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.
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| # | 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 | $ 246,550 | 394 | Details |
| 5 | Head of AI | $ 242,500 | 34 | Details |
| 6 | Machine Learning Architect | $ 242,300 | 10 | 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 | Director | $ 205,000 | 254 | Details |
| 11 | Quant Options Trader | $ 200,000 | 10 | Details |
| 12 | Product Designer | $ 198,350 | 122 | Details |
| 13 | Applied Scientist | $ 195,000 | 583 | Details |
| 14 | AI Architect | $ 194,400 | 106 | Details |
| 15 | Research Engineer | $ 194,000 | 539 | Details |
| 16 | Head of Data | $ 190,500 | 130 | Details |
| 17 | Tech Lead | $ 190,000 | 38 | Details |
| 18 | Machine Learning Engineer | $ 189,873 | 2307 | Details |
| 19 | Software Architect | $ 187,600 | 36 | Details |
| 20 | Solutions Architect | $ 187,400 | 376 | Details |
| 21 | ML Scientist | $ 184,950 | 32 | Details |
| 22 | Principal Scientist | $ 183,700 | 16 | Details |
| 23 | Technical Lead | $ 182,650 | 144 | Details |
| 24 | Lead Engineer | $ 180,000 | 48 | Details |
| 25 | Architect | $ 180,000 | 531 | Details |
| 26 | Backend Engineer | $ 180,000 | 170 | Details |
| 27 | Software Engineer | $ 180,000 | 6935 | Details |
| 28 | Product Manager | $ 178,323 | 1164 | Details |
| 29 | Member of Technical Staff | $ 178,100 | 116 | Details |
| 30 | Research Scientist | $ 177,000 | 871 | Details |
| 31 | Data Infrastructure Engineer | $ 176,780 | 34 | Details |
| 32 | Researcher | $ 175,000 | 78 | Details |
| 33 | Quantitative Developer | $ 175,000 | 33 | Details |
| 34 | Algorithm Developer | $ 175,000 | 30 | Details |
| 35 | AI Lead | $ 174,169 | 18 | Details |
| 36 | Developer Advocate | $ 172,500 | 14 | Details |
| 37 | Quantitative Researcher | $ 170,000 | 50 | Details |
| 38 | AI Engineer | $ 170,000 | 959 | Details |
| 39 | Machine Learning Scientist | $ 170,000 | 147 | Details |
| 40 | AI Scientist | $ 169,900 | 48 | Details |
| 41 | Solutions Engineer | $ 168,450 | 176 | Details |
| 42 | Data Strategy Lead | $ 168,250 | 10 | Details |
| 43 | Economist | $ 167,750 | 12 | Details |
| 44 | Computer Vision Engineer | $ 166,500 | 56 | Details |
| 45 | Sales Engineer | $ 165,515 | 14 | Details |
| 46 | Big Data Developer | $ 164,450 | 6 | Details |
| 47 | Lead Data Analysis | $ 163,400 | 6 | Details |
| 48 | AI Researcher | $ 163,150 | 48 | Details |
| 49 | Systems Engineer | $ 162,400 | 388 | Details |
| 50 | Business Intelligence Lead | $ 160,850 | 12 | Details |
| 51 | Technical Recruiter | $ 160,500 | 8 | Details |
| 52 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 160,500 | 200 | Details |
| 53 | Platform Engineer | $ 160,250 | 246 | Details |
| 54 | Engineer | $ 160,000 | 5212 | Details |
| 55 | AI Tech Lead | $ 160,000 | 5 | Details |
| 56 | Machine Learning Researcher | $ 160,000 | 254 | Details |
| 57 | MLOps Engineer | $ 160,000 | 76 | Details |
| 58 | Technical Architect | $ 159,997 | 20 | Details |
| 59 | Security Researcher | $ 159,300 | 26 | Details |
| 60 | Lead Analyst | $ 158,530 | 22 | Details |
| 61 | Software Development Engineer | $ 158,200 | 334 | Details |
| 62 | Business Intelligence | $ 158,200 | 54 | Details |
| 63 | Principal Engineer | $ 158,000 | 20 | Details |
| 64 | Manager | $ 156,600 | 4037 | Details |
| 65 | Principal Statistical Programmer | $ 156,500 | 24 | Details |
| 66 | Solution Architect | $ 156,100 | 142 | Details |
| 67 | Data Governance | $ 155,000 | 236 | Details |
| 68 | Data Platform Engineer | $ 154,800 | 40 | Details |
| 69 | Data Quality Lead | $ 153,780 | 20 | Details |
| 70 | Data Analytics Lead | $ 153,400 | 40 | Details |
| 71 | Analytics Lead | $ 152,350 | 52 | Details |
| 72 | Data Management Lead | $ 151,962 | 40 | Details |
| 73 | Data Operations Manager | $ 150,425 | 10 | Details |
| 74 | Executive | $ 150,000 | 60 | Details |
| 75 | Copywriter | $ 150,000 | 9 | Details |
| 76 | Account Executive | $ 150,000 | 65 | Details |
| 77 | Data Architect | $ 150,000 | 741 | Details |
| 78 | DataOps Engineer | $ 149,880 | 20 | Details |
| 79 | Principal Researcher | $ 148,250 | 18 | Details |
| 80 | Data Scientist | $ 148,000 | 5673 | Details |
| 81 | Data Operations Lead | $ 147,500 | 8 | Details |
| 82 | Bioinformatics Scientist | $ 146,800 | 42 | Details |
| 83 | Machine Learning Lead | $ 146,479 | 6 | Details |
| 84 | Full Stack Engineer | $ 145,500 | 88 | Details |
| 85 | Solution Engineer | $ 145,000 | 46 | Details |
| 86 | Data and Analytics Consultant | $ 145,000 | 8 | Details |
| 87 | Data Lead | $ 145,000 | 160 | Details |
| 88 | Data Product Manager | $ 144,500 | 126 | Details |
| 89 | Quantitative Analyst | $ 144,200 | 140 | Details |
| 90 | Power BI Administrator | $ 143,927 | 14 | Details |
| 91 | Analytics Engineer | $ 142,625 | 734 | Details |
| 92 | Product Specialist | $ 142,550 | 24 | Details |
| 93 | Data Management | $ 141,859 | 40 | Details |
| 94 | System Engineer | $ 141,500 | 48 | Details |
| 95 | Data Integration Engineer | $ 141,350 | 30 | Details |
| 96 | Computational Scientist | $ 140,975 | 14 | Details |
| 97 | Decision Scientist | $ 140,570 | 60 | Details |
| 98 | Data Analytics Business Partner | $ 140,000 | 10 | Details |
| 99 | Data Engineer | $ 140,000 | 5248 | Details |
| 100 | Risk Analyst | $ 139,660 | 8 | Details |
| 101 | Computational Biologist | $ 139,000 | 36 | Details |
| 102 | Technical Specialist | $ 138,050 | 14 | Details |
| 103 | DevOps Engineer | $ 137,685 | 272 | Details |
| 104 | Automation Engineer | $ 137,575 | 22 | Details |
| 105 | Data Governance Lead | $ 137,519 | 66 | Details |
| 106 | Data Operations | $ 137,500 | 42 | Details |
| 107 | Technical Writer | $ 136,330 | 14 | Details |
| 108 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | $ 135,400 | 10 | Details |
| 109 | Actuary | $ 134,640 | 20 | Details |
| 110 | Cloud Developer | $ 134,000 | 10 | Details |
| 111 | Machine Learning Specialist | $ 133,719 | 14 | Details |
| 112 | Product Owner | $ 133,000 | 92 | Details |
| 113 | QA Engineer | $ 132,700 | 49 | Details |
| 114 | Data Product Owner | $ 131,750 | 88 | Details |
| 115 | AI Specialist | $ 131,500 | 38 | Details |
| 116 | Data Operations Engineer | $ 130,000 | 22 | Details |
| 117 | AI Developer | $ 130,000 | 91 | Details |
| 118 | Data Modeler | $ 130,000 | 68 | Details |
| 119 | Data Strategist | $ 129,134 | 54 | Details |
| 120 | Data Analytics Manager | $ 128,300 | 116 | Details |
| 121 | Marketing Science Partner | $ 127,000 | 6 | Details |
| 122 | Java Developer | $ 126,650 | 10 | Details |
| 123 | ETL Developer | $ 126,100 | 12 | Details |
| 124 | Cloud Engineer | $ 126,100 | 100 | Details |
| 125 | Data Team Lead | $ 125,000 | 24 | Details |
| 126 | Software Developer | $ 125,000 | 368 | Details |
| 127 | Database Administrator | $ 125,000 | 18 | Details |
| 128 | Associate | $ 125,000 | 1123 | Details |
| 129 | Business Intelligence Engineer | $ 124,850 | 274 | Details |
| 130 | Data Visualization Engineer | $ 123,399 | 36 | Details |
| 131 | Full Stack Developer | $ 122,750 | 68 | Details |
| 132 | Product Analyst | $ 122,726 | 112 | Details |
| 133 | Business Intelligence Manager | $ 122,500 | 6 | Details |
| 134 | AI Product Owner | $ 122,500 | 10 | Details |
| 135 | Developer | $ 121,521 | 602 | Details |
| 136 | BI Engineer | $ 121,400 | 50 | Details |
| 137 | Data Governance Engineer | $ 120,390 | 8 | Details |
| 138 | Web Developer | $ 120,000 | 7 | Details |
| 139 | Technical Support Engineer | $ 120,000 | 20 | Details |
| 140 | Tableau Developer | $ 120,000 | 6 | Details |
| 141 | Analytics Specialist | $ 119,700 | 32 | Details |
| 142 | Statistician | $ 119,700 | 65 | Details |
| 143 | Data Governance Manager | $ 118,962 | 30 | Details |
| 144 | Data Analytics Specialist | $ 118,000 | 18 | Details |
| 145 | Data Integrator | $ 117,500 | 14 | Details |
| 146 | Prompt Engineer | $ 117,200 | 48 | Details |
| 147 | Consultant | $ 115,950 | 622 | Details |
| 148 | Systems Administrator | $ 114,989 | 8 | Details |
| 149 | Statistical Programmer | $ 114,350 | 34 | Details |
| 150 | Data Developer | $ 112,500 | 56 | Details |
| 151 | Postdoctoral Researcher | $ 112,500 | 51 | Details |
| 152 | Data Consultant | $ 112,000 | 30 | Details |
| 153 | Data Visualization Developer | $ 110,600 | 12 | Details |
| 154 | Business Analyst | $ 110,000 | 221 | Details |
| 155 | BI Analyst | $ 110,000 | 186 | Details |
| 156 | Data Analysis | $ 108,937 | 42 | Details |
| 157 | Cloud Database Administrator | $ 107,750 | 8 | Details |
| 158 | Analyst | $ 106,711 | 2837 | Details |
| 159 | Application Developer | $ 106,650 | 24 | Details |
| 160 | Business Intelligence Developer | $ 106,590 | 154 | Details |
| 161 | AI Governance Specialist | $ 106,087 | 6 | Details |
| 162 | Data Visualization Analyst | $ 106,055 | 6 | Details |
| 163 | BI Developer | $ 106,050 | 74 | Details |
| 164 | Business Intelligence Specialist | $ 105,182 | 14 | Details |
| 165 | Power BI Specialist | $ 105,000 | 8 | Details |
| 166 | Business Intelligence Analyst | $ 105,000 | 167 | Details |
| 167 | Data Governance Analyst | $ 104,650 | 112 | Details |
| 168 | Data Visualization Specialist | $ 104,000 | 24 | Details |
| 169 | Robotics Engineer | $ 103,500 | 26 | Details |
| 170 | Power BI Developer | $ 100,050 | 68 | Details |
| 171 | Python Developer | $ 100,000 | 64 | Details |
| 172 | Data Manager | $ 99,000 | 364 | Details |
| 173 | Technology Integrator | $ 98,650 | 6 | Details |
| 174 | Data Analyst | $ 98,000 | 4886 | Details |
| 175 | Data Management Analyst | $ 95,973 | 164 | Details |
| 176 | Data Quality Analyst | $ 95,000 | 62 | Details |
| 177 | Insight Analyst | $ 93,068 | 74 | Details |
| 178 | Data Governance Specialist | $ 93,018 | 38 | Details |
| 179 | Business Development Representative | $ 92,105 | 10 | Details |
| 180 | Data Integration Specialist | $ 91,500 | 38 | Details |
| 181 | Power BI Expert | $ 91,268 | 8 | Details |
| 182 | Master Data Management | $ 90,700 | 12 | Details |
| 183 | Data Operations Analyst | $ 90,000 | 54 | Details |
| 184 | Data Management Associate | $ 89,556 | 20 | Details |
| 185 | Research Analyst | $ 85,000 | 97 | Details |
| 186 | Data Management Specialist | $ 83,075 | 128 | Details |
| 187 | Bioinformatician | $ 82,854 | 26 | Details |
| 188 | Actuarial Analyst | $ 82,350 | 8 | Details |
| 189 | Data Quality Specialist | $ 82,278 | 8 | Details |
| 190 | Data and Reporting Analyst | $ 81,950 | 18 | Details |
| 191 | Postdoctoral Fellow | $ 80,480 | 56 | Details |
| 192 | Data Quality Engineer | $ 80,200 | 24 | Details |
| 193 | Encounter Data Management Professional | $ 79,650 | 18 | Details |
| 194 | Data and Reporting Professional | $ 78,150 | 24 | Details |
| 195 | Data Operations Specialist | $ 76,050 | 12 | Details |
| 196 | Data Governance Consultant | $ 75,789 | 6 | Details |
| 197 | Data Visualization Designer | $ 75,500 | 8 | Details |
| 198 | Technical Support Specialist | $ 75,000 | 10 | Details |
| 199 | Power BI | $ 72,092 | 34 | Details |
| 200 | Research Associate | $ 70,100 | 138 | Details |
| 201 | Sales Development Representative | $ 70,000 | 16 | Details |
| 202 | Data Specialist | $ 69,284 | 420 | Details |
| 203 | Data Reporting Analyst | $ 65,797 | 18 | Details |
| 204 | Data Analist | $ 63,157 | 7 | Details |
| 205 | Research Assistant | $ 60,000 | 55 | Details |
| 206 | Trainee | $ 58,713 | 10 | Details |
| 207 | Backend Developer | $ 57,894 | 6 | Details |
| 208 | Data Integrity Specialist | $ 57,000 | 8 | Details |
| 209 | Stage | $ 21,473 | 18 | Details |
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