Data Scientist Salary in Australia during 2025

💰 The median Data Scientist Salary in Australia during 2025 is USD 109,026

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The average Data Scientist salary lies between USD 71,428 and USD 118,267 in Australia. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Data Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
Australia
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 126,406
Top 25%
$ 118,267
Median
$ 109,026
Bottom 25%
$ 71,428
Bottom 10%
$ 64,935

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 6301 jobs Machine Learning | 5818 jobs Statistics | 4810 jobs SQL | 4555 jobs Engineering | 4409 jobs Computer Science | 3339 jobs R | 2971 jobs Mathematics | 2882 jobs Research | 2795 jobs ML models | 2744 jobs AWS | 2292 jobs Testing | 2127 jobs Data analysis | 2116 jobs Deep Learning | 1914 jobs Pipelines | 1769 jobs Data visualization | 1705 jobs LLMs | 1664 jobs GCP | 1602 jobs TensorFlow | 1595 jobs NLP | 1547 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 5309 jobs Health care | 2516 jobs Equity / stock options | 1751 jobs Startup environment | 1743 jobs Competitive pay | 1739 jobs Flex hours | 1705 jobs Insurance | 1587 jobs Salary bonus | 1354 jobs Flex vacation | 1111 jobs Team events | 1080 jobs Parental leave | 1051 jobs Medical leave | 939 jobs Wellness | 643 jobs 401(k) matching | 622 jobs Conferences | 341 jobs Transparency | 266 jobs Relocation support | 229 jobs Home office stipend | 205 jobs Fitness / gym | 203 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 186 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 173,875 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Data Scientist @ $ 61,559 (Netherlands) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 51,536 (Lithuania) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 82,594 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 57,894 (France) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 36,842 (Spain) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 62,105 (Germany) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 140,102 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 132,500 (Canada) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 109,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 45,595 (Austria) Details

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