How Much Do Data Science Jobs Pay in Sunnyvale? (November 2026)
As of November 2026, the median data science salary in Sunnyvale is $200,000 a year. Most roles pay between $156,480 and $275,520 (the 10th–90th percentile), drawn from 127 live salaried listings across 19 companies. All figures are converted to annual US dollars so different sources compare like-for-like.
How pay has moved
Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.
Highest-paying employers
- Matterport - Lead Machine Learning R&D EngineerSenior Machine Learning R&D Engineer – MatterportMatterport – Senior Machine Learning/Computer Vision Engineer – 3D Reconstruction and Semantic UnderstandingMatterport - Senior ML Ops EngineerAll Costar roles →
- Research Scientist - Humanoid RoboticsResearch Engineer - 3D Vision and Generation, Self-DrivingResearch Engineer - AI/RL InfrastructureResearch Engineer - Reinforcement Learning, Self-DrivingResearch Engineer - Robot LearningAll Applied Intuition roles →
- Sr. Engineering Manager, Analytics and Applied AIStaff Security ML ResearcherSr. Staff Data EngineerAll Illumio roles →
- Principal Machine Learning Engineer, TEAMPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads & Promos DeliveryDirector, Analytics, DashOSSenior Staff Machine Learning EngineerSenior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ConsumerAll DoorDash roles →
- Lead Data Scientist - Supply Chain Network Planning Design (applied ML)Lead ML Engineer - Advance AI (applied ML, LLM's, ML Ops)Sr Applied Data Scientist - Search and Browse (applied ML, LLMs, ML Ops)All Target roles →
Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in Sunnyvale; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.
Methodology: data science listings in Sunnyvale with a published salary, updated daily. Figures come from roles that are open right now. Ranges and single figures are converted to an annual US-dollar midpoint; hourly rates are annualised and out-of-band values dropped. Salary data is self-reported by employers and covers the roles that disclose pay — treat it as a directional guide, not a guarantee.