Lead Data Scientist Salary in 2022

💰 The median Lead Data Scientist Salary in 2022 is USD 109,217

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2022

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The average Lead Data Scientist salary lies between USD 56,723 and USD 172,309 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Lead Data Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2022
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 192,000
Top 25%
$ 172,309
Median
$ 109,217
Bottom 25%
$ 56,723
Bottom 10%
$ 29,944

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: May 19, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Lead Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Lead Data Scientist job listings are Machine Learning, Python and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Machine Learning | 107 jobs Python | 99 jobs Statistics | 79 jobs SQL | 74 jobs Engineering | 70 jobs Research | 65 jobs Computer Science | 53 jobs R | 48 jobs ML models | 40 jobs Mathematics | 40 jobs Testing | 33 jobs Scikit-learn | 31 jobs AWS | 30 jobs Big Data | 29 jobs TensorFlow | 29 jobs PyTorch | 29 jobs Spark | 29 jobs Agile | 29 jobs NLP | 28 jobs PhD | 26 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Lead Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Lead Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2022 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 95 jobs Health care | 33 jobs Team events | 33 jobs Flex hours | 30 jobs Startup environment | 30 jobs Flex vacation | 28 jobs Competitive pay | 23 jobs Equity | 19 jobs Insurance | 16 jobs Conferences | 15 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs 401(k) matching | 11 jobs Gear | 10 jobs Home office stipend | 8 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Relocation support | 5 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Lunch / meals | 3 jobs

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