Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Scientist during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Scientist during 2025 is USD 94,365
✏️ This salary info is based on 118 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Data Scientist salary lies between USD 60,400 and USD 137,000 globally. 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
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 118
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Data Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and SQL. 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 | 450 jobs Machine Learning | 381 jobs SQL | 292 jobs Statistics | 270 jobs Computer Science | 237 jobs Engineering | 233 jobs R | 211 jobs Mathematics | 177 jobs Research | 130 jobs Data analysis | 125 jobs ML models | 112 jobs Power BI | 105 jobs Tableau | 91 jobs AWS | 91 jobs Big Data | 87 jobs Scikit-learn | 87 jobs Azure | 86 jobs Data visualization | 85 jobs NLP | 84 jobs Testing | 83 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Data Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior 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 | 275 jobs Health care | 101 jobs Flex hours | 91 jobs Equity / stock options | 60 jobs Startup environment | 59 jobs Team events | 58 jobs Competitive pay | 49 jobs Salary bonus | 42 jobs Flex vacation | 38 jobs Insurance | 38 jobs Wellness | 26 jobs Medical leave | 23 jobs Transparency | 19 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobs Fitness / gym | 10 jobs Relocation support | 10 jobs Fertility benefits | 5 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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