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 177,550

✏️ This salary info is based on 46 individual salaries reported during 2025

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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
46
Top 10%
$ 267,050
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 177,550
Bottom 25%
$ 126,100
Bottom 10%
$ 120,000

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 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, Statistics and Python. 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 | 76 jobs Statistics | 75 jobs Python | 74 jobs Engineering | 59 jobs SQL | 50 jobs Computer Science | 50 jobs Mathematics | 44 jobs ML models | 41 jobs Research | 37 jobs Data analysis | 34 jobs Testing | 33 jobs R | 29 jobs Data visualization | 29 jobs LLMs | 27 jobs Agile | 25 jobs NLP | 24 jobs Big Data | 24 jobs Generative AI | 22 jobs Deep Learning | 21 jobs Security | 21 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 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 | 74 jobs Health care | 35 jobs Competitive pay | 24 jobs Flex hours | 20 jobs Insurance | 19 jobs Salary bonus | 19 jobs Equity / stock options | 18 jobs Startup environment | 18 jobs Flex vacation | 13 jobs Wellness | 13 jobs Team events | 12 jobs Medical leave | 12 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs 401(k) matching | 7 jobs Conferences | 7 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 175,050 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Scientist @ $ 160,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Data Scientist @ $ 100,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Scientist @ $ 160,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 130,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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Data Scientist @ $ 66,757 (Netherlands) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 51,536 (Lithuania) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 69,620 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 82,025 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 94,151 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 57,894 (France) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 36,842 (Spain) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 68,421 (Germany) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 77,500 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Scientist @ $ 109,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 135,900 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 126,500 (Canada) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 109,026 (Australia) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 45,595 (Austria) Details

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