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 | Director of Machine Learning | $ 296,000 | 6 | Details |
| 2 | Director of Product Management | $ 265,650 | 14 | Details |
| 3 | Machine Learning Architect | $ 248,500 | 6 | Details |
| 4 | Engineering Manager | $ 240,000 | 258 | Details |
| 5 | Head of AI | $ 222,500 | 18 | Details |
| 6 | Head of Data | $ 219,500 | 78 | Details |
| 7 | GenAI Architect | $ 219,100 | 12 | Details |
| 8 | Product Designer | $ 212,350 | 66 | Details |
| 9 | Research Engineer | $ 207,750 | 317 | Details |
| 10 | Executive | $ 202,200 | 24 | Details |
| 11 | Quant Options Trader | $ 200,000 | 10 | Details |
| 12 | Technical Architect | $ 199,900 | 6 | Details |
| 13 | AI Architect | $ 195,900 | 66 | Details |
| 14 | ML Scientist | $ 190,000 | 20 | Details |
| 15 | Machine Learning Engineer | $ 188,700 | 1403 | Details |
| 16 | Software Architect | $ 187,600 | 18 | Details |
| 17 | Solutions Architect | $ 187,100 | 214 | Details |
| 18 | Data Infrastructure Engineer | $ 185,000 | 20 | Details |
| 19 | Architect | $ 184,000 | 288 | Details |
| 20 | Enterprise Account Executive | $ 183,544 | 48 | Details |
| 21 | Business Intelligence | $ 180,250 | 22 | Details |
| 22 | Software Engineer | $ 180,000 | 3997 | Details |
| 23 | Lead Engineer | $ 180,000 | 22 | Details |
| 24 | Applied Scientist | $ 180,000 | 347 | Details |
| 25 | Account Executive | $ 180,000 | 40 | Details |
| 26 | Backend Engineer | $ 180,000 | 80 | Details |
| 27 | Tech Lead | $ 179,500 | 18 | Details |
| 28 | Research Scientist | $ 179,050 | 560 | Details |
| 29 | Product Manager | $ 178,100 | 692 | Details |
| 30 | AI Researcher | $ 177,500 | 30 | Details |
| 31 | Solutions Engineer | $ 177,000 | 110 | Details |
| 32 | Technical Lead | $ 177,000 | 80 | Details |
| 33 | Member of Technical Staff | $ 176,550 | 88 | Details |
| 34 | Quantitative Developer | $ 175,000 | 20 | Details |
| 35 | AI Engineer | $ 175,000 | 535 | Details |
| 36 | Algorithm Developer | $ 175,000 | 20 | Details |
| 37 | Developer Advocate | $ 172,500 | 14 | Details |
| 38 | Quantitative Researcher | $ 171,500 | 38 | Details |
| 39 | Machine Learning Scientist | $ 170,000 | 85 | Details |
| 40 | Computer Vision Engineer | $ 170,000 | 30 | Details |
| 41 | Systems Engineer | $ 169,000 | 248 | Details |
| 42 | Solution Architect | $ 168,525 | 86 | Details |
| 43 | AI Lead | $ 168,416 | 10 | Details |
| 44 | Data Strategy Lead | $ 168,250 | 8 | Details |
| 45 | Data Analytics Lead | $ 168,000 | 18 | Details |
| 46 | Data Management Lead | $ 166,100 | 24 | Details |
| 47 | AI Scientist | $ 165,463 | 30 | Details |
| 48 | MLOps Engineer | $ 165,250 | 58 | Details |
| 49 | Data Quality Lead | $ 163,780 | 14 | Details |
| 50 | Lead Data Analysis | $ 163,400 | 6 | Details |
| 51 | Machine Learning Researcher | $ 160,000 | 240 | Details |
| 52 | Engineer | $ 160,000 | 2950 | Details |
| 53 | Site Reliability Engineer | $ 160,000 | 124 | Details |
| 54 | Manager | $ 159,000 | 2312 | Details |
| 55 | Lead Analyst | $ 158,530 | 22 | Details |
| 56 | Software Development Engineer | $ 156,000 | 212 | Details |
| 57 | Business Intelligence Lead | $ 155,850 | 6 | Details |
| 58 | Security Researcher | $ 155,300 | 12 | Details |
| 59 | Data Governance | $ 155,000 | 136 | Details |
| 60 | Risk Analyst | $ 151,600 | 6 | Details |
| 61 | Solution Engineer | $ 151,500 | 12 | Details |
| 62 | Platform Engineer | $ 151,250 | 128 | Details |
| 63 | Data Operations Manager | $ 150,425 | 10 | Details |
| 64 | Data Architect | $ 149,084 | 464 | Details |
| 65 | Principal Statistical Programmer | $ 147,200 | 10 | Details |
| 66 | Quantitative Analyst | $ 147,100 | 82 | Details |
| 67 | Data Governance Manager | $ 146,518 | 11 | Details |
| 68 | Machine Learning Lead | $ 146,479 | 6 | Details |
| 69 | Data Scientist | $ 146,000 | 3633 | Details |
| 70 | Data and Analytics Consultant | $ 145,000 | 8 | Details |
| 71 | Data Modeler | $ 143,755 | 26 | Details |
| 72 | System Engineer | $ 142,950 | 32 | Details |
| 73 | Analytics Lead | $ 142,500 | 22 | Details |
| 74 | Computational Scientist | $ 140,975 | 10 | Details |
| 75 | Statistician | $ 140,000 | 33 | Details |
| 76 | Data Engineer | $ 140,000 | 3100 | Details |
| 77 | Full Stack Engineer | $ 140,000 | 46 | Details |
| 78 | Data Product Manager | $ 139,800 | 66 | Details |
| 79 | DataOps Engineer | $ 139,540 | 8 | Details |
| 80 | AI Specialist | $ 138,360 | 24 | Details |
| 81 | Product Specialist | $ 138,300 | 14 | Details |
| 82 | Principal Researcher | $ 137,600 | 14 | Details |
| 83 | DevOps Engineer | $ 137,510 | 120 | Details |
| 84 | Data Operations | $ 137,500 | 42 | Details |
| 85 | Analytics Engineer | $ 135,980 | 448 | Details |
| 86 | Product Owner | $ 135,500 | 22 | Details |
| 87 | QA Engineer | $ 135,200 | 28 | Details |
| 88 | Technical Writer | $ 135,000 | 10 | Details |
| 89 | Data Platform Engineer | $ 134,291 | 26 | Details |
| 90 | Machine Learning Specialist | $ 133,719 | 10 | Details |
| 91 | Bioinformatics Scientist | $ 133,350 | 20 | Details |
| 92 | Data Strategist | $ 133,050 | 24 | Details |
| 93 | Data Consultant | $ 133,000 | 6 | Details |
| 94 | Data Governance Lead | $ 132,000 | 38 | Details |
| 95 | Computational Biologist | $ 132,000 | 16 | Details |
| 96 | AI Developer | $ 130,000 | 61 | Details |
| 97 | Cloud Engineer | $ 129,750 | 56 | Details |
| 98 | Data Product Owner | $ 129,700 | 58 | Details |
| 99 | Associate | $ 129,000 | 643 | Details |
| 100 | Data Analytics Manager | $ 128,300 | 64 | Details |
| 101 | Sales Engineer | $ 127,440 | 8 | Details |
| 102 | Data Lead | $ 127,000 | 108 | Details |
| 103 | Product Analyst | $ 125,856 | 66 | Details |
| 104 | Data Integration Engineer | $ 125,500 | 14 | Details |
| 105 | Prompt Engineer | $ 125,000 | 26 | Details |
| 106 | Java Developer | $ 122,500 | 6 | Details |
| 107 | Business Intelligence Manager | $ 122,500 | 6 | Details |
| 108 | Data Integrator | $ 122,500 | 12 | Details |
| 109 | Power BI Administrator | $ 122,477 | 6 | Details |
| 110 | AI Product Owner | $ 122,300 | 8 | Details |
| 111 | Data Visualization Engineer | $ 122,100 | 22 | Details |
| 112 | Business Intelligence Engineer | $ 121,400 | 180 | Details |
| 113 | Data Governance Engineer | $ 120,390 | 6 | Details |
| 114 | Software Developer | $ 120,000 | 230 | Details |
| 115 | BI Engineer | $ 120,000 | 34 | Details |
| 116 | Developer | $ 120,000 | 324 | Details |
| 117 | Database Administrator | $ 119,825 | 6 | Details |
| 118 | Decision Scientist | $ 118,000 | 46 | Details |
| 119 | Data Analytics Specialist | $ 118,000 | 12 | Details |
| 120 | Consultant | $ 118,000 | 308 | Details |
| 121 | Technical Support Engineer | $ 117,500 | 14 | Details |
| 122 | Application Developer | $ 116,650 | 14 | Details |
| 123 | Statistical Programmer | $ 114,350 | 26 | Details |
| 124 | Business Analyst | $ 113,840 | 121 | Details |
| 125 | Full Stack Developer | $ 113,782 | 44 | Details |
| 126 | Postdoctoral Researcher | $ 112,500 | 31 | Details |
| 127 | Data Team Lead | $ 112,500 | 16 | Details |
| 128 | Data Developer | $ 112,500 | 38 | Details |
| 129 | Data Visualization Developer | $ 110,000 | 8 | Details |
| 130 | BI Developer | $ 109,464 | 54 | Details |
| 131 | ETL Developer | $ 107,500 | 6 | Details |
| 132 | Analyst | $ 107,120 | 1553 | Details |
| 133 | Business Intelligence Developer | $ 106,590 | 114 | Details |
| 134 | Data Visualization Analyst | $ 106,055 | 6 | Details |
| 135 | Business Intelligence Analyst | $ 105,500 | 93 | Details |
| 136 | Power BI Specialist | $ 105,000 | 8 | Details |
| 137 | Copywriter | $ 105,000 | 6 | Details |
| 138 | Data Analysis | $ 104,897 | 12 | Details |
| 139 | Business Intelligence Specialist | $ 104,550 | 6 | Details |
| 140 | Data Governance Analyst | $ 103,593 | 76 | Details |
| 141 | Robotics Engineer | $ 103,500 | 26 | Details |
| 142 | Data Operations Engineer | $ 100,800 | 12 | Details |
| 143 | Power BI Developer | $ 100,599 | 34 | Details |
| 144 | Python Developer | $ 100,000 | 34 | Details |
| 145 | BI Analyst | $ 99,450 | 54 | Details |
| 146 | Technology Integrator | $ 98,650 | 6 | Details |
| 147 | Data Manager | $ 97,950 | 236 | Details |
| 148 | Data Quality Analyst | $ 97,580 | 36 | Details |
| 149 | Data Analyst | $ 96,211 | 2852 | Details |
| 150 | Data Management Analyst | $ 95,973 | 78 | Details |
| 151 | Data Integration Specialist | $ 95,000 | 34 | Details |
| 152 | Analytics Specialist | $ 93,805 | 20 | Details |
| 153 | Data Visualization Specialist | $ 93,500 | 14 | Details |
| 154 | Data Management Associate | $ 92,500 | 16 | Details |
| 155 | Data Operations Analyst | $ 92,400 | 24 | Details |
| 156 | Master Data Management | $ 90,700 | 12 | Details |
| 157 | Data Governance Specialist | $ 88,000 | 22 | Details |
| 158 | Insight Analyst | $ 86,600 | 36 | Details |
| 159 | Data Management Specialist | $ 84,894 | 82 | Details |
| 160 | Actuarial Analyst | $ 82,350 | 8 | Details |
| 161 | Data Quality Specialist | $ 82,278 | 8 | Details |
| 162 | Power BI Expert | $ 82,104 | 6 | Details |
| 163 | Data and Reporting Analyst | $ 81,950 | 18 | Details |
| 164 | Research Analyst | $ 80,300 | 71 | Details |
| 165 | Encounter Data Management Professional | $ 79,650 | 16 | Details |
| 166 | Postdoctoral Fellow | $ 78,984 | 16 | Details |
| 167 | Data and Reporting Professional | $ 78,150 | 12 | Details |
| 168 | Data Visualization Designer | $ 75,500 | 8 | Details |
| 169 | Power BI | $ 72,092 | 14 | Details |
| 170 | Sales Development Representative | $ 70,000 | 10 | Details |
| 171 | Data Operations Specialist | $ 67,100 | 6 | Details |
| 172 | Research Associate | $ 66,667 | 82 | Details |
| 173 | Data Specialist | $ 66,500 | 230 | Details |
| 174 | Bioinformatician | $ 66,265 | 12 | Details |
| 175 | Data Reporting Analyst | $ 65,797 | 18 | Details |
| 176 | Research Assistant | $ 64,000 | 33 | Details |
| 177 | Data Quality Engineer | $ 43,914 | 8 | Details |
| 178 | Stage | $ 21,473 | 18 | Details |
About this project
We collect salary information anonymously from professionals and employers all over the world and make it publicly available for anyone to use, share and play around with.
Our goal is to have open salary data for everyone. So newbies, experienced pros, hiring managers, recruiters and also startup founders or people wanting to switch careers can make better decisions.