Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Scientist in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 130,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 1902 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average mid-level / intermediate Data Scientist salary lies between USD 99,101 and USD 170,000 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
1902
Top 10%
$ 210,000
Top 25%
$ 170,000
Median
$ 130,000
Bottom 25%
$ 99,101
Bottom 10%
$ 77,600

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 Mid-level / Intermediate Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 2559 jobs Machine Learning | 2275 jobs Statistics | 2049 jobs SQL | 1882 jobs Engineering | 1632 jobs Computer Science | 1406 jobs R | 1308 jobs Mathematics | 1192 jobs Research | 1159 jobs Data analysis | 1038 jobs ML models | 948 jobs AWS | 793 jobs Pipelines | 779 jobs Testing | 722 jobs Data visualization | 664 jobs Scikit-learn | 654 jobs Tableau | 626 jobs Azure | 619 jobs TensorFlow | 601 jobs PyTorch | 581 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 2076 jobs Health care | 1034 jobs Flex hours | 657 jobs Competitive pay | 616 jobs Startup environment | 499 jobs Equity / stock options | 497 jobs Insurance | 490 jobs Team events | 436 jobs Salary bonus | 424 jobs Flex vacation | 402 jobs Parental leave | 332 jobs Medical leave | 310 jobs Wellness | 281 jobs 401(k) matching | 266 jobs Conferences | 137 jobs Transparency | 100 jobs Relocation support | 91 jobs Fitness / gym | 88 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 83 jobs Gear | 73 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 178,214 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Scientist @ $ 160,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Data Scientist @ $ 124,750 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 115,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Scientist @ $ 160,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 184,100 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Scientist @ $ 154,000 (United States) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 26,526 (Slovakia) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 66,359 (Netherlands) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 51,536 (Lithuania) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 35,743 (India) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 76,631 (Ireland) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 94,151 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 82,278 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 69,620 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 52,631 (France) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 36,842 (Spain) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 77,500 (Germany) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 127,100 (Canada) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 104,357 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 137,400 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 96,914 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Scientist @ $ 109,942 (Australia) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 45,812 (Austria) Details

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