Salary guide
| Measure | Annual pay (USD) |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | $161,000 |
| Median | $195,000 |
| 75th percentile | $237,000 |
| Lowest listing | $100,000 |
| Highest listing | $515,000 |
| Listings counted | 239 |
| Level | Listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | 88 | $178,000 |
| Lead | 9 | $207,000 |
| Company | Open listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Capital One | 33 | $154,000 |
| OpenAI | 15 | $396,000 |
| Roblox | 8 | $293,000 |
| 7 | $214,000 | |
| 6 | $270,000 | |
| Waymo | 6 | $248,000 |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | 6 | $185,000 |
| PayPal | 6 | $178,000 |
| Country | Currency | Listings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD | 213 | $193,000 | $160,000 to $239,000 |
Develop models and optimization approaches that improve upper-funnel marketing performance, such as spend allocation, channel mix optimization, budget pacing, media efficiency measurement, audience strategy, and forecasted revenue impact.
Design and implement scalable data architectures that support multiple software platform initiatives. Integrate data across software telemetry, hardware platforms, AI workloads, validation systems, engineering tools, benchmarking environments, and business systems.
Imagine making AI coding tools more effective for tens of thousands of Microsoft engineers— that’s what you’ll do on the Engineering Thrive Insights team.
This is an individual contributor position. In Emerging ML, you will work at all phases of the data science lifecycle, including:
Self-driving companies record every mile a car drives. Nobody records how it gets fixed. Repair expertise lives in technicians' heads: undocumented, unstructured, and disappearing as their shortage grows.
Lead the research process: Partner with our Chief AI Officer to set the research agenda, decide which questions are worth answering, and run the process from hypothesis to evidence to recommendation.
You’ll own and improve critical components of our most complex and most important forecasting model — working inside a modern, modular forecasting system and experimentation framework to drive step-change improvements in how well we forecast clients’ education benefit program.
As a Data Scientist, you'll work directly with clients and our internal delivery teams to build and deploy AI-powered solutions that transform how work gets done.
As the centralized Business Data Scientist on this team, you will serve as our quantitative modeling, telemetry, and analytics architect across all AI Foundations Finance pillars.
As a Business Data Scientist supporting marketing projects such as the Google Career Certificate, you will lead projects, translate business problems into investigative solutions, and guide our team to implement data science solutions, improve data, and build models for…
This role is responsible for providing analytical support for the Second Line oversight of Buy Now Pay Later products, including their Underwriting and Account Management practices, ensuring that the portfolio is properly managed and is operating according to strategic goals…
We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to join PayPal’s Global Collections Strategy team.
Partner with Engineers, Product Managers, and Business Partners to frame problems, both mathematically and within the business context. Perform exploratory data analysis to gain a deeper understanding of the problem.
Our Data Scientists are responsible for the entire model development lifecycle, from conception with stakeholders, through model development and productionization, to following through to see that the desired business impact is achieved — including circling back with…
Apply advanced statistical, analytical, and machine learning techniques to solve complex business and product problems, translating findings into measurable outcomes.
Viridian Therapeutics, Inc.New · 2d ago
Design, build, and maintain analysis-ready clinical data structures that integrate raw, SDTM, ADaM, PK/PD, biomarker, imaging, operational, and/or relevant external or public data.
Our partner is looking for a Staff Data Scientist based in the United States.
Smartsheet is looking for an experienced Senior Data Scientist II to build the ML models and AI sub-agents that drive growth, monetization, efficiency, and retention across the customer lifecycle.
Capital OneNew · 1d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
Capital OneNew · 1d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, analysts, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
Capital One · 7d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
We are seeking a Principal Data Scientist to serve as the data science lead for the Rentals Shopping pillar, the team that improves how millions of renters discover and secure their next home through Zillow’s marketplace.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · 5d ago
At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments that we refer to as Directorates within the Lab, focused on a specific area of scientific research or other function, with its own leadership team and dedicated budget.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · 5d ago
At PNNL, our core capabilities are divided among major departments that we refer to as Directorates within the Lab, focused on a specific area of scientific research or other function, with its own leadership team and dedicated budget.
We are driven by our mission to help members enjoy the wonders of sight through healthy eyes and vision.As a Versant Health associate, you can enjoy a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which includes health and dental insurance, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) with company…
Our partner is looking for a Sr. Data Scientist, Specialty Networks Solutions based in the United States.
Capital OneNew · 1d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, applied researchers, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver AI powered products that change how customers interact with their money.
Capital OneNew · 1d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to build a next-generation entity resolution solution that leverages cutting-edge machine learning approaches to solve real-world business problems.
Capital OneNew · 1d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
Capital OneNew · 1d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
Capital OneNew · 1d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, machine learning engineers, and product managers to deliver Generative AI solutions customers love.
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
In every other part of your life, you book in seconds. We’re here to give power to the patient. For nearly 20 years, we’ve built the leading healthcare marketplace - helping tens of millions of people find and book the care they need.
As part of the Peacock Data Science team, the Lead Data Scientist will be responsible for creating recommendation and personalization solutions for one or more verticals of Peacock Video Streaming Service.
This job will develop and implement data science models and algorithms to support business needs. You will work with stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions.
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver AI powered products that change how customers interact with their money.
AppFolio is more than a company. We’re a community of dreamers, big thinkers, problem solvers, active listeners, and multipliers. At every opportunity, we set the pace while delivering innovation built to carry real estate into the future.
Our team helps build the future strategic direction of eBay by defining where we play, how we win, and how we develop differentiated experiences for our customers.
We are looking for a Data Scientist to join our core Panel Science team. Our team is dedicated to building an uncompromising, mathematically rigorous single source of truth for enterprise consumer analytics.
Praxis is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to build and deploy the models, data products, and digital tools that help us develop drug substance and drug product processes, as well as the packaging and labeling that gets them to patients quickly and correctly the first time.
The Analytics team is responsible for generating actionable insights and analyses for the business, AB testing, data driven decision making and supporting Product, Marketing, and Finance teams to create significant impact for our users and business.
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, machine learning engineers and product managers to deliver AI powered products that change how customers interact with their money.
Capital One · 13d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
Combine business insight and the data science toolkit to support critical finance data science initiatives using traditional machine learning, Bayesian statistics, simulation, and optimization.
Contribute to our product roadmap and mission - to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love - using data and exploratory analysis to understand user behavior and trends, and identify opportunities for product innovation.
Capital One · 7d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
Capital OneNew · 1d ago
Partner with a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to deliver a product customers love.
The median Data Scientist salary in our $100k+ listings is $195,000 a year, based on 239 live USD listings. The middle half of listings pays $161,000 to $237,000. These figures cover only listings that publish a salary of $100k+ or more, so they sit above pay for Data Scientist roles overall.
Individual $100k+ Data Scientist listings range from $100,000 to $515,000 a year. The 25th percentile of listing midpoints is $161,000 and the 75th percentile is $237,000.
Median pay by level in our $100k+ listings: senior $178,000 (88 listings), lead $207,000 (9 listings). Levels with fewer than 5 listings are left out.
The companies with the most open $100k+ Data Scientist listings are Capital One (33 listings, median $154,000), OpenAI (15 listings, median $396,000), Roblox (8 listings, median $293,000), Pinterest (7 listings, median $214,000) and Reddit (6 listings, median $270,000).
The figures come from the salary ranges employers publish in their own job listings, collected from company career pages and applicant-tracking systems. Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range. Only USD listings go into the headline figures, and listings that are closed or stale are removed. The data was last refreshed on November 12, 2026.
Yes. Each listing is tagged remote, hybrid or on-site, and remote roles carry a region (US only, EMEA, APAC or global), so you can filter the live job list to the arrangement you want.
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