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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