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Data Salaries

Real compensation data for data roles. Updated December 2025.

$161,313
Average Min
$216,399
Average Max
$211,195
Median Salary
$514,500
Top Salary
Entry level: $171,468
Senior level: $253,379
Top earners: $302,480

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Highest Paying Data Roles

Top data job titles ranked by average maximum salary.

1

Principal AI/ML Engineer - AdTech

3 open positions

$300,000 - $400,000
salary range
2

Head of Data

2 open positions

$277,150 - $320,350
salary range
3

Staff Applied AI Engineer

2 open positions

$248,500 - $305,000
salary range
4

Principal AI Engineer

2 open positions

$225,000 - $325,000
salary range
5

Senior Staff Data Scientist

2 open positions

$215,100 - $301,250
salary range
6

Senior Applied AI Engineer

3 open positions

$206,000 - $269,333
salary range
7

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

11 open positions

$198,035 - $271,109
salary range
8

Director of Data

5 open positions

$179,376 - $279,262
salary range
9

Staff Data Engineer

11 open positions

$188,114 - $246,302
salary range
10

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer

3 open positions

$173,667 - $218,083
salary range
11

AI Engineer

6 open positions

$147,115 - $238,375
salary range
12

Senior Staff Data Engineer

3 open positions

$171,333 - $213,667
salary range
13

Staff Data Scientist

6 open positions

$151,033 - $232,700
salary range
14

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

6 open positions

$157,738 - $214,000
salary range
15

Senior AI Engineer

5 open positions

$159,920 - $211,500
salary range

Data Salary by Experience Level

How data salaries vary based on seniority and experience.

Senior

$233,334
average max salary
Range: $176,924 - $233,334
Based on 416 jobs

Entry/Junior

$123,000
average max salary
Range: $105,240 - $123,000
Based on 5 jobs

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Data Salary by Region

Compare data compensation across different geographic regions.

North America

371 jobs

$172,134 - $230,712
salary range

Worldwide

350 jobs

$149,869 - $201,336
salary range

Top Paying Companies for Data

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

1

Zeta Global

3 jobs with salary

$300,000 - $400,000
salary range
2

EarnIn

4 jobs with salary

$263,025 - $321,475
salary range
3

Block

12 jobs with salary

$227,258 - $340,892
salary range
4

Pinterest

17 jobs with salary

$177,370 - $341,044
salary range
5

Roblox

14 jobs with salary

$236,049 - $282,301
salary range
6

Quizlet 2

7 jobs with salary

$204,426 - $285,086
salary range
7

Waymo

14 jobs with salary

$211,929 - $272,071
salary range
8

Airbnb

12 jobs with salary

$216,083 - $267,667
salary range
9

Harvey

5 jobs with salary

$209,400 - $269,600
salary range
10

Moveworks

5 jobs with salary

$190,800 - $275,000
salary range

Recent Data Jobs with Salary

Latest data job postings with published compensation.

Senior Data Scientist - Growth / Care

Grow Therapy • New York (HQ), San Francisco, or Seattle preferred; remote candidates welcome

$182,000 - $228,000

Senior Analytics Engineer

GlossGenius • New York, NY

$173,000 - $200,000

Sr. Political Data Scientist

Goodparty • Remote

$136,000 - $170,000

Data Engineer - Data Science

LinkedIn • Mountain View

$102,000 - $165,000

Staff Data Scientist - Growth / Care

Grow Therapy • New York (HQ), San Francisco, or Seattle preferred; remote candidates welcome

$200,000 - $250,000

Data Scientist, Advertising Products & Solutions

NBCUniversal • New York

$95,000 - $130,000
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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.