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 Director of Machine Learning $ 296,000 6 Details
2 Director of Product Management $ 276,750 10 Details
3 Executive $ 252,500 18 Details
4 Machine Learning Architect $ 248,500 6 Details
5 Engineering Manager $ 240,000 218 Details
6 Head of AI $ 222,500 18 Details
7 Product Designer $ 219,500 54 Details
8 GenAI Architect $ 219,100 12 Details
9 Research Engineer $ 207,750 263 Details
10 Head of Data $ 204,405 66 Details
11 Quant Options Trader $ 200,000 10 Details
12 AI Architect $ 195,900 58 Details
13 Solutions Architect $ 190,000 170 Details
14 Software Architect $ 187,600 16 Details
15 Machine Learning Engineer $ 185,700 1211 Details
16 Architect $ 184,000 250 Details
17 Enterprise Account Executive $ 183,544 46 Details
18 Software Engineer $ 180,000 3349 Details
19 Account Executive $ 180,000 34 Details
20 Lead Engineer $ 180,000 20 Details
21 Product Manager $ 179,500 564 Details
22 Tech Lead $ 179,500 14 Details
23 Backend Engineer $ 178,607 72 Details
24 Solutions Engineer $ 177,000 90 Details
25 Technical Lead $ 177,000 68 Details
26 Research Scientist $ 177,000 466 Details
27 Applied Scientist $ 176,800 295 Details
28 Data Infrastructure Engineer $ 176,780 16 Details
29 Member of Technical Staff $ 176,550 80 Details
30 AI Engineer $ 175,800 429 Details
31 ML Scientist $ 175,550 14 Details
32 Algorithm Developer $ 175,000 20 Details
33 Quantitative Developer $ 175,000 12 Details
34 Developer Advocate $ 172,500 14 Details
35 MLOps Engineer $ 170,635 46 Details
36 Data and Analytics Consultant $ 170,000 6 Details
37 Computer Vision Engineer $ 170,000 22 Details
38 Machine Learning Scientist $ 170,000 71 Details
39 Systems Engineer $ 169,000 206 Details
40 Solution Architect $ 168,525 76 Details
41 Data Analytics Lead $ 168,500 16 Details
42 Data Strategy Lead $ 168,250 8 Details
43 Principal Statistical Programmer $ 167,700 8 Details
44 Data Management Lead $ 166,100 24 Details
45 Quantitative Researcher $ 165,000 24 Details
46 Data Quality Lead $ 163,780 14 Details
47 Lead Data Analysis $ 163,400 6 Details
48 AI Researcher $ 162,770 26 Details
49 Business Intelligence $ 162,500 18 Details
50 Machine Learning Researcher $ 160,000 238 Details
51 Manager $ 159,100 1940 Details
52 Engineer $ 159,000 2488 Details
53 Lead Analyst $ 158,530 22 Details
54 Business Intelligence Lead $ 155,850 6 Details
55 Security Researcher $ 155,300 10 Details
56 Software Development Engineer $ 154,800 182 Details
57 AI Scientist $ 153,200 24 Details
58 Machine Learning Specialist $ 152,710 6 Details
59 Site Reliability Engineer $ 151,800 96 Details
60 Risk Analyst $ 151,600 6 Details
61 Solution Engineer $ 151,500 8 Details
62 Data Operations Manager $ 150,425 10 Details
63 Platform Engineer $ 149,500 116 Details
64 Data Architect $ 149,000 400 Details
65 Data Governance $ 148,850 120 Details
66 Cloud Engineer $ 146,375 40 Details
67 Data Scientist $ 146,000 3161 Details
68 Data Product Manager $ 145,000 54 Details
69 Quantitative Analyst $ 144,200 68 Details
70 Data Modeler $ 143,755 22 Details
71 Analytics Lead $ 142,500 18 Details
72 System Engineer $ 141,950 20 Details
73 Full Stack Engineer $ 141,125 40 Details
74 Computational Scientist $ 140,975 10 Details
75 Data Engineer $ 140,000 2624 Details
76 AI Specialist $ 139,680 20 Details
77 DataOps Engineer $ 139,540 6 Details
78 Principal Researcher $ 137,600 14 Details
79 DevOps Engineer $ 137,510 106 Details
80 Analytics Engineer $ 137,371 372 Details
81 Data Governance Lead $ 136,219 36 Details
82 Data Lead $ 135,720 96 Details
83 Product Owner $ 135,500 20 Details
84 QA Engineer $ 135,200 26 Details
85 Technical Writer $ 135,000 8 Details
86 Data Platform Engineer $ 134,291 24 Details
87 Bioinformatics Scientist $ 133,350 18 Details
88 Data Strategist $ 133,050 24 Details
89 Data Consultant $ 133,000 6 Details
90 Data Visualization Engineer $ 131,500 20 Details
91 Data Integration Engineer $ 131,000 8 Details
92 Data Operations $ 130,450 28 Details
93 Data Governance Manager $ 130,221 8 Details
94 Statistician $ 130,000 27 Details
95 AI Developer $ 130,000 49 Details
96 Data Product Owner $ 129,700 48 Details
97 Product Specialist $ 128,650 12 Details
98 Data Analytics Manager $ 128,300 52 Details
99 Associate $ 124,400 533 Details
100 Product Analyst $ 122,726 56 Details
101 Data Team Lead $ 122,500 14 Details
102 Computational Biologist $ 122,500 14 Details
103 Business Intelligence Manager $ 122,500 6 Details
104 Data Integrator $ 122,500 12 Details
105 AI Product Owner $ 122,300 8 Details
106 Business Intelligence Engineer $ 121,400 152 Details
107 Data Governance Engineer $ 120,390 6 Details
108 Application Developer $ 120,100 12 Details
109 BI Engineer $ 120,000 32 Details
110 Prompt Engineer $ 118,600 16 Details
111 Consultant $ 118,100 276 Details
112 Decision Scientist $ 118,000 46 Details
113 Postdoctoral Researcher $ 117,000 23 Details
114 Developer $ 116,500 274 Details
115 Software Developer $ 115,200 198 Details
116 Statistical Programmer $ 114,350 22 Details
117 Business Analyst $ 113,840 91 Details
118 BI Analyst $ 112,700 42 Details
119 Technical Support Engineer $ 112,500 10 Details
120 Data Developer $ 112,000 22 Details
121 Full Stack Developer $ 111,051 36 Details
122 Data Visualization Developer $ 110,000 8 Details
123 BI Developer $ 109,464 38 Details
124 Data Analysis $ 108,640 6 Details
125 Data Governance Analyst $ 107,535 64 Details
126 Analyst $ 107,025 1279 Details
127 Business Intelligence Developer $ 106,654 92 Details
128 Data Visualization Analyst $ 106,055 6 Details
129 Business Intelligence Analyst $ 105,500 85 Details
130 Business Intelligence Specialist $ 104,550 6 Details
131 Robotics Engineer $ 103,500 24 Details
132 Data Operations Engineer $ 100,800 12 Details
133 Power BI Developer $ 100,050 30 Details
134 Technology Integrator $ 98,650 6 Details
135 Data Integration Specialist $ 97,500 26 Details
136 Data Manager $ 96,800 210 Details
137 Data Quality Analyst $ 96,480 32 Details
138 Data Analyst $ 95,300 2378 Details
139 Data Management Analyst $ 94,800 70 Details
140 Analytics Specialist $ 93,805 20 Details
141 Data Visualization Specialist $ 93,500 14 Details
142 Data Management Associate $ 92,500 14 Details
143 Data Operations Analyst $ 92,400 24 Details
144 Master Data Management $ 90,700 12 Details
145 Python Developer $ 89,605 28 Details
146 Data Governance Specialist $ 88,000 20 Details
147 Insight Analyst $ 86,600 36 Details
148 Data Analytics Specialist $ 85,150 8 Details
149 Data Management Specialist $ 84,244 66 Details
150 Actuarial Analyst $ 82,350 8 Details
151 Data Quality Specialist $ 82,278 8 Details
152 Power BI Expert $ 82,104 6 Details
153 Data and Reporting Analyst $ 81,950 18 Details
154 Research Analyst $ 80,000 65 Details
155 Encounter Data Management Professional $ 79,650 14 Details
156 Postdoctoral Fellow $ 78,984 16 Details
157 Data and Reporting Professional $ 78,150 12 Details
158 Data Visualization Designer $ 75,500 8 Details
159 Power BI $ 72,092 12 Details
160 Research Associate $ 72,000 66 Details
161 Sales Development Representative $ 70,000 8 Details
162 Bioinformatician $ 66,265 12 Details
163 Data Reporting Analyst $ 65,797 18 Details
164 Data Specialist $ 65,381 188 Details
165 Research Assistant $ 62,000 27 Details
166 Data Quality Engineer $ 31,578 6 Details
167 Stage $ 20,841 10 Details

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