | Details |
| 44 | Lead Data Analysis | $ 163,400 | 6 | Details |
| 45 | Solution Engineer | $ 163,210 | 16 | Details |
| 46 | AI Researcher | $ 163,150 | 38 | Details |
| 47 | Data Management Lead | $ 162,200 | 28 | Details |
| 48 | Solution Architect | $ 161,550 | 112 | Details |
| 49 | Business Intelligence Lead | $ 160,850 | 10 | Details |
| 50 | Technical Recruiter | $ 160,500 | 6 | Details |
| 51 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 160,000 | 158 | Details |
| 52 | Engineer | $ 160,000 | 3938 | Details |
| 53 | AI Lead | $ 160,000 | 12 | Details |
| 54 | Machine Learning Researcher | $ 160,000 | 246 | Details |
| 55 | MLOps Engineer | $ 160,000 | 70 | Details |
| 56 | Platform Engineer | $ 160,000 | 182 | Details |
| 57 | Data Governance | $ 159,775 | 180 | Details |
| 58 | Lead Analyst | $ 158,530 | 22 | Details |
| 59 | Data Analytics Lead | $ 158,275 | 32 | Details |
| 60 | Software Development Engineer | $ 158,200 | 262 | Details |
| 61 | Manager | $ 158,000 | 3098 | Details |
| 62 | Technical Architect | $ 157,610 | 14 | Details |
| 63 | Security Researcher | $ 155,300 | 18 | Details |
| 64 | Principal Statistical Programmer | $ 155,000 | 16 | Details |
| 65 | Data Operations Manager | $ 150,425 | 10 | Details |
| 66 | Data Architect | $ 150,000 | 600 | Details |
| 67 | Account Executive | $ 150,000 | 52 | Details |
| 68 | Quantitative Analyst | $ 150,000 | 102 | Details |
| 69 | Data Platform Engineer | $ 149,119 | 34 | Details |
| 70 | Machine Learning Lead | $ 146,479 | 6 | Details |
| 71 | Analytics Lead | $ 146,250 | 36 | Details |
| 72 | Data Scientist | $ 146,000 | 4506 | Details |
| 73 | Full Stack Engineer | $ 145,500 | 58 | Details |
| 74 | Data Product Manager | $ 145,000 | 98 | Details |
| 75 | Executive | $ 145,000 | 30 | Details |
| 76 | Data and Analytics Consultant | $ 145,000 | 8 | Details |
| 77 | System Engineer | $ 142,950 | 36 | Details |
| 78 | Bioinformatics Scientist | $ 142,800 | 26 | Details |
| 79 | AI Developer | $ 141,400 | 69 | Details |
| 80 | Computational Scientist | $ 140,975 | 10 | Details |
| 81 | Product Specialist | $ 140,300 | 20 | Details |
| 82 | Analytics Engineer | $ 140,250 | 582 | Details |
| 83 | Data Analytics Business Partner | $ 140,000 | 10 | Details |
| 84 | Data Engineer | $ 140,000 | 4010 | Details |
| 85 | Sales Engineer | $ 140,000 | 10 | Details |
| 86 | Power BI Administrator | $ 139,955 | 10 | Details |
| 87 | Risk Analyst | $ 139,660 | 8 | Details |
| 88 | DataOps Engineer | $ 139,540 | 12 | Details |
| 89 | Computational Biologist | $ 139,000 | 24 | Details |
| 90 | Data Lead | $ 138,890 | 132 | Details |
| 91 | AI Specialist | $ 138,360 | 26 | Details |
| 92 | Principal Researcher | $ 137,600 | 14 | Details |
| 93 | DevOps Engineer | $ 137,510 | 178 | Details |
| 94 | Data Operations | $ 137,500 | 42 | Details |
| 95 | Data Governance Manager | $ 136,267 | 19 | Details |
| 96 | Product Owner | $ 135,500 | 38 | Details |
| 97 | QA Engineer | $ 135,400 | 35 | Details |
| 98 | Data Integration Engineer | $ 135,000 | 24 | Details |
| 99 | Technical Writer | $ 135,000 | 10 | Details |
| 100 | Cloud Developer | $ 134,000 | 10 | Details |
| 101 | Machine Learning Specialist | $ 133,719 | 10 | Details |
| 102 | Data Modeler | $ 131,950 | 46 | Details |
| 103 | Data Product Owner | $ 131,600 | 66 | Details |
| 104 | Data Operations Engineer | $ 130,000 | 20 | Details |
| 105 | Data Analytics Manager | $ 128,300 | 92 | Details |
| 106 | Copywriter | $ 127,500 | 8 | Details |
| 107 | Marketing Science Partner | $ 127,000 | 6 | Details |
| 108 | Cloud Engineer | $ 126,100 | 76 | Details |
| 109 | Product Analyst | $ 125,856 | 86 | Details |
| 110 | Automation Engineer | $ 125,475 | 14 | Details |
| 111 | Data Governance Lead | $ 125,041 | 44 | Details |
| 112 | Prompt Engineer | $ 125,000 | 30 | Details |
| 113 | Java Developer | $ 125,000 | 8 | Details |
| 114 | Data Strategist | $ 125,000 | 34 | Details |
| 115 | Associate | $ 125,000 | 873 | Details |
| 116 | Software Developer | $ 124,600 | 288 | Details |
| 117 | ETL Developer | $ 123,050 | 8 | Details |
| 118 | Business Intelligence Engineer | $ 122,950 | 220 | Details |
| 119 | Business Intelligence Manager | $ 122,500 | 6 | Details |
| 120 | AI Product Owner | $ 122,300 | 8 | Details |
| 121 | Statistician | $ 122,250 | 47 | Details |
| 122 | BI Engineer | $ 120,700 | 46 | Details |
| 123 | Data Governance Engineer | $ 120,390 | 8 | Details |
| 124 | Developer | $ 120,187 | 418 | Details |
| 125 | Technical Support Engineer | $ 120,000 | 18 | Details |
| 126 | Tableau Developer | $ 120,000 | 6 | Details |
| 127 | Data Analytics Specialist | $ 118,000 | 12 | Details |
| 128 | Decision Scientist | $ 118,000 | 50 | Details |
| 129 | Data Consultant | $ 117,742 | 14 | Details |
| 130 | Data Integrator | $ 117,500 | 14 | Details |
| 131 | Data Developer | $ 117,000 | 44 | Details |
| 132 | Consultant | $ 115,000 | 448 | Details |
| 133 | Data Visualization Engineer | $ 114,600 | 30 | Details |
| 134 | Statistical Programmer | $ 114,350 | 28 | Details |
| 135 | Full Stack Developer | $ 114,000 | 50 | Details |
| 136 | Postdoctoral Researcher | $ 112,500 | 39 | Details |
| 137 | Data Team Lead | $ 112,500 | 20 | Details |
| 138 | Business Analyst | $ 112,000 | 173 | Details |
| 139 | Data Visualization Developer | $ 110,600 | 10 | Details |
| 140 | Application Developer | $ 109,550 | 16 | Details |
| 141 | Cloud Database Administrator | $ 107,750 | 6 | Details |
| 142 | BI Developer | $ 107,560 | 66 | Details |
| 143 | Analyst | $ 107,120 | 2093 | Details |
| 144 | Business Intelligence Developer | $ 106,150 | 136 | Details |
| 145 | Data Visualization Analyst | $ 106,055 | 6 | Details |
| 146 | Power BI Specialist | $ 105,000 | 8 | Details |
| 147 | Business Intelligence Analyst | $ 105,000 | 117 | Details |
| 148 | Data Governance Analyst | $ 104,900 | 94 | Details |
| 149 | Business Intelligence Specialist | $ 104,550 | 6 | Details |
| 150 | Robotics Engineer | $ 103,500 | 26 | Details |
| 151 | Analytics Specialist | $ 101,953 | 24 | Details |
| 152 | Data Analysis | $ 101,200 | 26 | Details |
| 153 | Python Developer | $ 100,000 | 44 | Details |
| 154 | Power BI Developer | $ 100,000 | 46 | Details |
| 155 | BI Analyst | $ 100,000 | 70 | Details |
| 156 | Data Manager | $ 99,787 | 298 | Details |
| 157 | Technology Integrator | $ 98,650 | 6 | Details |
| 158 | Data Quality Analyst | $ 96,680 | 46 | Details |
| 159 | Data Analyst | $ 96,150 | 3734 | Details |
| 160 | Data Integration Specialist | $ 95,000 | 36 | Details |
| 161 | Data Visualization Specialist | $ 93,500 | 22 | Details |
| 162 | Data Management Analyst | $ 93,000 | 116 | Details |
| 163 | Business Development Representative | $ 92,105 | 6 | Details |
| 164 | Power BI Expert | $ 91,268 | 8 | Details |
| 165 | Master Data Management | $ 90,700 | 12 | Details |
| 166 | Data Governance Specialist | $ 90,400 | 32 | Details |
| 167 | Data Operations Analyst | $ 90,000 | 38 | Details |
| 168 | Data Management Associate | $ 89,556 | 20 | Details |
| 169 | Data Management Specialist | $ 84,244 | 100 | Details |
| 170 | Database Administrator | $ 83,389 | 8 | Details |
| 171 | Actuarial Analyst | $ 82,350 | 8 | Details |
| 172 | Data Quality Specialist | $ 82,278 | 8 | Details |
| 173 | Insight Analyst | $ 82,000 | 44 | Details |
| 174 | Data and Reporting Analyst | $ 81,950 | 18 | Details |
| 175 | Postdoctoral Fellow | $ 80,480 | 32 | Details |
| 176 | Bioinformatician | $ 80,389 | 22 | Details |
| 177 | Research Analyst | $ 80,300 | 85 | Details |
| 178 | Data Quality Engineer | $ 80,250 | 14 | Details |
| 179 | Encounter Data Management Professional | $ 79,650 | 16 | Details |
| 180 | Data and Reporting Professional | $ 78,150 | 20 | Details |
| 181 | Data Operations Specialist | $ 76,050 | 12 | Details |
| 182 | Data Visualization Designer | $ 75,500 | 8 | Details |
| 183 | Technical Support Specialist | $ 75,000 | 8 | Details |
| 184 | Sales Development Representative | $ 70,000 | 10 | Details |
| 185 | Data Specialist | $ 69,120 | 304 | Details |
| 186 | Power BI | $ 66,800 | 20 | Details |
| 187 | Data Reporting Analyst | $ 65,797 | 18 | Details |
| 188 | Research Associate | $ 65,748 | 100 | Details |
| 189 | Trainee | $ 62,000 | 6 | Details |
| 190 | Research Assistant | $ 60,000 | 47 | Details |
| 191 | Stage | $ 21,473 | 18 | Details |
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