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 982 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Data Scientist salary lies between USD 96,600 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
- 982
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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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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 | 1370 jobs Machine Learning | 1234 jobs Statistics | 1110 jobs SQL | 1015 jobs Engineering | 869 jobs Computer Science | 738 jobs R | 724 jobs Mathematics | 634 jobs Research | 615 jobs Data analysis | 551 jobs ML models | 534 jobs AWS | 434 jobs Pipelines | 378 jobs Azure | 373 jobs Data visualization | 360 jobs Testing | 356 jobs Scikit-learn | 350 jobs TensorFlow | 341 jobs Tableau | 338 jobs PyTorch | 328 jobsTop 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 | 1104 jobs Health care | 538 jobs Flex hours | 360 jobs Competitive pay | 330 jobs Equity / stock options | 270 jobs Startup environment | 256 jobs Insurance | 243 jobs Team events | 241 jobs Flex vacation | 218 jobs Salary bonus | 217 jobs Parental leave | 174 jobs Medical leave | 161 jobs 401(k) matching | 149 jobs Wellness | 144 jobs Conferences | 82 jobs Transparency | 58 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 51 jobs Relocation support | 49 jobs Gear | 44 jobs Fitness / gym | 44 jobsRelated salaries
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