Data Scientist Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Data Scientist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 145,300

✏️ This salary info is based on 112 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Scientist salary lies between USD 103,600 and USD 180,000 in the United States. 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
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
112
Top 10%
$ 226,000
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 145,300
Bottom 25%
$ 103,600
Bottom 10%
$ 86,000

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 | 275 jobs Machine Learning | 246 jobs Statistics | 209 jobs Engineering | 192 jobs SQL | 191 jobs Computer Science | 163 jobs Research | 144 jobs R | 139 jobs Mathematics | 135 jobs ML models | 121 jobs Data analysis | 98 jobs Testing | 95 jobs Pipelines | 90 jobs AWS | 88 jobs TensorFlow | 79 jobs NLP | 73 jobs Azure | 70 jobs Spark | 69 jobs Deep Learning | 67 jobs Scikit-learn | 66 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 Flex hours. 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 | 239 jobs Health care | 120 jobs Flex hours | 80 jobs Equity / stock options | 78 jobs Startup environment | 69 jobs Insurance | 67 jobs Competitive pay | 63 jobs Team events | 58 jobs Flex vacation | 55 jobs Salary bonus | 51 jobs Parental leave | 44 jobs Medical leave | 39 jobs Wellness | 28 jobs Conferences | 18 jobs 401(k) matching | 16 jobs Yoga | 13 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs

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