Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Scientist during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Scientist during 2025 is USD 168,700

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director Data Scientist salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 203,000 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
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
26
Top 10%
$ 253,950
Top 25%
$ 203,000
Median
$ 168,700
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 87,280

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 Executive-level / Director Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Data Scientist job listings are Machine Learning, Python 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:

Machine Learning | 39 jobs Python | 38 jobs Statistics | 34 jobs Engineering | 30 jobs SQL | 29 jobs ML models | 24 jobs Mathematics | 21 jobs Computer Science | 20 jobs NLP | 17 jobs Research | 15 jobs Data visualization | 15 jobs LLMs | 14 jobs Testing | 13 jobs Pipelines | 13 jobs R | 12 jobs Finance | 12 jobs Security | 12 jobs Data analysis | 12 jobs Big Data | 11 jobs AWS | 10 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director 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 | 34 jobs Health care | 17 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 9 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs Team events | 7 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Gear | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Paid sabbatical | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 88,607 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 63,157 (France) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 36,842 (Spain) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 59,999 (Germany) Details
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