Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Scientist in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 179,600
✏️ This salary info is based on 36 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Data Scientist salary lies between USD 126,100 and USD 220,000 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
- Executive-level / Director
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 36
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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 | 58 jobs Python | 54 jobs Statistics | 53 jobs Engineering | 46 jobs SQL | 38 jobs Computer Science | 35 jobs ML models | 31 jobs Mathematics | 31 jobs Research | 27 jobs Testing | 26 jobs Data analysis | 24 jobs Data visualization | 23 jobs NLP | 21 jobs LLMs | 21 jobs Pipelines | 18 jobs R | 17 jobs Big Data | 17 jobs Finance | 17 jobs Generative AI | 17 jobs Deep Learning | 16 jobsTop 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 Competitive pay. 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 | 54 jobs Health care | 23 jobs Competitive pay | 16 jobs Flex hours | 15 jobs Salary bonus | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 12 jobs Wellness | 12 jobs Startup environment | 12 jobs Insurance | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 10 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs Team events | 7 jobs Transparency | 5 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Gear | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Paid sabbatical | 2 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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