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Data Salaries

Real compensation data for data roles. Updated February 2026.

$149,303
Average Min
$198,399
Average Max
$191,439
Median Salary
$990,000
Top Salary
Entry level: $150,060
Senior level: $234,898
Top earners: $280,959

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Highest Paying Data Roles

Top data job titles ranked by average maximum salary.

1

Head of Data

4 open positions

$249,075 - $306,425
salary range
2

Senior AI/ML Engineer II

5 open positions

$216,600 - $275,600
salary range
3

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

16 open positions

$198,732 - $262,888
salary range
4

Director of Data

4 open positions

$179,376 - $279,262
salary range
5

Applied Machine Learning Engineer

7 open positions

$198,886 - $258,429
salary range
6

Staff Data Scientist

18 open positions

$175,445 - $236,104
salary range
7

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer

9 open positions

$171,800 - $235,000
salary range
8

Staff Data Engineer

27 open positions

$169,810 - $222,876
salary range
9

Lead Data Scientist

5 open positions

$161,880 - $225,910
salary range
10

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

29 open positions

$159,119 - $225,169
salary range
11

Lead Data Engineer

6 open positions

$171,333 - $205,000
salary range
12

Data Science Manager

6 open positions

$156,054 - $201,868
salary range
13

Applied AI Engineer

9 open positions

$156,692 - $199,148
salary range
14

AI Engineer

13 open positions

$142,677 - $209,408
salary range
15

Senior Data Scientist

52 open positions

$151,632 - $199,304
salary range

Data Salary by Experience Level

How data salaries vary based on seniority and experience.

Senior

$218,488
average max salary
Range: $165,601 - $218,488
Based on 886 jobs

Entry/Junior

$117,436
average max salary
Range: $91,250 - $117,436
Based on 22 jobs

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Data Salary by Region

Compare data compensation across different geographic regions.

North America

814 jobs

$157,011 - $208,055
salary range

Worldwide

818 jobs

$142,282 - $189,679
salary range

Europe

8 jobs

$132,125 - $161,625
salary range

Top Paying Companies for Data

Companies offering the highest data salaries based on their job listings.

1

Pinterest

16 jobs with salary

$210,106 - $392,839
salary range
2

XPENG

11 jobs with salary

$206,333 - $349,178
salary range
3

Roblox

10 jobs with salary

$238,653 - $288,503
salary range
4

Discord

18 jobs with salary

$231,778 - $260,750
salary range
5

Torc Robotics

8 jobs with salary

$198,463 - $292,663
salary range
6

Quizlet 2

10 jobs with salary

$205,306 - $283,310
salary range
7

Headway

11 jobs with salary

$215,545 - $258,127
salary range
8

Faire

9 jobs with salary

$190,222 - $261,556
salary range
9

Unity Technologies

8 jobs with salary

$181,238 - $268,000
salary range
10

Flex

11 jobs with salary

$210,000 - $229,091
salary range

Recent Data Jobs with Salary

Latest data job postings with published compensation.

Senior Data Scientist

Blueprint Technologies • Redmond, WA

$130,000 - $140,000

Machine Learning Engineer

Greenhouse • Anywhere in the United States

$141,000 - $176,750

Staff Medical Affairs - Data Analyst, FTC 18 months (UK) # 4472

GRAIL • London, UK

$89,000 - $111,000

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Greenhouse • Anywhere in the United States

$154,000 - $192,750

Senior Big Data Engineer

Blueprint Technologies • Remote

$100,000 - $110,000

Senior BI Engineer

StackAdapt • Canada

$114,400 - $135,850
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Real Job Data

Salaries from actual data job postings.

Updated Regularly

Data refreshed as new jobs are posted.

USD Based

All figures in US Dollars, annual.