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 1690 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Data Scientist salary lies between USD 99,000 and USD 170,373 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.
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- Data Scientist
- Experience
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 1690
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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 | 2288 jobs Machine Learning | 2037 jobs Statistics | 1837 jobs SQL | 1690 jobs Engineering | 1442 jobs Computer Science | 1267 jobs R | 1182 jobs Mathematics | 1059 jobs Research | 1030 jobs Data analysis | 924 jobs ML models | 846 jobs AWS | 709 jobs Pipelines | 673 jobs Testing | 625 jobs Data visualization | 605 jobs Scikit-learn | 581 jobs Azure | 563 jobs Tableau | 557 jobs TensorFlow | 535 jobs PyTorch | 512 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 | 1853 jobs Health care | 926 jobs Flex hours | 598 jobs Competitive pay | 539 jobs Insurance | 449 jobs Equity / stock options | 447 jobs Startup environment | 432 jobs Team events | 395 jobs Flex vacation | 367 jobs Salary bonus | 367 jobs Parental leave | 294 jobs Medical leave | 279 jobs Wellness | 254 jobs 401(k) matching | 241 jobs Conferences | 127 jobs Transparency | 90 jobs Relocation support | 84 jobs Fitness / gym | 79 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 75 jobs Gear | 69 jobsRelated salaries
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