Principal Data Scientist Salary in 2021

💰 The median Principal Data Scientist Salary in 2021 is USD 220,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 5 individual salaries reported during 2021

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Salary details

The average Principal Data Scientist salary lies between USD 173,762 and USD 235,000 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
Principal Data Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2021
Sample size
5
Top 10%
$ 416,000
Top 25%
$ 235,000
Median
$ 220,000
Bottom 25%
$ 173,762
Bottom 10%
$ 151,000

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

Last updated: May 12, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Principal Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Principal Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2021 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 39 jobs Machine Learning | 35 jobs Statistics | 32 jobs SQL | 28 jobs Engineering | 28 jobs R | 25 jobs Research | 24 jobs Computer Science | 24 jobs Spark | 18 jobs Testing | 18 jobs Mathematics | 17 jobs Data Mining | 16 jobs Big Data | 15 jobs AWS | 15 jobs PhD | 14 jobs Economics | 12 jobs Hadoop | 11 jobs R&D | 10 jobs Tableau | 8 jobs Agile | 8 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Principal Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Principal Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Flex vacation. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2021 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 41 jobs Flex hours | 18 jobs Flex vacation | 17 jobs Health care | 16 jobs Startup environment | 16 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Equity | 12 jobs Insurance | 10 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Competitive pay | 9 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Travel | 5 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs

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