15 Series · SOC 15-2051

Data Scientists

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$112,590

per year

Median Hourly

$54.13/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$124,590

average

Employment

233,440

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$63,650$82,630$112,590$155,810$194,410
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$30.60$39.73$54.13$74.91$93.47
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$63,650

25th Percentile

$82,630

Median

$112,590

75th Percentile

$155,810

90th Percentile

$194,410

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Washington $158,760 +41% above national
2 District of Columbia $137,120 +22% above national
3 California $136,800 +22% above national
4 Massachusetts $132,250 +17% above national
5 New Jersey $130,370 +16% above national
6 Virginia $126,070 +12% above national
7 New York $125,400 +11% above national
8 Maryland $124,340 +10% above national
9 Hawaii $123,880 +10% above national
10 Vermont $120,670 +7% above national
11 Minnesota $117,840 +5% above national
12 Utah $116,420 +3% above national
13 North Carolina $115,380 +2% above national
14 Rhode Island $114,390 +2% above national
15 Illinois $113,490 +1% above national
16 Kansas $110,320 2% below national
17 Connecticut $109,960 2% below national
18 Idaho $109,340 3% below national
19 Montana $106,860 5% below national
20 Texas $106,540 5% below national
21 Colorado $106,500 5% below national
22 Oregon $106,100 6% below national
23 Arizona $106,080 6% below national
24 Florida $105,820 6% below national
25 Alabama $105,410 6% below national
26 Tennessee $104,700 7% below national
27 Arkansas $104,320 7% below national
28 Georgia $102,630 9% below national
29 Pennsylvania $100,320 11% below national
30 Wisconsin $100,020 11% below national
31 Michigan $99,470 12% below national
32 New Hampshire $98,970 12% below national
33 Ohio $98,620 12% below national
34 Iowa $97,980 13% below national
35 Nebraska $96,470 14% below national
36 North Dakota $96,230 15% below national
37 Wyoming $95,840 15% below national
38 West Virginia $95,760 15% below national
39 Maine $94,350 16% below national
40 Kentucky $93,490 17% below national
41 Nevada $93,310 17% below national
42 South Dakota $92,000 18% below national
43 South Carolina $90,660 19% below national
44 Missouri $85,570 24% below national
45 New Mexico $85,040 24% below national
46 Indiana $84,050 25% below national
47 Oklahoma $80,380 29% below national
48 Alaska $77,400 31% below national
49 Puerto Rico $70,690 37% below national
50 Louisiana $70,530 37% below national
51 Mississippi $69,430 38% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $173,160 +54% above national
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $166,300 +48% above national
3 Idaho Falls, ID $164,030 +46% above national
4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $157,290 +40% above national
5 Naples-Marco Island, FL $145,030 +29% above national
6 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $139,660 +24% above national
7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $135,190 +20% above national
8 Bellingham, WA $134,530 +19% above national
9 Bloomington, IL $133,340 +18% above national
10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $131,830 +17% above national
11 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $131,110 +16% above national
12 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $130,710 +16% above national
13 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $130,590 +16% above national
14 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $129,360 +15% above national
15 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $127,770 +13% above national
16 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $127,200 +13% above national
17 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $125,250 +11% above national
18 Pittsfield, MA $125,010 +11% above national
19 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $124,440 +11% above national
20 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $124,270 +10% above national
21 Urban Honolulu, HI $123,950 +10% above national
22 Springfield, MA $123,810 +10% above national
23 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $123,090 +9% above national
24 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $123,060 +9% above national
25 Barnstable Town, MA $123,020 +9% above national
26 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $122,440 +9% above national
27 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $122,370 +9% above national
28 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $122,170 +9% above national
29 Boulder, CO $121,870 +8% above national
30 Dover, DE $121,590 +8% above national
31 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $120,880 +7% above national
32 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $120,840 +7% above national
33 Worcester, MA $120,130 +7% above national
34 Lexington Park, MD $120,110 +7% above national
35 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $119,860 +6% above national
36 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $119,760 +6% above national
37 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $118,820 +6% above national
38 Vallejo, CA $118,180 +5% above national
39 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $117,940 +5% above national
40 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $117,060 +4% above national
41 Richmond, VA $117,020 +4% above national
42 Colorado Springs, CO $116,900 +4% above national
43 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $116,890 +4% above national
44 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $116,480 +3% above national
45 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $116,040 +3% above national
46 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $115,700 +3% above national
47 Grand Forks, ND-MN $115,370 +2% above national
48 Bozeman, MT $114,620 +2% above national
49 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $114,390 +2% above national
50 Greeley, CO $114,270 +1% above national
51 Salem, OR $113,990 +1% above national
52 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $113,390 +1% above national
53 Stockton-Lodi, CA $113,220 +1% above national
54 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $112,640 same as national
55 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $112,400 same as national
56 Akron, OH $112,310 same as national
57 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $112,310 same as national
58 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $111,550 1% below national
59 Corvallis, OR $110,880 2% below national
60 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $110,010 2% below national
61 Midland, TX $109,560 3% below national
62 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $109,230 3% below national
63 Lynchburg, VA $108,980 3% below national
64 Ann Arbor, MI $108,550 4% below national
65 Huntsville, AL $108,260 4% below national
66 Greenville, NC $107,970 4% below national
67 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $107,850 4% below national
68 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $107,030 5% below national
69 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $106,990 5% below national
70 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $106,850 5% below national
71 Niles, MI $106,690 5% below national
72 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $106,610 5% below national
73 Billings, MT $106,140 6% below national
74 New Haven, CT $105,770 6% below national
75 Charlottesville, VA $105,660 6% below national
76 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $105,590 6% below national
77 Lubbock, TX $105,540 6% below national
78 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $105,380 6% below national
79 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $105,360 6% below national
80 Fayetteville, NC $105,330 6% below national
81 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $104,970 7% below national
82 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $104,710 7% below national
83 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $104,480 7% below national
84 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $104,140 8% below national
85 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $103,710 8% below national
86 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $103,700 8% below national
87 Mobile, AL $103,670 8% below national
88 Bend, OR $103,640 8% below national
89 Corpus Christi, TX $103,620 8% below national
90 Asheville, NC $103,480 8% below national
91 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $103,440 8% below national
92 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $103,300 8% below national
93 Ocala, FL $103,290 8% below national
94 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $103,200 8% below national
95 Boise City, ID $103,170 8% below national
96 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $102,850 9% below national
97 Raleigh-Cary, NC $102,690 9% below national
98 Jacksonville, FL $102,680 9% below national
99 St. George, UT $102,680 9% below national
100 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $102,200 9% below national
101 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $102,030 9% below national
102 Sheboygan, WI $101,800 10% below national
103 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $101,760 10% below national
104 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $101,680 10% below national
105 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $101,210 10% below national
106 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $100,990 10% below national
107 Green Bay, WI $100,820 10% below national
108 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $100,680 11% below national
109 Yuma, AZ $100,500 11% below national
110 Columbus, OH $100,480 11% below national
111 Janesville-Beloit, WI $100,460 11% below national
112 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $100,420 11% below national
113 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $100,360 11% below national
114 Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $100,330 11% below national
115 Saginaw, MI $100,100 11% below national
116 Wausau, WI $100,090 11% below national
117 Albany, GA $100,060 11% below national
118 Columbus, GA-AL $100,030 11% below national
119 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $100,020 11% below national
120 Kenosha, WI $99,880 11% below national
121 Appleton, WI $99,850 11% below national
122 Eau Claire, WI $99,850 11% below national
123 Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $99,840 11% below national
124 Manchester-Nashua, NH $99,730 11% below national
125 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX $99,560 12% below national
126 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $99,480 12% below national
127 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $99,350 12% below national
128 Portland-South Portland, ME $99,330 12% below national
129 College Station-Bryan, TX $99,040 12% below national
130 Syracuse, NY $99,020 12% below national
131 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $98,970 12% below national
132 Amarillo, TX $98,940 12% below national
133 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $98,770 12% below national
134 Madison, WI $98,510 13% below national
135 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $98,460 13% below national
136 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $98,170 13% below national
137 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $98,030 13% below national
138 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $97,970 13% below national
139 Reading, PA $97,900 13% below national
140 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $97,840 13% below national
141 Winston-Salem, NC $97,810 13% below national
142 Eugene-Springfield, OR $97,690 13% below national
143 Fargo, ND-MN $97,490 13% below national
144 San Angelo, TX $97,270 14% below national
145 Omaha, NE-IA $97,180 14% below national
146 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $97,150 14% below national
147 Greensboro-High Point, NC $97,040 14% below national
148 Peoria, IL $96,990 14% below national
149 Longview, TX $96,900 14% below national
150 Wilmington, NC $96,670 14% below national
151 Birmingham, AL $96,590 14% below national
152 Kingston, NY $96,590 14% below national
153 Kansas City, MO-KS $96,540 14% below national
154 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $96,480 14% below national
155 Cleveland, OH $96,470 14% below national
156 Salinas, CA $96,440 14% below national
157 Pittsburgh, PA $96,370 14% below national
158 Chattanooga, TN-GA $96,350 14% below national
159 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $96,330 14% below national
160 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $96,280 14% below national
161 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $96,240 15% below national
162 Springfield, IL $96,220 15% below national
163 Medford, OR $96,160 15% below national
164 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $96,130 15% below national
165 Jackson, MS $96,040 15% below national
166 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $95,960 15% below national
167 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $95,890 15% below national
168 Joplin, MO-KS $95,880 15% below national
169 Casper, WY $95,840 15% below national
170 Columbus, IN $95,680 15% below national
171 Grand Junction, CO $95,400 15% below national
172 Abilene, TX $95,310 15% below national
173 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $95,020 16% below national
174 Roanoke, VA $94,960 16% below national
175 Waco, TX $94,540 16% below national
176 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $94,390 16% below national
177 Chambersburg, PA $94,380 16% below national
178 Cedar Rapids, IA $94,260 16% below national
179 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $94,190 16% below national
180 Napa, CA $94,170 16% below national
181 Redding, CA $94,170 16% below national
182 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $93,820 17% below national
183 Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $93,790 17% below national
184 York-Hanover, PA $93,770 17% below national
185 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $93,440 17% below national
186 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $93,220 17% below national
187 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $93,220 17% below national
188 Port St. Lucie, FL $93,200 17% below national
189 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $93,110 17% below national
190 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $93,000 17% below national
191 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $92,870 18% below national
192 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $92,730 18% below national
193 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $91,980 18% below national
194 Reno, NV $91,790 18% below national
195 Wichita, KS $91,740 19% below national
196 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $91,590 19% below national
197 Ogden, UT $91,580 19% below national
198 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $91,520 19% below national
199 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $91,360 19% below national
200 Knoxville, TN $91,140 19% below national
201 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $91,110 19% below national
202 Jackson, MI $91,060 19% below national
203 Columbia, SC $90,780 19% below national
204 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $90,750 19% below national
205 Dalton, GA $90,670 19% below national
206 St. Louis, MO-IL $90,330 20% below national
207 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $90,280 20% below national
208 Tyler, TX $89,920 20% below national
209 Elizabethtown, KY $89,780 20% below national
210 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $89,750 20% below national
211 Fresno, CA $89,680 20% below national
212 Macon-Bibb County, GA $89,170 21% below national
213 Lincoln, NE $89,160 21% below national
214 Killeen-Temple, TX $89,060 21% below national
215 Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area $88,920 21% below national
216 Binghamton, NY $88,110 22% below national
217 South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $87,520 22% below national
218 Lancaster, PA $87,470 22% below national
219 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $87,070 23% below national
220 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $86,930 23% below national
221 Spartanburg, SC $86,650 23% below national
222 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $86,240 23% below national
223 Anchorage, AK $86,120 24% below national
224 Dubuque, IA $86,070 24% below national
225 Albuquerque, NM $85,690 24% below national
226 Rockford, IL $85,590 24% below national
227 Oklahoma City, OK $85,470 24% below national
228 State College, PA $85,370 24% below national
229 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $85,370 24% below national
230 Midland, MI $85,110 24% below national
231 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $84,690 25% below national
232 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $84,600 25% below national
233 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $84,560 25% below national
234 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $83,970 25% below national
235 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $83,950 25% below national
236 Tucson, AZ $83,930 25% below national
237 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX $83,900 25% below national
238 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $83,830 26% below national
239 Fort Wayne, IN $83,770 26% below national
240 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $83,680 26% below national
241 Visalia, CA $83,650 26% below national
242 Flagstaff, AZ $83,440 26% below national
243 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $83,230 26% below national
244 East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $83,230 26% below national
245 Bloomington, IN $83,220 26% below national
246 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $83,210 26% below national
247 Champaign-Urbana, IL $82,960 26% below national
248 Columbia, MO $82,860 26% below national
249 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $82,830 26% below national
250 Modesto, CA $82,790 26% below national
251 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $82,640 27% below national
252 Rochester, NY $82,350 27% below national
253 Charleston, WV $82,110 27% below national
254 Lexington-Fayette, KY $81,950 27% below national
255 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $81,900 27% below national
256 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $81,780 27% below national
257 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $81,660 27% below national
258 Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area $81,550 28% below national
259 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $81,250 28% below national
260 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $81,000 28% below national
261 Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $80,980 28% below national
262 Tulsa, OK $80,950 28% below national
263 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $80,710 28% below national
264 Iowa City, IA $80,600 28% below national
265 El Paso, TX $80,350 29% below national
266 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $80,310 29% below national
267 Savannah, GA $80,290 29% below national
268 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $80,260 29% below national
269 Chico, CA $80,180 29% below national
270 Bismarck, ND $80,110 29% below national
271 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $80,050 29% below national
272 Warner Robins, GA $79,810 29% below national
273 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $79,790 29% below national
274 Youngstown-Warren, OH $79,530 29% below national
275 Flint, MI $79,260 30% below national
276 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $79,110 30% below national
277 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $79,020 30% below national
278 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $78,970 30% below national
279 Lewiston, ID-WA $78,960 30% below national
280 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $78,940 30% below national
281 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $78,900 30% below national
282 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $78,870 30% below national
283 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $78,860 30% below national
284 Logan, UT-ID $78,740 30% below national
285 Tallahassee, FL $78,580 30% below national
286 Battle Creek, MI $78,380 30% below national
287 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $78,370 30% below national
288 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $78,160 31% below national
289 North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $78,090 31% below national
290 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $77,930 31% below national
291 Toledo, OH $77,870 31% below national
292 Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area $77,830 31% below national
293 Gainesville, GA $77,670 31% below national
294 Utica-Rome, NY $77,530 31% below national
295 High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area $77,460 31% below national
296 Ames, IA $77,200 31% below national
297 Erie, PA $77,160 31% below national
298 South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $77,030 32% below national
299 Clarksville, TN-KY $76,980 32% below national
300 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $76,840 32% below national
301 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $76,760 32% below national
302 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $76,440 32% below national
303 Florence, SC $76,370 32% below national
304 Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area $76,280 32% below national
305 Wichita Falls, TX $76,260 32% below national
306 Gainesville, FL $76,180 32% below national
307 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $76,180 32% below national
308 Evansville, IN $75,670 33% below national
309 Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $75,670 33% below national
310 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $75,610 33% below national
311 Ithaca, NY $74,980 33% below national
312 Bangor, ME $74,700 34% below national
313 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $74,500 34% below national
314 Springfield, MO $74,010 34% below national
315 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $73,900 34% below national
316 Canton-Massillon, OH $73,890 34% below national
317 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $73,820 34% below national
318 Altoona, PA $73,210 35% below national
319 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $72,900 35% below national
320 Montgomery, AL $71,930 36% below national
321 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $71,740 36% below national
322 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $71,590 36% below national
323 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $70,810 37% below national
324 Las Cruces, NM $70,740 37% below national
325 Baton Rouge, LA $70,530 37% below national
326 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $69,990 38% below national
327 Lawton, OK $69,080 39% below national
328 Laredo, TX $67,990 40% below national
329 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $66,500 41% below national
330 Terre Haute, IN $66,250 41% below national
331 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $64,900 42% below national
332 Duluth, MN-WI $64,750 42% below national
333 Traverse City, MI $63,980 43% below national
334 North Missouri nonmetropolitan area $63,720 43% below national
335 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $62,710 44% below national
336 Jefferson City, MO $62,650 44% below national
337 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL $58,570 48% below national
338 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $57,410 49% below national
339 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $51,850 54% below national

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