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salary report · updated november 2026

How Much Do Data Science Jobs Pay in the USA? (November 2026)

As of November 2026, the median data science salary in the USA is $180,000 a year. Most roles pay between $104,450 and $274,500 (the 10th–90th percentile), drawn from 5357 live salaried listings across 1037 companies. All figures are converted to annual US dollars so different sources compare like-for-like.

Median salary
$180,000
per year · annual USD
Typical range
$104k – $275k
10th–90th percentile
Range seen
$10k – $969k
lowest to highest
Sample
5357
salaried listings · 1037 companies
Data Scientist payData Engineer payAI Engineer payData Analyst payMachine Learning Engineer payResearch Scientist payAnalytics Engineer pay payMLOps pay

How pay has moved

$79k$205k$332kAug 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026

Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.

Highest-paying employers

  1. #1
    R
    Rain
    4 salaried listings in the USA
    $524,500
    median
    Data Scientist - Fraud Risk$50k – $1000k·New York, NYFinancial Crimes & Risk Data Analyst$50k – $999k·District of ColumbiaSenior Product Data Analyst$50k – $999k·New York, NYMachine Learning Engineer - Fraud Risk$170k – $240k·New York, NY
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  2. #2
    A
    Anthropic
    66 salaried listings in the USA
    $402,500
    median
    Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed Systems$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Research Scientist, RL Frontiers$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Scientist, Pre-training$500k – $850k·RemoteResearch Engineer, Chip Design RL$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CA
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  3. #3
    AI
    Arc Institute
    3 salaried listings in the USA
    $400,000
    median
    Director, Machine Learning, Alzheimer's Disease Initiative$380k – $420k·Palo Alto, CADirector, Machine Learning, Virtual Cell Initiative$380k – $420k·Palo Alto, CASoftware Engineer, ML Infrastructure$191k – $237k·Palo Alto, CA
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  4. #4
    E
    EarnIn
    2 salaried listings in the USA
    $384,500
    median
    Head of Machine Learning$477k – $583k·Mountain View, USStaff Analytics, Product & Marketing$215k – $263k·Mountain View, US
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  5. #5
    O
    OpenAI
    60 salaried listings in the USA
    $381,250
    median
    Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Foundations, Search$380k – $850k·San FranciscoResearch Scientist / Research Engineer, Search - Knowledge Graphs$380k – $850k·San FranciscoResearch Scientist / Research Engineer, Search Integrity$380k – $850k·San FranciscoResearch Engineer, Privacy$500k+·San FranciscoData Engineering Manager, Growth & Revenue$459k – $536k·San Francisco
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Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in the USA; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.

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Data science pay elsewhere

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Methodology: data science listings in the USA 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.