Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist during 2025 is USD 160,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 3960 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 200,000 globally. 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
3960
Top 10%
$ 247,500
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 160,000
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 5742 jobs Machine Learning | 5437 jobs Statistics | 4554 jobs Engineering | 4330 jobs SQL | 4142 jobs Computer Science | 3216 jobs ML models | 2761 jobs Research | 2711 jobs Mathematics | 2695 jobs R | 2694 jobs AWS | 2317 jobs Testing | 2119 jobs Deep Learning | 1942 jobs Pipelines | 1843 jobs LLMs | 1775 jobs Data analysis | 1771 jobs GCP | 1587 jobs TensorFlow | 1554 jobs Data visualization | 1506 jobs Spark | 1500 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 5058 jobs Health care | 2531 jobs Equity / stock options | 1803 jobs Startup environment | 1743 jobs Competitive pay | 1737 jobs Insurance | 1650 jobs Flex hours | 1645 jobs Salary bonus | 1414 jobs Parental leave | 1157 jobs Flex vacation | 1119 jobs Medical leave | 1023 jobs Team events | 1012 jobs 401(k) matching | 625 jobs Wellness | 624 jobs Conferences | 335 jobs Transparency | 264 jobs Home office stipend | 214 jobs Relocation support | 211 jobs Fitness / gym | 169 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 165 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 160,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 130,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 181,100 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Data Scientist @ $ 65,412 (Netherlands) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 51,536 (Lithuania) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 35,743 (India) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 76,631 (Ireland) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 69,620 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 82,278 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 94,151 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 57,894 (France) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 34,210 (Spain) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 68,421 (Germany) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 99,700 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Scientist @ $ 108,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 138,642 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 129,150 (Canada) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 109,026 (Australia) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 46,842 (Austria) Details

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