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 | Enterprise Account Executive | $ 246,835 | 66 | Details |
| 4 | Engineering Manager | $ 244,550 | 460 | Details |
| 5 | Machine Learning Architect | $ 242,300 | 10 | 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 | Quant Options Trader | $ 200,000 | 10 | Details |
| 11 | Tech Lead | $ 200,000 | 46 | Details |
| 12 | Product Designer | $ 195,850 | 136 | Details |
| 13 | Head of Data | $ 194,927 | 146 | Details |
| 14 | Director | $ 194,800 | 464 | Details |
| 15 | Applied Scientist | $ 194,500 | 661 | Details |
| 16 | Research Engineer | $ 190,000 | 602 | Details |
| 17 | Machine Learning Engineer | $ 190,000 | 2637 | Details |
| 18 | Software Architect | $ 188,200 | 52 | Details |
| 19 | Solutions Architect | $ 186,000 | 452 | Details |
| 20 | AI Architect | $ 185,000 | 120 | Details |
| 21 | ML Scientist | $ 184,950 | 40 | Details |
| 22 | Principal Scientist | $ 183,700 | 24 | Details |
| 23 | Technical Lead | $ 180,475 | 158 | Details |
| 24 | Architect | $ 180,000 | 637 | Details |
| 25 | Software Engineer | $ 180,000 | 7838 | Details |
| 26 | Lead Engineer | $ 180,000 | 60 | Details |
| 27 | Product Manager | $ 178,945 | 1330 | Details |
| 28 | Member of Technical Staff | $ 178,100 | 140 | Details |
| 29 | Economist | $ 177,952 | 14 | Details |
| 30 | AI Product Lead | $ 177,590 | 10 | Details |
| 31 | Backend Engineer | $ 177,215 | 192 | Details |
| 32 | Research Scientist | $ 177,000 | 999 | Details |
| 33 | Data Infrastructure Engineer | $ 176,780 | 34 | Details |
| 34 | Quantitative Developer | $ 175,000 | 33 | Details |
| 35 | AI Lead | $ 174,169 | 20 | Details |
| 36 | Quantitative Researcher | $ 174,000 | 68 | Details |
| 37 | Developer Advocate | $ 172,500 | 14 | Details |
| 38 | Researcher | $ 172,500 | 128 | Details |
| 39 | Solutions Engineer | $ 170,000 | 212 | Details |
| 40 | AI Engineer | $ 170,000 | 1125 | Details |
| 41 | AI Researcher | $ 169,700 | 54 | Details |
| 42 | Technical Architect | $ 169,186 | 28 | Details |
| 43 | Data Strategy Lead | $ 168,250 | 10 | Details |
| 44 | Algorithm Developer | $ 168,000 | 32 | Details |
| 45 | AI Scientist | $ 167,400 | 56 | Details |
| 46 | Business Intelligence | $ 167,000 | 58 | Details |
| 47 | Executive | $ 166,000 | 72 | Details |
| 48 | Lead Data Analysis | $ 163,400 | 6 | Details |
| 49 | Systems Engineer | $ 163,200 | 440 | Details |
| 50 | Platform Engineer | $ 162,510 | 284 | Details |
| 51 | Computer Vision Engineer | $ 162,500 | 66 | Details |
| 52 | Actuary | $ 162,060 | 32 | Details |
| 53 | Solution Architect | $ 161,550 | 158 | Details |
| 54 | Big Data Developer | $ 160,290 | 8 | Details |
| 55 | Business Intelligence Lead | $ 160,000 | 14 | Details |
| 56 | MLOps Engineer | $ 160,000 | 84 | Details |
| 57 | Machine Learning Researcher | $ 160,000 | 256 | Details |
| 58 | Principal Statistical Programmer | $ 160,000 | 30 | Details |
| 59 | Machine Learning Scientist | $ 160,000 | 179 | Details |
| 60 | AI Tech Lead | $ 160,000 | 5 | Details |
| 61 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 160,000 | 238 | Details |
| 62 | Software Development Engineer | $ 159,600 | 368 | Details |
| 63 | Engineer | $ 159,500 | 5928 | Details |
| 64 | Security Researcher | $ 159,000 | 34 | Details |
| 65 | Lead Analyst | $ 158,530 | 22 | Details |
| 66 | Principal Engineer | $ 158,000 | 26 | Details |
| 67 | Principal Researcher | $ 156,800 | 20 | Details |
| 68 | Manager | $ 156,160 | 4611 | Details |
| 69 | Data Governance | $ 155,000 | 270 | Details |
| 70 | Technical Recruiter | $ 155,000 | 16 | Details |
| 71 | Sales Engineer | $ 155,000 | 22 | Details |
| 72 | Analytics Lead | $ 155,000 | 68 | Details |
| 73 | Data Platform Engineer | $ 154,800 | 42 | Details |
| 74 | Data Management Lead | $ 151,962 | 40 | Details |
| 75 | Data Analytics Lead | $ 151,400 | 48 | Details |
| 76 | Data Architect | $ 151,198 | 829 | Details |
| 77 | Account Executive | $ 150,000 | 79 | Details |
| 78 | Full Stack Engineer | $ 150,000 | 112 | Details |
| 79 | DataOps Engineer | $ 149,880 | 22 | Details |
| 80 | Bioinformatics Scientist | $ 149,200 | 46 | Details |
| 81 | Data Scientist | $ 147,500 | 6389 | Details |
| 82 | Data Operations Lead | $ 147,500 | 8 | Details |
| 83 | Data Quality Lead | $ 147,000 | 22 | Details |
| 84 | Machine Learning Lead | $ 146,479 | 6 | Details |
| 85 | Data Operations Manager | $ 145,250 | 14 | Details |
| 86 | Data and Analytics Consultant | $ 145,000 | 8 | Details |
| 87 | Data Lead | $ 145,000 | 174 | Details |
| 88 | Data Product Manager | $ 144,500 | 150 | Details |
| 89 | Risk Analyst | $ 144,000 | 7 | Details |
| 90 | Power BI Administrator | $ 143,927 | 14 | Details |
| 91 | Analytics Manager | $ 143,487 | 6 | Details |
| 92 | Analytics Engineer | $ 143,400 | 843 | Details |
| 93 | Quantitative Analyst | $ 143,100 | 150 | Details |
| 94 | Decision Scientist | $ 142,820 | 64 | Details |
| 95 | Product Specialist | $ 142,550 | 24 | Details |
| 96 | Web Developer | $ 142,000 | 9 | Details |
| 97 | Computational Scientist | $ 140,975 | 16 | Details |
| 98 | Data Engineer | $ 140,920 | 5975 | Details |
| 99 | System Engineer | $ 140,500 | 62 | Details |
| 100 | Staff Engineer | $ 140,376 | 8 | Details |
| 101 | Data Analytics Business Partner | $ 140,000 | 10 | Details |
| 102 | Product Owner | $ 139,500 | 110 | Details |
| 103 | Technical Specialist | $ 138,050 | 14 | Details |
| 104 | Automation Engineer | $ 137,575 | 28 | Details |
| 105 | Data Governance Lead | $ 137,519 | 78 | Details |
| 106 | DevOps Engineer | $ 137,510 | 299 | Details |
| 107 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | $ 137,500 | 22 | Details |
| 108 | Technical Writer | $ 136,330 | 14 | Details |
| 109 | Data Integration Engineer | $ 135,000 | 32 | Details |
| 110 | Cloud Developer | $ 134,000 | 10 | Details |
| 111 | Computational Biologist | $ 134,000 | 38 | Details |
| 112 | Machine Learning Specialist | $ 133,719 | 14 | Details |
| 113 | Data Product Owner | $ 131,050 | 100 | Details |
| 114 | Solution Engineer | $ 130,900 | 78 | Details |
| 115 | Data Strategist | $ 130,134 | 62 | Details |
| 116 | AI Developer | $ 130,000 | 107 | Details |
| 117 | QA Engineer | $ 130,000 | 55 | Details |
| 118 | Data Operations Engineer | $ 130,000 | 24 | Details |
| 119 | Data Modeler | $ 130,000 | 74 | Details |
| 120 | Cloud Engineer | $ 129,750 | 118 | Details |
| 121 | AI Specialist | $ 128,460 | 44 | Details |
| 122 | Data Analysis | $ 128,400 | 58 | Details |
| 123 | Data Analytics Manager | $ 128,300 | 120 | 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 | 48 | Details |
| 128 | Systems Administrator | $ 125,900 | 16 | Details |
| 129 | Product Analyst | $ 125,856 | 136 | Details |
| 130 | Analytics Specialist | $ 125,800 | 40 | Details |
| 131 | Software Developer | $ 125,000 | 408 | Details |
| 132 | Associate | $ 125,000 | 1271 | Details |
| 133 | Data Team Lead | $ 125,000 | 24 | Details |
| 134 | Java Developer | $ 125,000 | 12 | Details |
| 135 | Database Administrator | $ 125,000 | 18 | Details |
| 136 | Data Governance Manager | $ 124,600 | 32 | Details |
| 137 | Full Stack Developer | $ 124,064 | 76 | Details |
| 138 | Business Intelligence Engineer | $ 122,950 | 318 | Details |
| 139 | AI Product Owner | $ 122,500 | 10 | Details |
| 140 | Business Intelligence Manager | $ 122,500 | 6 | Details |
| 141 | BI Engineer | $ 121,400 | 54 | Details |
| 142 | Developer | $ 120,000 | 740 | Details |
| 143 | Technical Support Engineer | $ 120,000 | 20 | Details |
| 144 | Tableau Developer | $ 120,000 | 8 | Details |
| 145 | Statistical Programmer | $ 118,383 | 44 | Details |
| 146 | Machine Learning Developer | $ 117,600 | 6 | Details |
| 147 | Data Integrator | $ 117,500 | 14 | Details |
| 148 | Prompt Engineer | $ 117,200 | 53 | Details |
| 149 | Data Reporter | $ 116,635 | 6 | Details |
| 150 | Statistician | $ 116,000 | 75 | Details |
| 151 | Data Visualization Engineer | $ 114,600 | 50 | Details |
| 152 | Data Consultant | $ 112,000 | 30 | Details |
| 153 | Consultant | $ 111,100 | 782 | Details |
| 154 | Data Developer | $ 110,725 | 66 | Details |
| 155 | Data Management | $ 110,683 | 82 | Details |
| 156 | Data Visualization Developer | $ 110,600 | 12 | Details |
| 157 | BI Analyst | $ 110,000 | 198 | Details |
| 158 | Cloud Database Administrator | $ 107,750 | 10 | Details |
| 159 | Business Analyst | $ 107,400 | 271 | Details |
| 160 | Business Intelligence Developer | $ 107,094 | 170 | Details |
| 161 | Analyst | $ 106,495 | 3283 | Details |
| 162 | BI Developer | $ 106,300 | 82 | Details |
| 163 | AI Governance Specialist | $ 106,087 | 6 | Details |
| 164 | Data Visualization Analyst | $ 106,055 | 6 | Details |
| 165 | Business Intelligence Specialist | $ 105,182 | 16 | Details |
| 166 | Power BI Specialist | $ 105,000 | 8 | Details |
| 167 | Data Governance Analyst | $ 104,900 | 120 | Details |
| 168 | Business Intelligence Analyst | $ 104,600 | 185 | Details |
| 169 | Data Visualization Specialist | $ 104,000 | 26 | Details |
| 170 | Robotics Engineer | $ 103,500 | 26 | Details |
| 171 | Data Analytics Specialist | $ 103,259 | 26 | Details |
| 172 | Application Developer | $ 101,820 | 28 | Details |
| 173 | Postdoctoral Researcher | $ 100,320 | 59 | Details |
| 174 | Power BI Developer | $ 100,000 | 72 | Details |
| 175 | Data Governance Specialist | $ 99,581 | 48 | Details |
| 176 | Technology Integrator | $ 98,650 | 6 | Details |
| 177 | Data Manager | $ 98,500 | 400 | Details |
| 178 | Data Analyst | $ 97,722 | 5545 | Details |
| 179 | Data Management Analyst | $ 96,373 | 204 | Details |
| 180 | Python Developer | $ 95,500 | 68 | Details |
| 181 | Data Quality Analyst | $ 95,000 | 70 | Details |
| 182 | Insight Analyst | $ 94,936 | 84 | Details |
| 183 | Cloud Database Engineer | $ 93,353 | 6 | Details |
| 184 | Research Professional | $ 91,500 | 8 | Details |
| 185 | Data Integration Specialist | $ 91,500 | 40 | Details |
| 186 | Power BI Expert | $ 91,268 | 8 | Details |
| 187 | Master Data Management | $ 90,700 | 12 | Details |
| 188 | Copywriter | $ 90,000 | 15 | Details |
| 189 | Data Management Associate | $ 89,056 | 22 | Details |
| 190 | Data Operations Analyst | $ 87,100 | 60 | Details |
| 191 | Bioinformatician | $ 86,816 | 30 | Details |
| 192 | Research Analyst | $ 85,000 | 97 | Details |
| 193 | Business Development Representative | $ 84,210 | 11 | Details |
| 194 | Data Quality Engineer | $ 82,500 | 26 | 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 | 156 | Details |
| 199 | Postdoctoral Fellow | $ 80,480 | 66 | Details |
| 200 | Encounter Data Management Professional | $ 79,650 | 20 | Details |
| 201 | Data and Reporting Professional | $ 78,150 | 26 | Details |
| 202 | Data Governance Consultant | $ 75,789 | 6 | Details |
| 203 | Data Visualization Designer | $ 75,500 | 8 | Details |
| 204 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | $ 75,000 | 6 | Details |
| 205 | Technical Support Specialist | $ 75,000 | 10 | Details |
| 206 | Data Operations Specialist | $ 72,050 | 16 | Details |
| 207 | Data Specialist | $ 71,100 | 484 | Details |
| 208 | Sales Development Representative | $ 70,000 | 20 | Details |
| 209 | Research Associate | $ 67,667 | 154 | Details |
| 210 | Power BI | $ 66,800 | 38 | Details |
| 211 | Research Specialist | $ 66,000 | 8 | Details |
| 212 | Data Reporting Analyst | $ 65,797 | 18 | Details |
| 213 | Data Analist | $ 63,157 | 7 | Details |
| 214 | Research Assistant | $ 60,000 | 67 | Details |
| 215 | Trainee | $ 58,713 | 10 | Details |
| 216 | Backend Developer | $ 57,894 | 6 | Details |
| 217 | Data Integrity Specialist | $ 57,000 | 8 | Details |
| 218 | Clinical Aide | $ 35,857 | 6 | Details |
| 219 | Stage | $ 21,473 | 18 | Details |
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