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 | Head of Applied AI | $ 281,500 | 8 | Details |
| 2 | Director of Product Management | $ 260,000 | 26 | Details |
| 3 | Engineering Manager | $ 247,000 | 446 | Details |
| 4 | Enterprise Account Executive | $ 246,835 | 66 | Details |
| 5 | Machine Learning Architect | $ 242,300 | 10 | Details |
| 6 | Head of AI | $ 240,000 | 38 | Details |
| 7 | Head of Machine Learning | $ 236,000 | 8 | Details |
| 8 | Director of Machine Learning | $ 230,000 | 18 | Details |
| 9 | GenAI Architect | $ 219,100 | 12 | Details |
| 10 | Quant Options Trader | $ 200,000 | 10 | Details |
| 11 | Director | $ 196,500 | 386 | Details |
| 12 | Product Designer | $ 195,850 | 134 | Details |
| 13 | Tech Lead | $ 195,000 | 44 | Details |
| 14 | Applied Scientist | $ 194,500 | 631 | Details |
| 15 | Research Engineer | $ 191,000 | 577 | Details |
| 16 | Head of Data | $ 190,500 | 136 | Details |
| 17 | Machine Learning Engineer | $ 190,000 | 2525 | Details |
| 18 | Solutions Architect | $ 188,650 | 430 | Details |
| 19 | Software Architect | $ 188,200 | 48 | Details |
| 20 | AI Architect | $ 186,650 | 116 | Details |
| 21 | ML Scientist | $ 184,950 | 38 | Details |
| 22 | Principal Scientist | $ 183,700 | 20 | Details |
| 23 | Software Engineer | $ 180,000 | 7582 | Details |
| 24 | Technical Lead | $ 180,000 | 156 | Details |
| 25 | Lead Engineer | $ 180,000 | 56 | Details |
| 26 | Product Manager | $ 180,000 | 1276 | Details |
| 27 | Architect | $ 179,800 | 605 | Details |
| 28 | Backend Engineer | $ 178,607 | 184 | Details |
| 29 | Member of Technical Staff | $ 178,100 | 132 | Details |
| 30 | Economist | $ 177,952 | 14 | Details |
| 31 | Research Scientist | $ 177,000 | 963 | Details |
| 32 | Data Infrastructure Engineer | $ 176,780 | 34 | Details |
| 33 | Quantitative Developer | $ 175,000 | 33 | Details |
| 34 | AI Lead | $ 174,169 | 20 | Details |
| 35 | Developer Advocate | $ 172,500 | 14 | Details |
| 36 | AI Engineer | $ 170,000 | 1061 | Details |
| 37 | Quantitative Researcher | $ 170,000 | 58 | Details |
| 38 | Technical Architect | $ 169,186 | 24 | Details |
| 39 | AI Researcher | $ 169,150 | 50 | Details |
| 40 | Solutions Engineer | $ 168,450 | 202 | Details |
| 41 | Data Strategy Lead | $ 168,250 | 10 | Details |
| 42 | Algorithm Developer | $ 168,000 | 32 | Details |
| 43 | AI Scientist | $ 167,400 | 56 | Details |
| 44 | Computer Vision Engineer | $ 166,500 | 58 | Details |
| 45 | Machine Learning Scientist | $ 165,000 | 175 | Details |
| 46 | Researcher | $ 163,500 | 106 | Details |
| 47 | Lead Data Analysis | $ 163,400 | 6 | Details |
| 48 | Systems Engineer | $ 163,000 | 430 | Details |
| 49 | Actuary | $ 162,060 | 32 | Details |
| 50 | Platform Engineer | $ 161,050 | 272 | Details |
| 51 | Big Data Developer | $ 160,290 | 8 | Details |
| 52 | AI Tech Lead | $ 160,000 | 5 | Details |
| 53 | MLOps Engineer | $ 160,000 | 82 | Details |
| 54 | Machine Learning Researcher | $ 160,000 | 254 | Details |
| 55 | Business Intelligence Lead | $ 160,000 | 14 | Details |
| 56 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 160,000 | 230 | Details |
| 57 | Principal Statistical Programmer | $ 160,000 | 30 | Details |
| 58 | Security Researcher | $ 159,300 | 28 | Details |
| 59 | Engineer | $ 159,185 | 5700 | Details |
| 60 | Lead Analyst | $ 158,530 | 22 | Details |
| 61 | Software Development Engineer | $ 158,200 | 350 | Details |
| 62 | Business Intelligence | $ 158,200 | 56 | Details |
| 63 | Data Operations Manager | $ 158,175 | 12 | Details |
| 64 | Principal Engineer | $ 158,000 | 20 | Details |
| 65 | Manager | $ 156,160 | 4427 | Details |
| 66 | Solution Architect | $ 156,100 | 150 | Details |
| 67 | Sales Engineer | $ 155,000 | 22 | Details |
| 68 | Executive | $ 155,000 | 68 | Details |
| 69 | Data Governance | $ 155,000 | 258 | Details |
| 70 | Data Platform Engineer | $ 154,800 | 42 | Details |
| 71 | Analytics Lead | $ 154,300 | 66 | Details |
| 72 | Data Analytics Lead | $ 153,400 | 44 | Details |
| 73 | Data Management Lead | $ 151,962 | 40 | Details |
| 74 | Data Architect | $ 150,552 | 797 | Details |
| 75 | Account Executive | $ 150,000 | 71 | Details |
| 76 | Full Stack Engineer | $ 150,000 | 102 | Details |
| 77 | DataOps Engineer | $ 149,880 | 22 | Details |
| 78 | Bioinformatics Scientist | $ 149,200 | 46 | Details |
| 79 | Principal Researcher | $ 148,250 | 18 | Details |
| 80 | Data Scientist | $ 148,000 | 6165 | Details |
| 81 | Data Operations Lead | $ 147,500 | 8 | Details |
| 82 | Data Quality Lead | $ 147,000 | 22 | Details |
| 83 | Machine Learning Lead | $ 146,479 | 6 | Details |
| 84 | Technical Recruiter | $ 146,000 | 14 | Details |
| 85 | Data Lead | $ 145,000 | 168 | Details |
| 86 | Data and Analytics Consultant | $ 145,000 | 8 | Details |
| 87 | Data Product Manager | $ 144,500 | 140 | Details |
| 88 | Risk Analyst | $ 144,000 | 7 | Details |
| 89 | Power BI Administrator | $ 143,927 | 14 | Details |
| 90 | Quantitative Analyst | $ 143,100 | 148 | Details |
| 91 | Analytics Engineer | $ 143,000 | 799 | Details |
| 92 | Product Specialist | $ 142,550 | 24 | Details |
| 93 | Data Engineer | $ 141,000 | 5721 | Details |
| 94 | Computational Scientist | $ 140,975 | 16 | Details |
| 95 | Decision Scientist | $ 140,570 | 60 | Details |
| 96 | System Engineer | $ 140,500 | 58 | Details |
| 97 | Data Analytics Business Partner | $ 140,000 | 10 | Details |
| 98 | Technical Specialist | $ 138,050 | 14 | Details |
| 99 | Automation Engineer | $ 137,575 | 22 | Details |
| 100 | DevOps Engineer | $ 137,510 | 283 | Details |
| 101 | Product Owner | $ 137,300 | 102 | Details |
| 102 | Technical Writer | $ 136,330 | 14 | Details |
| 103 | Data Governance Lead | $ 136,219 | 74 | Details |
| 104 | Data Integration Engineer | $ 135,000 | 32 | Details |
| 105 | Computational Biologist | $ 134,000 | 38 | Details |
| 106 | Cloud Developer | $ 134,000 | 10 | Details |
| 107 | Machine Learning Specialist | $ 133,719 | 14 | Details |
| 108 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | $ 132,500 | 20 | Details |
| 109 | Data Product Owner | $ 131,750 | 96 | Details |
| 110 | Solution Engineer | $ 130,700 | 70 | Details |
| 111 | Data Operations | $ 130,550 | 46 | Details |
| 112 | AI Developer | $ 130,000 | 101 | Details |
| 113 | Data Operations Engineer | $ 130,000 | 22 | Details |
| 114 | QA Engineer | $ 130,000 | 55 | Details |
| 115 | Data Modeler | $ 130,000 | 74 | Details |
| 116 | Data Strategist | $ 129,134 | 60 | Details |
| 117 | Cloud Engineer | $ 128,750 | 110 | Details |
| 118 | AI Specialist | $ 128,530 | 42 | Details |
| 119 | Data Analysis | $ 128,400 | 58 | Details |
| 120 | Data Analytics Manager | $ 128,300 | 120 | Details |
| 121 | Data Governance Engineer | $ 127,400 | 10 | Details |
| 122 | Marketing Science Partner | $ 127,000 | 8 | Details |
| 123 | Java Developer | $ 126,650 | 10 | Details |
| 124 | ETL Developer | $ 126,100 | 12 | Details |
| 125 | Systems Administrator | $ 125,900 | 16 | Details |
| 126 | Analytics Specialist | $ 125,800 | 40 | Details |
| 127 | Associate | $ 125,250 | 1231 | Details |
| 128 | Data Team Lead | $ 125,000 | 24 | Details |
| 129 | Database Administrator | $ 125,000 | 18 | Details |
| 130 | Product Analyst | $ 124,915 | 128 | Details |
| 131 | Business Intelligence Engineer | $ 124,600 | 300 | Details |
| 132 | Data Governance Manager | $ 124,600 | 32 | Details |
| 133 | Software Developer | $ 124,200 | 388 | Details |
| 134 | Full Stack Developer | $ 122,750 | 74 | Details |
| 135 | Business Intelligence Manager | $ 122,500 | 6 | Details |
| 136 | AI Product Owner | $ 122,500 | 10 | Details |
| 137 | BI Engineer | $ 121,400 | 54 | Details |
| 138 | Web Developer | $ 120,000 | 7 | Details |
| 139 | Technical Support Engineer | $ 120,000 | 20 | Details |
| 140 | Developer | $ 120,000 | 704 | Details |
| 141 | Tableau Developer | $ 120,000 | 8 | Details |
| 142 | Statistical Programmer | $ 118,500 | 40 | Details |
| 143 | Machine Learning Developer | $ 117,600 | 6 | Details |
| 144 | Data Integrator | $ 117,500 | 14 | Details |
| 145 | Prompt Engineer | $ 117,200 | 51 | Details |
| 146 | Data Reporter | $ 116,635 | 6 | Details |
| 147 | Statistician | $ 114,000 | 73 | Details |
| 148 | Data Management | $ 113,400 | 66 | Details |
| 149 | Data Developer | $ 112,500 | 62 | Details |
| 150 | Data Visualization Engineer | $ 112,250 | 44 | Details |
| 151 | Data Consultant | $ 112,000 | 30 | Details |
| 152 | Consultant | $ 111,100 | 754 | Details |
| 153 | Data Visualization Developer | $ 110,600 | 12 | Details |
| 154 | BI Analyst | $ 110,000 | 188 | Details |
| 155 | Cloud Database Administrator | $ 107,750 | 10 | Details |
| 156 | Business Intelligence Developer | $ 107,094 | 160 | Details |
| 157 | Data Analytics Specialist | $ 106,937 | 24 | Details |
| 158 | AI Governance Specialist | $ 106,087 | 6 | Details |
| 159 | Data Visualization Analyst | $ 106,055 | 6 | Details |
| 160 | BI Developer | $ 106,050 | 76 | Details |
| 161 | Analyst | $ 106,000 | 3153 | Details |
| 162 | Business Intelligence Specialist | $ 105,182 | 16 | Details |
| 163 | Business Analyst | $ 105,000 | 259 | Details |
| 164 | Power BI Specialist | $ 105,000 | 8 | Details |
| 165 | Business Intelligence Analyst | $ 105,000 | 177 | Details |
| 166 | Data Visualization Specialist | $ 104,000 | 26 | Details |
| 167 | Data Governance Analyst | $ 103,757 | 116 | Details |
| 168 | Robotics Engineer | $ 103,500 | 26 | Details |
| 169 | Application Developer | $ 101,820 | 28 | Details |
| 170 | Postdoctoral Researcher | $ 100,320 | 55 | Details |
| 171 | Power BI Developer | $ 100,000 | 72 | Details |
| 172 | Data Governance Specialist | $ 99,581 | 46 | Details |
| 173 | Data Manager | $ 99,000 | 388 | Details |
| 174 | Technology Integrator | $ 98,650 | 6 | Details |
| 175 | Python Developer | $ 98,000 | 66 | Details |
| 176 | Data Analyst | $ 97,983 | 5347 | Details |
| 177 | Data Management Analyst | $ 95,973 | 192 | Details |
| 178 | Data Quality Analyst | $ 94,856 | 68 | Details |
| 179 | Cloud Database Engineer | $ 93,353 | 6 | Details |
| 180 | Business Development Representative | $ 92,105 | 10 | Details |
| 181 | Data Integration Specialist | $ 91,500 | 38 | Details |
| 182 | Power BI Expert | $ 91,268 | 8 | Details |
| 183 | Master Data Management | $ 90,700 | 12 | Details |
| 184 | Copywriter | $ 90,000 | 15 | Details |
| 185 | Data Management Associate | $ 89,056 | 22 | Details |
| 186 | Insight Analyst | $ 88,850 | 78 | Details |
| 187 | Data Operations Analyst | $ 88,750 | 58 | Details |
| 188 | Research Analyst | $ 85,000 | 97 | Details |
| 189 | Bioinformatician | $ 84,752 | 28 | Details |
| 190 | Actuarial Analyst | $ 82,350 | 8 | Details |
| 191 | Data Quality Specialist | $ 82,278 | 8 | Details |
| 192 | Data and Reporting Analyst | $ 81,950 | 18 | Details |
| 193 | Data Management Specialist | $ 81,725 | 138 | Details |
| 194 | Postdoctoral Fellow | $ 80,480 | 62 | Details |
| 195 | Data Quality Engineer | $ 80,200 | 24 | Details |
| 196 | Encounter Data Management Professional | $ 79,650 | 20 | Details |
| 197 | Data and Reporting Professional | $ 78,150 | 26 | Details |
| 198 | Data Governance Consultant | $ 75,789 | 6 | Details |
| 199 | Data Visualization Designer | $ 75,500 | 8 | Details |
| 200 | Technical Support Specialist | $ 75,000 | 10 | Details |
| 201 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | $ 75,000 | 6 | Details |
| 202 | Research Professional | $ 73,328 | 6 | Details |
| 203 | Data Specialist | $ 70,750 | 470 | Details |
| 204 | Sales Development Representative | $ 70,000 | 20 | Details |
| 205 | Data Operations Specialist | $ 70,000 | 14 | Details |
| 206 | Research Associate | $ 67,667 | 150 | Details |
| 207 | Power BI | $ 66,800 | 38 | Details |
| 208 | Data Reporting Analyst | $ 65,797 | 18 | Details |
| 209 | Data Analist | $ 63,157 | 7 | Details |
| 210 | Research Assistant | $ 60,000 | 67 | Details |
| 211 | Trainee | $ 58,713 | 10 | Details |
| 212 | Backend Developer | $ 57,894 | 6 | Details |
| 213 | Data Integrity Specialist | $ 57,000 | 8 | Details |
| 214 | Stage | $ 21,473 | 18 | Details |
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