United States
Job Market ObservatoryUnited States

Data Scientist: job description, salary and skills in United States

Reference estimate Updated November 2026
Median salary
145 000.00 USD

Salary range (gross annual)

110 000.00 USD Junior (P10)
145 000.00 USD Median
180 000.00 USD Senior (P90)
Entry levelMarketExpert

Source: Reference estimate · sample ≥ 30 (GDPR).

Most in-demand skills

  • PythonDocumented skill
  • RDocumented skill
  • SQLDocumented skill
  • Machine LearningDocumented skill
  • StatistiquesDocumented skill
  • Deep LearningDocumented skill
  • PandasDocumented skill
  • Data VisualizationDocumented skill

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