Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist during 2024 is USD 160,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 1043 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 206,000 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
Data Scientist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
1043
Top 10%
$ 243,800
Top 25%
$ 206,000
Median
$ 160,000
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 95,776

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

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 1754 jobs Machine Learning | 1602 jobs Statistics | 1525 jobs Engineering | 1321 jobs SQL | 1286 jobs Computer Science | 1000 jobs R | 983 jobs Mathematics | 938 jobs Research | 895 jobs ML models | 592 jobs Data analysis | 541 jobs AWS | 538 jobs Testing | 513 jobs PhD | 484 jobs Pipelines | 473 jobs NLP | 470 jobs Spark | 453 jobs Deep Learning | 420 jobs Big Data | 394 jobs Tableau | 389 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 1516 jobs Health care | 782 jobs Equity | 511 jobs Startup environment | 507 jobs Flex hours | 505 jobs Competitive pay | 446 jobs Flex vacation | 440 jobs Salary bonus | 415 jobs Insurance | 395 jobs Team events | 373 jobs Parental leave | 356 jobs Medical leave | 315 jobs Wellness | 232 jobs 401(k) matching | 188 jobs Home office stipend | 136 jobs Conferences | 115 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 82 jobs Transparency | 78 jobs Fitness / gym | 74 jobs Relocation support | 66 jobs

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