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 | $ 265,650 | 16 | Details |
| 3 | Head of AI | $ 250,400 | 26 | Details |
| 4 | Enterprise Account Executive | $ 246,835 | 62 | Details |
| 5 | Machine Learning Architect | $ 242,300 | 10 | Details |
| 6 | Engineering Manager | $ 240,000 | 340 | Details |
| 7 | Head of Machine Learning | $ 236,000 | 6 | Details |
| 8 | Director of Machine Learning | $ 230,000 | 12 | Details |
| 9 | GenAI Architect | $ 219,100 | 12 | Details |
| 10 | AI Architect | $ 207,600 | 88 | Details |
| 11 | Product Designer | $ 202,500 | 98 | Details |
| 12 | Quant Options Trader | $ 200,000 | 10 | Details |
| 13 | Head of Data | $ 200,000 | 110 | Details |
| 14 | Research Engineer | $ 200,000 | 483 | Details |
| 15 | Applied Scientist | $ 194,500 | 485 | Details |
| 16 | AI Lead | $ 192,716 | 16 | Details |
| 17 | Machine Learning Engineer | $ 190,000 | 2021 | Details |
| 18 | Solutions Architect | $ 189,200 | 320 | Details |
| 19 | Software Architect | $ 188,200 | 26 | Details |
| 20 | Researcher | $ 187,896 | 18 | Details |
| 21 | ML Scientist | $ 184,950 | 30 | Details |
| 22 | Technical Lead | $ 181,625 | 132 | Details |
| 23 | Data Operations Lead | $ 181,250 | 6 | Details |
| 24 | Economist | $ 180,873 | 8 | Details |
| 25 | Backend Engineer | $ 180,000 | 150 | Details |
| 26 | Lead Engineer | $ 180,000 | 40 | Details |
| 27 | Software Engineer | $ 180,000 | 5919 | Details |
| 28 | Architect | $ 180,000 | 443 | Details |
| 29 | Tech Lead | $ 179,500 | 32 | Details |
| 30 | Research Scientist | $ 177,000 | 778 | Details |
| 31 | Data Infrastructure Engineer | $ 176,780 | 30 | Details |
| 32 | Member of Technical Staff | $ 176,550 | 108 | Details |
| 33 | Product Manager | $ 176,267 | 998 | Details |
| 34 | Quantitative Developer | $ 175,000 | 26 | Details |
| 35 | Algorithm Developer | $ 175,000 | 28 | Details |
| 36 | Developer Advocate | $ 172,500 | 14 | Details |
| 37 | Principal Scientist | $ 171,000 | 12 | Details |
| 38 | Computer Vision Engineer | $ 170,100 | 48 | Details |
| 39 | Machine Learning Scientist | $ 170,000 | 133 | Details |
| 40 | AI Scientist | $ 170,000 | 44 | Details |
| 41 | Quantitative Researcher | $ 170,000 | 46 | Details |
| 42 | AI Engineer | $ 170,000 | 817 | Details |
| 43 | Solutions Engineer | $ 170,000 | 162 | Details |
| 44 | Technical Architect | $ 169,950 | 18 | Details |
| 45 | Data Strategy Lead | $ 168,250 | 10 | Details |
| 46 | Account Executive | $ 165,000 | 56 | Details |
| 47 | Systems Engineer | $ 164,960 | 342 | Details |
| 48 | Data Quality Lead | $ 163,780 | 14 | Details |
| 49 | Lead Data Analysis | $ 163,400 | 6 | Details |
| 50 | AI Researcher | $ 163,150 | 48 | Details |
| 51 | Business Intelligence Lead | $ 160,850 | 12 | Details |
| 52 | Technical Recruiter | $ 160,500 | 6 | Details |
| 53 | Engineer | $ 160,000 | 4450 | Details |
| 54 | Data Governance | $ 160,000 | 198 | Details |
| 55 | MLOps Engineer | $ 160,000 | 74 | Details |
| 56 | Machine Learning Researcher | $ 160,000 | 250 | Details |
| 57 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 160,000 | 182 | Details |
| 58 | Security Researcher | $ 159,300 | 24 | Details |
| 59 | Platform Engineer | $ 159,050 | 198 | Details |
| 60 | Sales Engineer | $ 159,000 | 12 | Details |
| 61 | Solution Architect | $ 158,700 | 116 | Details |
| 62 | Lead Analyst | $ 158,530 | 22 | Details |
| 63 | Business Intelligence | $ 158,200 | 44 | Details |
| 64 | Data Management Lead | $ 158,062 | 32 | Details |
| 65 | Principal Engineer | $ 158,000 | 20 | Details |
| 66 | Manager | $ 157,500 | 3463 | Details |
| 67 | Software Development Engineer | $ 157,100 | 290 | Details |
| 68 | Principal Statistical Programmer | $ 155,000 | 22 | Details |
| 69 | Data Analytics Lead | $ 151,400 | 38 | Details |
| 70 | Technical Specialist | $ 150,949 | 10 | Details |
| 71 | Data Operations Manager | $ 150,425 | 10 | Details |
| 72 | Data Architect | $ 150,000 | 668 | Details |
| 73 | Copywriter | $ 150,000 | 9 | Details |
| 74 | Actuary | $ 149,890 | 8 | Details |
| 75 | Data Platform Engineer | $ 149,119 | 34 | Details |
| 76 | Analytics Lead | $ 147,500 | 44 | Details |
| 77 | DataOps Engineer | $ 147,440 | 18 | Details |
| 78 | Quantitative Analyst | $ 147,100 | 114 | Details |
| 79 | Machine Learning Lead | $ 146,479 | 6 | Details |
| 80 | Bioinformatics Scientist | $ 146,200 | 36 | Details |
| 81 | Data Scientist | $ 146,000 | 4966 | Details |
| 82 | Data and Analytics Consultant | $ 145,000 | 8 | Details |
| 83 | Solution Engineer | $ 145,000 | 22 | Details |
| 84 | Data Management | $ 144,950 | 10 | Details |
| 85 | Data Product Manager | $ 144,500 | 110 | Details |
| 86 | System Engineer | $ 142,950 | 40 | Details |
| 87 | Analytics Engineer | $ 142,625 | 628 | Details |
| 88 | Executive | $ 142,500 | 40 | Details |
| 89 | Computational Scientist | $ 140,975 | 10 | Details |
| 90 | Product Specialist | $ 140,600 | 22 | Details |
| 91 | Full Stack Engineer | $ 140,000 | 64 | Details |
| 92 | Data Engineer | $ 140,000 | 4542 | Details |
| 93 | Data Analytics Business Partner | $ 140,000 | 10 | Details |
| 94 | Power BI Administrator | $ 139,955 | 10 | Details |
| 95 | Risk Analyst | $ 139,660 | 8 | Details |
| 96 | Computational Biologist | $ 139,000 | 28 | Details |
| 97 | Automation Engineer | $ 138,575 | 20 | Details |
| 98 | AI Specialist | $ 138,360 | 28 | Details |
| 99 | Principal Researcher | $ 137,600 | 14 | Details |
| 100 | DevOps Engineer | $ 137,510 | 234 | Details |
| 101 | Data Operations | $ 137,500 | 42 | Details |
| 102 | Technical Writer | $ 136,330 | 14 | Details |
| 103 | Data Lead | $ 136,270 | 144 | Details |
| 104 | QA Engineer | $ 135,400 | 39 | Details |
| 105 | Data Integration Engineer | $ 135,000 | 24 | Details |
| 106 | Cloud Developer | $ 134,000 | 10 | Details |
| 107 | Machine Learning Specialist | $ 133,719 | 12 | Details |
| 108 | Data Modeler | $ 131,950 | 54 | Details |
| 109 | Data Product Owner | $ 131,050 | 82 | Details |
| 110 | AI Developer | $ 130,000 | 77 | Details |
| 111 | Data Operations Engineer | $ 130,000 | 20 | Details |
| 112 | Data Governance Lead | $ 129,712 | 56 | Details |
| 113 | Data Analytics Manager | $ 128,300 | 100 | Details |
| 114 | Product Owner | $ 127,650 | 54 | Details |
| 115 | Data Strategist | $ 127,084 | 44 | Details |
| 116 | Marketing Science Partner | $ 127,000 | 6 | Details |
| 117 | Java Developer | $ 126,650 | 10 | Details |
| 118 | Cloud Engineer | $ 126,100 | 86 | Details |
| 119 | Software Developer | $ 125,550 | 324 | Details |
| 120 | Associate | $ 125,250 | 987 | Details |
| 121 | Database Administrator | $ 125,000 | 18 | Details |
| 122 | Product Analyst | $ 124,915 | 100 | Details |
| 123 | Business Intelligence Engineer | $ 124,850 | 244 | Details |
| 124 | Data Governance Manager | $ 124,000 | 27 | Details |
| 125 | Developer | $ 123,421 | 496 | Details |
| 126 | ETL Developer | $ 123,050 | 10 | Details |
| 127 | AI Product Owner | $ 122,500 | 10 | Details |
| 128 | Business Intelligence Manager | $ 122,500 | 6 | Details |
| 129 | Statistician | $ 122,250 | 55 | Details |
| 130 | Decision Scientist | $ 122,200 | 56 | Details |
| 131 | BI Engineer | $ 120,700 | 48 | Details |
| 132 | Data Governance Engineer | $ 120,390 | 8 | Details |
| 133 | Technical Support Engineer | $ 120,000 | 20 | Details |
| 134 | Tableau Developer | $ 120,000 | 6 | Details |
| 135 | Data Analytics Specialist | $ 118,000 | 14 | Details |
| 136 | Data Integrator | $ 117,500 | 14 | Details |
| 137 | Prompt Engineer | $ 117,200 | 38 | Details |
| 138 | Data Developer | $ 117,000 | 50 | Details |
| 139 | Postdoctoral Researcher | $ 117,000 | 47 | Details |
| 140 | Full Stack Developer | $ 116,500 | 58 | Details |
| 141 | Consultant | $ 115,950 | 518 | Details |
| 142 | Data Visualization Engineer | $ 115,899 | 32 | Details |
| 143 | Business Intelligence Specialist | $ 115,100 | 10 | Details |
| 144 | Statistical Programmer | $ 114,350 | 32 | Details |
| 145 | Data Team Lead | $ 112,500 | 20 | Details |
| 146 | Data Consultant | $ 112,000 | 28 | Details |
| 147 | Data Visualization Developer | $ 110,600 | 12 | Details |
| 148 | Business Intelligence Analyst | $ 110,500 | 137 | Details |
| 149 | Business Analyst | $ 110,000 | 193 | Details |
| 150 | Application Developer | $ 109,550 | 18 | Details |
| 151 | Web Developer | $ 109,400 | 5 | Details |
| 152 | Analytics Specialist | $ 109,321 | 26 | Details |
| 153 | Cloud Database Administrator | $ 107,750 | 6 | Details |
| 154 | BI Developer | $ 106,810 | 68 | Details |
| 155 | Business Intelligence Developer | $ 106,590 | 144 | Details |
| 156 | Data Visualization Analyst | $ 106,055 | 6 | Details |
| 157 | Analyst | $ 106,000 | 2399 | Details |
| 158 | Power BI Specialist | $ 105,000 | 8 | Details |
| 159 | Data Governance Analyst | $ 104,650 | 104 | Details |
| 160 | Robotics Engineer | $ 103,500 | 26 | Details |
| 161 | Python Developer | $ 102,500 | 50 | Details |
| 162 | Data Analysis | $ 101,200 | 32 | Details |
| 163 | Power BI Developer | $ 100,050 | 58 | Details |
| 164 | BI Analyst | $ 100,000 | 72 | Details |
| 165 | Data Manager | $ 99,000 | 322 | Details |
| 166 | Technology Integrator | $ 98,650 | 6 | Details |
| 167 | Data Analyst | $ 96,000 | 4164 | Details |
| 168 | Data Quality Analyst | $ 95,500 | 56 | Details |
| 169 | Data Management Analyst | $ 94,800 | 136 | Details |
| 170 | Data Visualization Specialist | $ 93,500 | 22 | Details |
| 171 | Data Governance Specialist | $ 93,018 | 36 | Details |
| 172 | Business Development Representative | $ 92,105 | 10 | Details |
| 173 | Data Integration Specialist | $ 91,500 | 38 | Details |
| 174 | Power BI Expert | $ 91,268 | 8 | Details |
| 175 | Master Data Management | $ 90,700 | 12 | Details |
| 176 | Data Operations Analyst | $ 90,000 | 44 | Details |
| 177 | Data Management Associate | $ 89,556 | 20 | Details |
| 178 | Research Analyst | $ 85,000 | 95 | Details |
| 179 | Data Management Specialist | $ 84,244 | 106 | Details |
| 180 | Actuarial Analyst | $ 82,350 | 8 | Details |
| 181 | Data Quality Specialist | $ 82,278 | 8 | Details |
| 182 | Data and Reporting Analyst | $ 81,950 | 18 | Details |
| 183 | Bioinformatician | $ 81,528 | 24 | Details |
| 184 | Postdoctoral Fellow | $ 80,240 | 34 | Details |
| 185 | Encounter Data Management Professional | $ 79,650 | 16 | Details |
| 186 | Data Quality Engineer | $ 78,750 | 16 | Details |
| 187 | Data and Reporting Professional | $ 78,150 | 22 | Details |
| 188 | Insight Analyst | $ 77,950 | 48 | Details |
| 189 | Data Operations Specialist | $ 76,050 | 12 | Details |
| 190 | Data Visualization Designer | $ 75,500 | 8 | Details |
| 191 | Technical Support Specialist | $ 75,000 | 8 | Details |
| 192 | Power BI | $ 72,092 | 28 | Details |
| 193 | Research Associate | $ 70,200 | 118 | Details |
| 194 | Sales Development Representative | $ 70,000 | 12 | Details |
| 195 | Data Specialist | $ 68,000 | 342 | Details |
| 196 | Data Reporting Analyst | $ 65,797 | 18 | Details |
| 197 | Research Assistant | $ 60,000 | 53 | Details |
| 198 | Trainee | $ 58,713 | 10 | Details |
| 199 | Backend Developer | $ 57,894 | 6 | Details |
| 200 | Stage | $ 21,473 | 18 | Details |
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