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Data Scientist salary

102 posted ranges at 34 companies · median $255k · H-1B median $191k (1,955 filings)

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By level

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

LevelPostedH-1B
EntryH-1B onlyNo ranges$129k34 filings
MidH-1B onlyNo ranges$163k182 filings
Senior27 posted$227k$191k to $259k$197k316 filings
Staff22 posted$257k$220k to $291k$226k72 filings
PrincipalH-1B onlyNo ranges$250k13 filings
Manager10 posted$272k$229k to $320k$250k67 filings
Director and upH-1B onlyNo ranges$258k3 filings
Not stated43 posted$308k$210k to $350k$191k1,268 filings

By company

CompanyPosted
OpenAI18 posted ranges$332k$280k to $385k
Waymo11 posted ranges$257k$230k to $284k
Databricks6 posted ranges$226k$192k to $260k
Duolingo6 posted ranges$215k$183k to $247k
Anthropic5 posted ranges$333k$285k to $380k
Suno5 posted ranges$270k$220k to $320k
Plaid5 posted ranges$227k$191k to $263k
Roblox4 posted ranges$268k$243k to $293k
Zoox4 posted ranges$241k$197k to $285k
Robinhood3 posted ranges$236k$217k to $255k
Discord3 posted ranges$233k$221k to $245k
Snowflake3 posted ranges$224k$184k to $265k
Twitch3 posted ranges$160k$136k to $184k
Replit2 posted ranges$210k to $330k2 postings
Mercury2 posted ranges$203k to $275k2 postings
Cohere2 posted ranges$160k to $293k2 postings
Airbnb2 posted ranges$202k to $245k2 postings
Spotify2 posted ranges$106k to $151k2 postings
Mercor1 posted range$160k to $500kone posting
Character.AI1 posted range$250k to $300kone posting
Perplexity1 posted range$175k to $330kone posting
Stripe1 posted range$193k to $288kone posting
Fivetran1 posted range$209k to $262kone posting
Render1 posted range$195k to $268kone posting
Descript1 posted range$200k to $250kone posting
Baseten1 posted range$185k to $260kone posting
Intercom1 posted range$207k to $229kone posting
Ramp1 posted range$137k to $297kone posting
Abridge1 posted range$195k to $225kone posting
Harvey1 posted range$155k to $260kone posting
Coinbase1 posted range$180k to $212kone posting
Decagon1 posted range$165k to $215kone posting
Vanta1 posted range$172k to $202kone posting
Figma1 posted range$170k to $178kone posting

Posted ranges

102 postings

PostingRange
Applied Data Science & Insights Leader - GTM Intelligence Solutions and Technical Success (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$441kto $515k
Data Scientist, Ads Demand (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$293kto $515k
Data Scientist, SMB Ads Growth (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$293kto $515k
Data Scientist, Cybersecurity (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedRemote (US)$263kto $515k
Machine Learning Data Scientist, Forecasting (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$340kto $500k
Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercorNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $500k
Data Scientist, Business (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$345kto $440k
Data Scientist, Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $385k
Data Scientist, Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $385k
Data Scientist, Codex (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $385k
Data Scientist, Platform and B2B Products (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $385k
Data Scientist, Financial Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $385k
Data Scientist, B2B Demand Generation, Growth & Measurement (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$293kto $385k
Data Scientist, Preparedness (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$345kto $385k
Data Scientist, Core Experimentation (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSeattle area$347kto $385k
Data Scientist, Real Estate & Workplace (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$266kto $385k
Data Scientist, GTM (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$285kto $380k
Data Scientist, Policy (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$285kto $380k
Data Scientist, Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$285kto $380k
Data Scientist, Safeguards (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$285kto $380k
Lead Data Scientist, Platform Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$285kto $380k
Data Scientist, Safety (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$265kto $380k
Senior Data Science Manager, Driving Quality (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Data Scientist, Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)ReplitNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$210kto $350k
Senior Manager, Product Data Science - Fleet Optimization and Orchestration (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$272kto $336k
Senior Manager, Product Data Science - Operations & Intelligence (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$272kto $336k
Member of Data Staff (Data Scientist) (the posting, opens in a new tab)PerplexityStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$175kto $330k
Data Science Manager - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidManagerNew York City$216kto $329k
Senior Manager, Product Data Science (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$227kto $327k
Data Scientist, Inference Capacity Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$293kto $325k
Lead Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)CohereSeniorRemote (US)$190kto $325k
Senior Data Scientist, Consumer Apps (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$264kto $323k
Senior Data Scientist - Consumer Frontend (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$264kto $323k
Senior Data Scientist, Content + Social (the posting, opens in a new tab)SunoSeniorNew York City$220kto $320k
Staff Data Scientist, Mobile Consumer Create (the posting, opens in a new tab)SunoStaffLos Angeles area$220kto $320k
Senior / Staff Data Scientist, Growth Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)SunoStaffNew York City$220kto $320k
Senior / Staff Data Scientist, Trust & Safety (the posting, opens in a new tab)SunoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$220kto $320k
Senior / Staff Data Scientist, Growth Monetization (the posting, opens in a new tab)SunoStaffNew York City$220kto $320k
Senior Manager, Infrastructure Data Science (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$229kto $314k
Senior Manager, Infrastructure Data Science (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$229kto $314k
Staff Data Scientist, Causal Inference & Experimentation (the posting, opens in a new tab)DiscordStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$279kto $310k
Data Scientist, Trust & Safety (the posting, opens in a new tab)ReplitNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$210kto $310k
Staff Data Scientist, Weather (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Data Scientist - Behavior Evaluation (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$256kto $307k
Senior Data Science Manager, User Growth (the posting, opens in a new tab)DuolingoManagerNew York City$204kto $306k
Senior Data Science Manager, User Growth (the posting, opens in a new tab)DuolingoManagerPittsburgh$204kto $306k
Staff Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $302k
Staff Data Scientist, Monetization (the posting, opens in a new tab)Character.AIStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $300k
Staff Data Scientist - Risk ML (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercuryStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$239kto $299k
Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)RampNot statedNew York City$137kto $297k
Senior Data Science Manager, Algorithms (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$247kto $290k
Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)StripeNot statedSeattle area$193kto $288k
Senior Data Scientist - Verification & Validation (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$209kto $285k
Software Engineer, Fleet Simulation (Core Data Science) (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$185kto $285k
Staff Product Data Scientist, Experimentation (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Staff Product Data Scientist, Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Staff Product Data Scientist, Paid Media (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Senior Staff Data Scientist, Guest & Host Marketplace AI (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbStaffRemote (US)$224kto $280k
Senior/Staff Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)RenderStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$195kto $268k
GTM Staff Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$184kto $265k
Senior Data Scientist - Discovery (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$193kto $264k
Senior Data Scientist, Engine Infra (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$221kto $264k
Senior Data Scientist, Simulation Capacity Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Data Scientist - Network Value (Plaid App) (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$191kto $263k
Senior Data Scientist - Network Value (Credit) (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$191kto $263k
Senior Data Scientist - Embedded Insights (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$191kto $263k
Senior Pricing Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)FivetranSeniorRemote (US)$209kto $262k
Staff Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$192kto $260k
Staff Data Scientist - Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$192kto $260k
Staff Data Scientist - Trust and Safety (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$192kto $260k
Data Scientist, North Insights (the posting, opens in a new tab)CohereNot statedRemote (US)$130kto $260k
Data Scientist, Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)HarveyNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$155kto $260k
Data Scientist (Analytics) (the posting, opens in a new tab)BasetenNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$185kto $260k
Senior Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Staff Data Scientist, ML (Credit Risk) (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$217kto $255k
Staff Data Scientist, ML (People Analytics & Insights) (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$217kto $255k
Senior Data Scientist - Risk ML (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercurySeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$167kto $251k
Lead Data Scientist, Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)DescriptSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $250k
Senior Data Scientist, Growth Forecasting (the posting, opens in a new tab)DuolingoSeniorNew York City$183kto $247k
Senior Data Scientist, Growth Forecasting (the posting, opens in a new tab)DuolingoSeniorPittsburgh$183kto $247k
Senior Data Scientist, User Growth (the posting, opens in a new tab)DuolingoSeniorPittsburgh$183kto $247k
Senior Data Scientist, User Growth (the posting, opens in a new tab)DuolingoSeniorNew York City$183kto $247k
Senior Data Scientist, Causal Inference + Experimentation (the posting, opens in a new tab)DiscordSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$221kto $245k
Forward Deployed Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)IntercomNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$207kto $229k
Data Scientist - Perception Verification and Validation (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxNot statedBoston area$167kto $228k
Data Scientist - Fraud (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidNot statedNew York City$176kto $227k
Senior Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)AbridgeSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$195kto $225k
Senior Data Scientist - Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$168kto $221k
People Research Data Scientist, AI Fairness & Bias (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$198kto $220k
Senior Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$123kto $218k
Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Agent Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)DecagonNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$165kto $215k
Senior Data Scientist, CX Analytics (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoinbaseSeniorRemote (US)$180kto $212k
Senior Data Scientist - Payments (Inference) (the posting, opens in a new tab)AirbnbSeniorRemote (US)$179kto $210k
Senior Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)VantaSeniorRemote (US)$172kto $202k
Data Scientist - Client Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)DiscordNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$160kto $200k
Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)TwitchNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$136kto $184k
Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)TwitchNot statedNew York City$136kto $184k
Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)TwitchNot statedSeattle area$136kto $184k
Data Scientist, Core Data - PhD (2026) (the posting, opens in a new tab)FigmaNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $178k
Data Scientist - Music Mission (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpotifyNot statedNew York City$117kto $167k
Data Scientist - Music Promotion (the posting, opens in a new tab)SpotifyNot statedNew York City$95kto $135k
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By city

CityPosted
San Francisco Bay Area74 posted ranges$269k$228k to $301k
New York City12 posted ranges$216k$183k to $272k
Remote (US)8 posted ranges$216k$185k to $261k
Seattle area3 posted ranges$241k$193k to $288k
Pittsburgh3 posted ranges$215k$183k to $247k
Los Angeles area1 posted range$220k to $320kone posting
Boston area1 posted range$167k to $228kone posting

H-1B by prevailing-wage level

The level the employer chose on the filing: I is entry, IV is fully competent. FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

Level I: $149k (147) · Level II: $168k (490) · Level III: $191k (499) · Level IV: $218k (402)

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q1492$182k
FY2025 Q2681$178k
FY2025 Q3630$183k
FY2025 Q4366$197k
FY2026 Q1252$198k
FY2026 Q2523$187k
FY2026 Q3814$189k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 21102$255k

Recent changes

DatePosting
Sep 24Senior Data Scientist, CompBioinsitroData ScientistPosted with no range
Sep 24Lead Data Scientist, ProductDescriptData ScientistPosted at $200k to $250k
Sep 24Senior / Staff Data Scientist, Growth MonetizationSunoData ScientistPosted at $220k to $320k
Sep 24Senior / Staff Data Scientist, Trust & SafetySunoData ScientistPosted at $220k to $320k
Sep 24Senior / Staff Data Scientist, Growth ProductSunoData ScientistPosted at $220k to $320k
Sep 24Staff Data Scientist, Mobile Consumer CreateSunoData ScientistPosted at $220k to $320k
Sep 24Senior Data Scientist, Content + SocialSunoData ScientistPosted at $220k to $320k
Sep 24Senior Data ScientistCrusoeData ScientistPosted with no range

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