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 AIRS Solutions Specialist $ 263,250 6 Details
3 Director of Product Management $ 260,000 26 Details
4 Enterprise Account Executive $ 246,835 66 Details
5 Engineering Manager $ 245,550 478 Details
6 Head of AI $ 240,000 40 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 Machine Learning Architect $ 217,350 12 Details
11 Quant Options Trader $ 200,000 10 Details
12 Tech Lead $ 200,000 50 Details
13 Director $ 199,000 538 Details
14 Applied Scientist $ 195,500 687 Details
15 Head of Data $ 194,927 156 Details
16 Research Engineer $ 190,000 622 Details
17 Product Designer $ 190,000 144 Details
18 Machine Learning Engineer $ 190,000 2731 Details
19 Software Architect $ 188,200 52 Details
20 AI Architect $ 186,650 124 Details
21 Solutions Architect $ 186,000 478 Details
22 ML Scientist $ 184,950 40 Details
23 Principal Scientist $ 183,700 26 Details
24 Technical Lead $ 181,625 166 Details
25 Business Intelligence $ 180,250 62 Details
26 Product Manager $ 180,000 1384 Details
27 Architect $ 180,000 673 Details
28 Lead Engineer $ 180,000 60 Details
29 Software Engineer $ 180,000 8179 Details
30 Research Scientist $ 178,100 1035 Details
31 Member of Technical Staff $ 178,100 146 Details
32 Economist $ 177,952 14 Details
33 AI Product Lead $ 177,590 10 Details
34 Backend Engineer $ 177,215 204 Details
35 Data Infrastructure Engineer $ 176,780 34 Details
36 AI Researcher $ 175,000 56 Details
37 Quantitative Researcher $ 175,000 72 Details
38 Quantitative Developer $ 175,000 33 Details
39 AI Lead $ 174,169 20 Details
40 Researcher $ 172,500 136 Details
41 Developer Advocate $ 172,500 14 Details
42 Technical Architect $ 170,486 34 Details
43 Machine Learning Scientist $ 170,000 191 Details
44 Solutions Engineer $ 170,000 212 Details
45 AI Engineer $ 170,000 1189 Details
46 Data Strategy Lead $ 168,250 10 Details
47 Algorithm Developer $ 168,000 32 Details
48 AI Scientist $ 167,400 60 Details
49 Lead Data Analysis $ 163,400 6 Details
50 Systems Engineer $ 163,100 460 Details
51 Platform Engineer $ 162,510 304 Details
52 Executive $ 162,500 74 Details
53 Computer Vision Engineer $ 162,500 68 Details
54 Site Reliability Engineer $ 162,500 246 Details
55 Solution Architect $ 162,200 170 Details
56 Actuary $ 162,060 34 Details
57 Big Data Developer $ 160,290 8 Details
58 Machine Learning Researcher $ 160,000 256 Details
59 MLOps Engineer $ 160,000 87 Details
60 AI Tech Lead $ 160,000 5 Details
61 Business Intelligence Lead $ 160,000 14 Details
62 Principal Statistical Programmer $ 160,000 30 Details
63 Software Development Engineer $ 159,600 374 Details
64 Engineer $ 159,346 6186 Details
65 Security Researcher $ 159,000 34 Details
66 Staff Engineer $ 158,600 22 Details
67 Lead Analyst $ 158,530 22 Details
68 Principal Engineer $ 158,000 34 Details
69 Principal Researcher $ 157,000 24 Details
70 Manager $ 156,160 4769 Details
71 Sales Engineer $ 155,000 22 Details
72 Data Governance $ 155,000 276 Details
73 Data Platform Engineer $ 154,800 42 Details
74 Analytics Lead $ 154,300 70 Details
75 Data Management Lead $ 151,962 40 Details
76 Data Analytics Lead $ 151,400 48 Details
77 Product Specialist $ 151,250 26 Details
78 Data Architect $ 151,198 857 Details
79 Account Executive $ 150,000 87 Details
80 DataOps Engineer $ 149,880 22 Details
81 Bioinformatics Scientist $ 149,200 48 Details
82 Full Stack Engineer $ 148,500 122 Details
83 Data Scientist $ 148,000 6585 Details
84 Data Operations Lead $ 147,500 8 Details
85 Analytics Manager $ 147,400 10 Details
86 Data Quality Lead $ 147,000 24 Details
87 Machine Learning Lead $ 146,479 8 Details
88 Data Operations Manager $ 145,250 14 Details
89 Data and Analytics Consultant $ 145,000 8 Details
90 Data Lead $ 145,000 182 Details
91 Data Product Manager $ 144,500 156 Details
92 Analytics Engineer $ 144,000 869 Details
93 Risk Analyst $ 144,000 7 Details
94 Power BI Administrator $ 143,927 14 Details
95 Quantitative Analyst $ 143,100 152 Details
96 Artificial Intelligence Engineer $ 142,500 24 Details
97 Web Developer $ 142,000 9 Details
98 Technical Recruiter $ 141,000 18 Details
99 System Engineer $ 141,000 64 Details
100 Computational Scientist $ 140,975 16 Details
101 Data Engineer $ 140,920 6197 Details
102 Decision Scientist $ 140,570 68 Details
103 Data Analytics Business Partner $ 140,000 10 Details
104 Data Governance Lead $ 138,300 80 Details
105 DevOps Engineer $ 137,510 309 Details
106 Product Owner $ 137,300 116 Details
107 Computational Biologist $ 136,550 40 Details
108 Technical Writer $ 136,330 14 Details
109 Automation Engineer $ 135,075 32 Details
110 Cloud Developer $ 134,000 10 Details
111 Data Product Owner $ 131,050 102 Details
112 Data Integration Engineer $ 131,000 34 Details
113 Solution Engineer $ 130,900 84 Details
114 Data Strategist $ 130,134 64 Details
115 Cloud Engineer $ 130,000 122 Details
116 Data Operations Engineer $ 130,000 24 Details
117 Data Modeler $ 130,000 76 Details
118 AI Developer $ 130,000 107 Details
119 QA Engineer $ 130,000 59 Details
120 AI Specialist $ 128,460 46 Details
121 Data Analysis $ 128,400 62 Details
122 Data Analytics Manager $ 128,300 124 Details
123 Machine Learning Specialist $ 128,000 16 Details
124 Data Governance Engineer $ 127,400 10 Details
125 Marketing Science Partner $ 127,000 8 Details
126 ETL Developer $ 126,100 12 Details
127 Data Operations $ 126,000 50 Details
128 Systems Administrator $ 125,900 16 Details
129 Analytics Specialist $ 125,800 40 Details
130 Database Administrator $ 125,000 18 Details
131 Software Developer $ 125,000 416 Details
132 Data Integrator $ 125,000 18 Details
133 Associate $ 125,000 1329 Details
134 Business Intelligence Engineer $ 124,600 326 Details
135 Product Analyst $ 123,713 152 Details
136 Java Developer $ 122,500 14 Details
137 Business Intelligence Manager $ 122,500 6 Details
138 AI Product Owner $ 122,500 10 Details
139 BI Engineer $ 121,400 54 Details
140 Full Stack Developer $ 121,314 84 Details
141 Developer $ 120,000 778 Details
142 Tableau Developer $ 120,000 8 Details
143 Statistician $ 119,000 79 Details
144 Data Governance Manager $ 118,962 34 Details
145 Statistical Programmer $ 118,383 46 Details
146 Machine Learning Developer $ 117,600 6 Details
147 Technical Support Engineer $ 117,500 22 Details
148 Prompt Engineer $ 117,200 55 Details
149 Data Reporter $ 116,635 6 Details
150 Technical Specialist $ 115,600 18 Details
151 Data Visualization Engineer $ 114,600 52 Details
152 Data Developer $ 113,225 72 Details
153 Data Team Lead $ 112,500 26 Details
154 Data Consultant $ 112,000 30 Details
155 Consultant $ 111,100 814 Details
156 Data Management $ 110,683 94 Details
157 Data Visualization Developer $ 110,600 12 Details
158 BI Analyst $ 110,000 314 Details
159 Cloud Database Administrator $ 107,750 10 Details
160 Business Analyst $ 107,500 277 Details
161 Business Intelligence Developer $ 107,094 170 Details
162 Analyst $ 107,025 3447 Details
163 Data Visualization Specialist $ 106,968 28 Details
164 BI Developer $ 106,300 84 Details
165 AI Governance Specialist $ 106,087 6 Details
166 Data Visualization Analyst $ 106,055 6 Details
167 Business Intelligence Specialist $ 105,182 16 Details
168 Power BI Specialist $ 105,000 8 Details
169 Data Governance Analyst $ 104,650 124 Details
170 Business Intelligence Analyst $ 104,000 193 Details
171 Robotics Engineer $ 103,500 26 Details
172 Application Developer $ 101,820 28 Details
173 Postdoctoral Researcher $ 100,320 59 Details
174 Power BI Developer $ 100,050 84 Details
175 Data Governance Specialist $ 99,581 48 Details
176 Data Analyst $ 99,000 5851 Details
177 Technology Integrator $ 98,650 6 Details
178 Python Developer $ 98,000 70 Details
179 Data Manager $ 97,950 416 Details
180 Data Quality Engineer $ 96,750 30 Details
181 Data Analytics Specialist $ 96,437 30 Details
182 Data Management Analyst $ 95,973 218 Details
183 Insight Analyst $ 94,968 86 Details
184 Data Quality Analyst $ 94,856 74 Details
185 Cloud Database Engineer $ 93,353 6 Details
186 Research Professional $ 91,500 8 Details
187 Data Integration Specialist $ 91,500 40 Details
188 Master Data Management $ 90,700 12 Details
189 Bioinformatician $ 90,579 32 Details
190 Copywriter $ 90,000 15 Details
191 Data Management Associate $ 89,056 22 Details
192 Data Operations Analyst $ 87,100 60 Details
193 Research Analyst $ 85,000 97 Details
194 Business Development Representative $ 84,210 11 Details
195 Actuarial Analyst $ 82,350 8 Details
196 Data Quality Specialist $ 82,278 8 Details
197 Data and Reporting Analyst $ 81,950 18 Details
198 Data Management Specialist $ 81,725 162 Details
199 Postdoctoral Fellow $ 80,480 70 Details
200 Encounter Data Management Professional $ 79,650 20 Details
201 Power BI Expert $ 78,708 10 Details
202 Data and Reporting Professional $ 78,150 28 Details
203 Data Governance Consultant $ 75,789 6 Details
204 Data Visualization Designer $ 75,500 8 Details
205 Technical Support Specialist $ 75,000 10 Details
206 Postdoctoral Research Fellow $ 75,000 6 Details
207 Data Operations Specialist $ 72,050 16 Details
208 Data Specialist $ 71,200 508 Details
209 Sales Development Representative $ 70,000 20 Details
210 Power BI $ 66,800 38 Details
211 Research Associate $ 66,667 160 Details
212 Data Reporting Analyst $ 65,797 18 Details
213 Data Analist $ 63,157 7 Details
214 Research Specialist $ 61,000 10 Details
215 Trainee $ 58,713 10 Details
216 Research Assistant $ 58,000 69 Details
217 Backend Developer $ 57,894 6 Details
218 Data Integrity Specialist $ 57,000 8 Details
219 Clinical Aide $ 35,857 6 Details
220 QA Tutor Reviewer $ 24,000 16 Details
221 Stage $ 21,473 18 Details

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