15 Series · SOC 15-2051
Data Scientists Salary
National pay, percentile range, growth outlook, and state-by-state detail from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey (May 2025).
- $120,230
- Median / year
- $199,130
- Top 10% earn
- +33.5%
- Growth '23–'33
- 262,440
- US workers
Data Scientists professionals earn a median $120,230/year ($57.80/hr) nationally. The salary ranges from $67,240 (10th percentile) to $199,130 (90th percentile). Employment is projected to grow33.5% from 2023 to 2033, much faster than average. The highest-paying state is Washington at $163,350. Approximately 262,440 people work in this role across the U.S. Entry-level education: Bachelor's degree. Workplace safety grade: A (Very Safe).
Data Scientists (SOC 15-2051) pays a national median of $120,230 per year according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey released in May 2025. Full-range compensation stretches from $67,240 at the 10th percentile to $199,130 at the 90th, with a mean of $126,800 indicating a right-skew where top earners pull the average above the midpoint. An estimated 262,440 Americans work in this occupation across 50 reporting states and 360 metro areas.
BLS Employment Projections forecast a +33.5% change in employment from 2023 to 2033, which the agency classifies as much faster than average relative to the 5% all-occupations baseline. About 23,400 openings are projected per year, combining new positions with replacement needs from retirements and occupation-switchers. Typical entry-level preparation is Bachelor's degree. The BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) produce a workplace-safety grade of A for this role, with a fatality rate of 0.3 per 100,000 and injury rate of 0.2 per 100.
Geographic variation matters as much as the headline median. Washington pays the highest state median at $163,350, which is +36% above the national figure. The top metro is San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA at $185,080 — metro premiums typically reflect higher cost of living, industry concentration, or specialized employer demand. When using this page for negotiation or career planning, pair the national median with the state and metro rows below, remember that BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, and revisit after each May OEWS release since percentiles shift with cost-of-living cycles and industry demand.
BLS OEWS May 2025 262,440 jobs Median $120,230/yr
Median Salary
$120,230
per year
Median Hourly
$57.80/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$126,800
average
Employment
262,440
jobs nationwide
This occupation vs. all-occupations US median ($63,000) 60.1%
All-occ US median
Bar fills relative to a $200K reference ceiling. Marker shows the all-occupations US median for context — anything to the right of it earns above the typical American worker.
Job Outlook (2023–2033)
Projected Growth
+33.5%
Much faster than average
Annual Openings
23,400
per year (projected)
Typical Education
Bachelor's degree
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2023–2033
Workplace Safety
All safety ratings → A
Very Safe
Safety Grade (BLS 2023)
Fatality Rate
0.3/100K
Injury Rate
0.2/100
Danger Index
1/100
Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) & Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), 2023
Career Intelligence
Skills, knowledge, and tasks most important for Data Scientists roles, ranked by importance. Source: O*NET.
Top Skills
Critical Thinking 4.0
Reading Comprehension 3.9
Active Listening 3.9
Speaking 3.9
Writing 3.8
Active Learning 3.6
Monitoring 3.6
Mathematics 3.5
Complex Problem Solving 3.5
Coordination 3.4
Knowledge Areas
English Language 4.1
Computers and Electronics 4.0
Customer and Personal Service 3.7
Mathematics 3.2
Medicine and Dentistry 3.0
Administration and Management 3.0
Administrative 2.8
Biology 2.8
Education and Training 2.8
Law and Government 2.5
Key Tasks
- ▸ Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
- ▸ Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
- ▸ Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
- ▸ Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
- ▸ Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data entry, to resolve identified problems.
- ▸ Develop project-specific data management plans that address areas such as coding, reporting, or transfer of data, database locks, and work flow processes.
- ▸ Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
- ▸ Monitor work productivity or quality to ensure compliance with standard operating procedures.
- ▸ Prepare appropriate formatting to data sets as requested.
- ▸ Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.
Source: O*NET Online, National Center for O*NET Development. Data represents typical importance ratings for this occupation.
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$67,240
25th Percentile
$85,660
Median
$120,230
75th Percentile
$158,880
90th Percentile
$199,130
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $163,350 | +36% above national |
| 2 | California | $141,590 | +18% above national |
| 3 | Maryland | $136,370 | +13% above national |
| 4 | New Jersey | $135,280 | +13% above national |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $131,750 | +10% above national |
| 6 | New York | $130,460 | +9% above national |
| 7 | Minnesota | $128,800 | +7% above national |
| 8 | Vermont | $127,070 | +6% above national |
| 9 | District of Columbia | $126,490 | +5% above national |
| 10 | Virginia | $126,430 | +5% above national |
| 11 | Connecticut | $126,340 | +5% above national |
| 12 | Oregon | $125,990 | +5% above national |
| 13 | Texas | $122,090 | +2% above national |
| 14 | North Carolina | $119,090 | 1% below national |
| 15 | Colorado | $117,400 | 2% below national |
| 16 | Florida | $115,820 | 4% below national |
| 17 | Arkansas | $109,390 | 9% below national |
| 18 | Utah | $108,090 | 10% below national |
| 19 | Arizona | $107,240 | 11% below national |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | $106,850 | 11% below national |
| 21 | Wisconsin | $106,680 | 11% below national |
| 22 | Illinois | $106,560 | 11% below national |
| 23 | Georgia | $104,340 | 13% below national |
| 24 | Alabama | $103,120 | 14% below national |
| 25 | Ohio | $102,630 | 15% below national |
| 26 | Rhode Island | $102,440 | 15% below national |
| 27 | Hawaii | $102,130 | 15% below national |
| 28 | New Hampshire | $100,620 | 16% below national |
| 29 | Michigan | $100,590 | 16% below national |
| 30 | Montana | $100,490 | 16% below national |
| 31 | Tennessee | $100,330 | 17% below national |
| 32 | Nevada | $98,540 | 18% below national |
| 33 | Nebraska | $98,230 | 18% below national |
| 34 | Kansas | $98,130 | 18% below national |
| 35 | Missouri | $97,090 | 19% below national |
| 36 | South Dakota | $96,150 | 20% below national |
| 37 | New Mexico | $95,850 | 20% below national |
| 38 | Iowa | $95,830 | 20% below national |
| 39 | South Carolina | $91,990 | 23% below national |
| 40 | Kentucky | $91,760 | 24% below national |
| 41 | Indiana | $91,470 | 24% below national |
| 42 | Maine | $90,880 | 24% below national |
| 43 | Idaho | $89,380 | 26% below national |
| 44 | Oklahoma | $86,310 | 28% below national |
| 45 | West Virginia | $85,090 | 29% below national |
| 46 | Alaska | $84,110 | 30% below national |
| 47 | North Dakota | $81,900 | 32% below national |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | $80,350 | 33% below national |
| 49 | Louisiana | $78,760 | 34% below national |
| 50 | Mississippi | $69,490 | 42% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $185,080 | +54% above national |
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $170,110 | +41% above national |
| 3 | Idaho Falls, ID | $167,840 | +40% above national |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $164,740 | +37% above national |
| 5 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $156,830 | +30% above national |
| 6 | Charlottesville, VA | $149,800 | +25% above national |
| 7 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $146,980 | +22% above national |
| 8 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $141,760 | +18% above national |
| 9 | Corvallis, OR | $140,190 | +17% above national |
| 10 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $135,980 | +13% above national |
| 11 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $135,320 | +13% above national |
| 12 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $134,320 | +12% above national |
| 13 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $134,220 | +12% above national |
| 14 | Boulder, CO | $134,040 | +11% above national |
| 15 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $132,460 | +10% above national |
| 16 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $132,200 | +10% above national |
| 17 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $132,040 | +10% above national |
| 18 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $131,820 | +10% above national |
| 19 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $130,990 | +9% above national |
| 20 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $130,980 | +9% above national |
| 21 | Winchester, VA-WV | $129,990 | +8% above national |
| 22 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $129,780 | +8% above national |
| 23 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $129,740 | +8% above national |
| 24 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $129,600 | +8% above national |
| 25 | Barnstable Town, MA | $129,530 | +8% above national |
| 26 | Lexington Park, MD | $129,020 | +7% above national |
| 27 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $127,750 | +6% above national |
| 28 | Colorado Springs, CO | $127,600 | +6% above national |
| 29 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $127,450 | +6% above national |
| 30 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $127,360 | +6% above national |
| 31 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $126,360 | +5% above national |
| 32 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $126,340 | +5% above national |
| 33 | Western Washington nonmetropolitan area | $126,340 | +5% above national |
| 34 | Sheboygan, WI | $126,270 | +5% above national |
| 35 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $125,590 | +4% above national |
| 36 | Midland, TX | $125,330 | +4% above national |
| 37 | Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $124,400 | +3% above national |
| 38 | Salem, OR | $124,040 | +3% above national |
| 39 | Worcester, MA | $123,640 | +3% above national |
| 40 | Jacksonville, FL | $122,680 | +2% above national |
| 41 | Richmond, VA | $122,510 | +2% above national |
| 42 | New Haven, CT | $121,880 | +1% above national |
| 43 | Springfield, MA | $121,090 | +1% above national |
| 44 | Bloomington, IL | $120,760 | same as national |
| 45 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $120,710 | same as national |
| 46 | Bozeman, MT | $120,500 | same as national |
| 47 | Bellingham, WA | $120,180 | same as national |
| 48 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $120,040 | same as national |
| 49 | Peoria, IL | $120,000 | same as national |
| 50 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $119,930 | same as national |
| 51 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $119,340 | 1% below national |
| 52 | Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $117,250 | 2% below national |
| 53 | Greeley, CO | $116,790 | 3% below national |
| 54 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $115,910 | 4% below national |
| 55 | Naples-Marco Island, FL | $115,140 | 4% below national |
| 56 | Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | $115,140 | 4% below national |
| 57 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $114,990 | 4% below national |
| 58 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $114,830 | 4% below national |
| 59 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $114,540 | 5% below national |
| 60 | Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $114,300 | 5% below national |
| 61 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $113,990 | 5% below national |
| 62 | Corpus Christi, TX | $113,450 | 6% below national |
| 63 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $112,910 | 6% below national |
| 64 | Ann Arbor, MI | $112,680 | 6% below national |
| 65 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $112,520 | 6% below national |
| 66 | Rocky Mount, NC | $111,870 | 7% below national |
| 67 | Huntsville, AL | $111,810 | 7% below national |
| 68 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $111,310 | 7% below national |
| 69 | Grand Junction, CO | $111,300 | 7% below national |
| 70 | Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area | $111,180 | 8% below national |
| 71 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $109,990 | 9% below national |
| 72 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $109,910 | 9% below national |
| 73 | Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area | $109,850 | 9% below national |
| 74 | Gainesville, FL | $109,800 | 9% below national |
| 75 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $108,940 | 9% below national |
| 76 | Tyler, TX | $108,780 | 10% below national |
| 77 | Syracuse, NY | $108,680 | 10% below national |
| 78 | Columbus, OH | $107,950 | 10% below national |
| 79 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $107,640 | 10% below national |
| 80 | Jackson, MI | $107,640 | 10% below national |
| 81 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $107,310 | 11% below national |
| 82 | Longview, TX | $107,270 | 11% below national |
| 83 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $107,130 | 11% below national |
| 84 | Bend, OR | $106,790 | 11% below national |
| 85 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $106,750 | 11% below national |
| 86 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $106,590 | 11% below national |
| 87 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $106,500 | 11% below national |
| 88 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $106,340 | 12% below national |
| 89 | Fayetteville, NC | $106,270 | 12% below national |
| 90 | Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | $106,230 | 12% below national |
| 91 | Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $106,160 | 12% below national |
| 92 | Kenosha, WI | $106,120 | 12% below national |
| 93 | Roanoke, VA | $106,090 | 12% below national |
| 94 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $106,060 | 12% below national |
| 95 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $105,400 | 12% below national |
| 96 | Kingston, NY | $105,160 | 13% below national |
| 97 | Modesto, CA | $104,990 | 13% below national |
| 98 | Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $104,990 | 13% below national |
| 99 | Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $104,980 | 13% below national |
| 100 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $104,710 | 13% below national |
| 101 | Glens Falls, NY | $104,620 | 13% below national |
| 102 | Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | $104,530 | 13% below national |
| 103 | Vallejo, CA | $104,530 | 13% below national |
| 104 | Wausau, WI | $104,420 | 13% below national |
| 105 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $103,790 | 14% below national |
| 106 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $103,700 | 14% below national |
| 107 | Pittsfield, MA | $103,590 | 14% below national |
| 108 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $103,510 | 14% below national |
| 109 | Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | $103,440 | 14% below national |
| 110 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $103,340 | 14% below national |
| 111 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $103,330 | 14% below national |
| 112 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $103,290 | 14% below national |
| 113 | Appleton, WI | $103,210 | 14% below national |
| 114 | Binghamton, NY | $103,130 | 14% below national |
| 115 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $103,030 | 14% below national |
| 116 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $103,020 | 14% below national |
| 117 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $102,790 | 15% below national |
| 118 | Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | $102,740 | 15% below national |
| 119 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $102,650 | 15% below national |
| 120 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $102,440 | 15% below national |
| 121 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $102,250 | 15% below national |
| 122 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $102,220 | 15% below national |
| 123 | Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $102,150 | 15% below national |
| 124 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $102,080 | 15% below national |
| 125 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $101,970 | 15% below national |
| 126 | Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $101,940 | 15% below national |
| 127 | Cleveland, OH | $101,860 | 15% below national |
| 128 | Napa, CA | $101,830 | 15% below national |
| 129 | Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $101,580 | 16% below national |
| 130 | Winston-Salem, NC | $101,570 | 16% below national |
| 131 | Greenville, NC | $101,520 | 16% below national |
| 132 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $101,490 | 16% below national |
| 133 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $101,370 | 16% below national |
| 134 | Amarillo, TX | $101,350 | 16% below national |
| 135 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $101,260 | 16% below national |
| 136 | Fresno, CA | $101,250 | 16% below national |
| 137 | Dalton, GA | $101,020 | 16% below national |
| 138 | La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $100,990 | 16% below national |
| 139 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $100,950 | 16% below national |
| 140 | Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $100,950 | 16% below national |
| 141 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $100,920 | 16% below national |
| 142 | Omaha, NE-IA | $100,830 | 16% below national |
| 143 | Reading, PA | $100,340 | 17% below national |
| 144 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $100,300 | 17% below national |
| 145 | College Station-Bryan, TX | $100,280 | 17% below national |
| 146 | Ogden, UT | $100,190 | 17% below national |
| 147 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $99,980 | 17% below national |
| 148 | Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $99,980 | 17% below national |
| 149 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $99,870 | 17% below national |
| 150 | Salinas, CA | $99,850 | 17% below national |
| 151 | Akron, OH | $99,780 | 17% below national |
| 152 | Janesville-Beloit, WI | $99,630 | 17% below national |
| 153 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $99,600 | 17% below national |
| 154 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $99,560 | 17% below national |
| 155 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $99,410 | 17% below national |
| 156 | Eau Claire, WI | $99,410 | 17% below national |
| 157 | Duluth, MN-WI | $99,400 | 17% below national |
| 158 | Green Bay, WI | $99,340 | 17% below national |
| 159 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $99,110 | 18% below national |
| 160 | Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | $99,090 | 18% below national |
| 161 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $98,940 | 18% below national |
| 162 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $98,930 | 18% below national |
| 163 | Albuquerque, NM | $98,750 | 18% below national |
| 164 | Anchorage, AK | $98,630 | 18% below national |
| 165 | Killeen-Temple, TX | $98,620 | 18% below national |
| 166 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $98,470 | 18% below national |
| 167 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | $98,400 | 18% below national |
| 168 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $98,390 | 18% below national |
| 169 | Jackson, MS | $98,290 | 18% below national |
| 170 | Lafayette, LA | $98,130 | 18% below national |
| 171 | St. George, UT | $98,130 | 18% below national |
| 172 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | $97,980 | 19% below national |
| 173 | Boise City, ID | $97,950 | 19% below national |
| 174 | Reno, NV | $97,940 | 19% below national |
| 175 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $97,930 | 19% below national |
| 176 | Visalia, CA | $97,870 | 19% below national |
| 177 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $97,840 | 19% below national |
| 178 | Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $97,740 | 19% below national |
| 179 | Asheville, NC | $97,690 | 19% below national |
| 180 | Yuma, AZ | $97,580 | 19% below national |
| 181 | York-Hanover, PA | $97,510 | 19% below national |
| 182 | Albany, GA | $97,350 | 19% below national |
| 183 | Billings, MT | $97,280 | 19% below national |
| 184 | Savannah, GA | $97,200 | 19% below national |
| 185 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | $97,190 | 19% below national |
| 186 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $97,120 | 19% below national |
| 187 | Redding, CA | $96,960 | 19% below national |
| 188 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $96,910 | 19% below national |
| 189 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $96,880 | 19% below national |
| 190 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $96,760 | 20% below national |
| 191 | Pittsburgh, PA | $96,670 | 20% below national |
| 192 | Joplin, MO-KS | $96,650 | 20% below national |
| 193 | Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $96,540 | 20% below national |
| 194 | Burlington, NC | $96,300 | 20% below national |
| 195 | Monroe, MI | $96,140 | 20% below national |
| 196 | Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $95,970 | 20% below national |
| 197 | Waco, TX | $95,730 | 20% below national |
| 198 | Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $95,700 | 20% below national |
| 199 | Macon-Bibb County, GA | $95,550 | 21% below national |
| 200 | El Paso, TX | $95,430 | 21% below national |
| 201 | Niles, MI | $95,350 | 21% below national |
| 202 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $95,290 | 21% below national |
| 203 | Port St. Lucie, FL | $95,190 | 21% below national |
| 204 | Flagstaff, AZ | $95,080 | 21% below national |
| 205 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $94,980 | 21% below national |
| 206 | Las Cruces, NM | $94,950 | 21% below national |
| 207 | Topeka, KS | $94,780 | 21% below national |
| 208 | Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area | $94,780 | 21% below national |
| 209 | Columbus, IN | $94,700 | 21% below national |
| 210 | Wichita, KS | $94,680 | 21% below national |
| 211 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $94,640 | 21% below national |
| 212 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $94,620 | 21% below national |
| 213 | Tallahassee, FL | $94,620 | 21% below national |
| 214 | Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $94,490 | 21% below national |
| 215 | Fort Wayne, IN | $94,470 | 21% below national |
| 216 | South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $94,470 | 21% below national |
| 217 | Spartanburg, SC | $94,330 | 22% below national |
| 218 | West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $94,310 | 22% below national |
| 219 | Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $94,250 | 22% below national |
| 220 | Birmingham, AL | $94,240 | 22% below national |
| 221 | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | $93,930 | 22% below national |
| 222 | Ocala, FL | $93,760 | 22% below national |
| 223 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $93,580 | 22% below national |
| 224 | Twin Falls, ID | $93,330 | 22% below national |
| 225 | Wilmington, NC | $93,090 | 23% below national |
| 226 | Rockford, IL | $92,990 | 23% below national |
| 227 | North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $92,910 | 23% below national |
| 228 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $92,880 | 23% below national |
| 229 | Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $92,810 | 23% below national |
| 230 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $92,800 | 23% below national |
| 231 | Rochester, NY | $92,800 | 23% below national |
| 232 | Knoxville, TN | $92,640 | 23% below national |
| 233 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $92,200 | 23% below national |
| 234 | Rome, GA | $92,130 | 23% below national |
| 235 | Fargo, ND-MN | $92,050 | 23% below national |
| 236 | Springfield, IL | $92,000 | 23% below national |
| 237 | East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $91,890 | 24% below national |
| 238 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $91,760 | 24% below national |
| 239 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | $91,740 | 24% below national |
| 240 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $91,630 | 24% below national |
| 241 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $91,490 | 24% below national |
| 242 | Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $91,480 | 24% below national |
| 243 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $91,340 | 24% below national |
| 244 | Oklahoma City, OK | $91,240 | 24% below national |
| 245 | Altoona, PA | $91,170 | 24% below national |
| 246 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $91,130 | 24% below national |
| 247 | North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $90,990 | 24% below national |
| 248 | Lancaster, PA | $90,960 | 24% below national |
| 249 | Missoula, MT | $90,850 | 24% below national |
| 250 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $90,440 | 25% below national |
| 251 | Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | $90,030 | 25% below national |
| 252 | Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area | $89,990 | 25% below national |
| 253 | Lubbock, TX | $89,490 | 26% below national |
| 254 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | $89,070 | 26% below national |
| 255 | Columbia, SC | $88,260 | 27% below national |
| 256 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $88,110 | 27% below national |
| 257 | Lincoln, NE | $87,890 | 27% below national |
| 258 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $87,890 | 27% below national |
| 259 | Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | $87,750 | 27% below national |
| 260 | Montgomery, AL | $87,640 | 27% below national |
| 261 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $87,160 | 28% below national |
| 262 | Warner Robins, GA | $87,060 | 28% below national |
| 263 | Tulsa, OK | $86,310 | 28% below national |
| 264 | Chambersburg, PA | $86,060 | 28% below national |
| 265 | Alaska nonmetropolitan area | $85,810 | 29% below national |
| 266 | Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area | $85,680 | 29% below national |
| 267 | Saginaw, MI | $85,460 | 29% below national |
| 268 | Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $85,090 | 29% below national |
| 269 | Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $84,990 | 29% below national |
| 270 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $84,750 | 30% below national |
| 271 | Gainesville, GA | $84,670 | 30% below national |
| 272 | Midland, MI | $84,520 | 30% below national |
| 273 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $84,460 | 30% below national |
| 274 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $84,040 | 30% below national |
| 275 | Mobile, AL | $83,910 | 30% below national |
| 276 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $83,900 | 30% below national |
| 277 | North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $83,860 | 30% below national |
| 278 | Tucson, AZ | $83,650 | 30% below national |
| 279 | Abilene, TX | $83,600 | 30% below national |
| 280 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $83,450 | 31% below national |
| 281 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $83,340 | 31% below national |
| 282 | Evansville, IN | $83,140 | 31% below national |
| 283 | Bloomington, IN | $83,020 | 31% below national |
| 284 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $82,920 | 31% below national |
| 285 | South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $82,820 | 31% below national |
| 286 | Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area | $82,560 | 31% below national |
| 287 | Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $82,450 | 31% below national |
| 288 | High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area | $82,290 | 32% below national |
| 289 | Muncie, IN | $82,160 | 32% below national |
| 290 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $82,140 | 32% below national |
| 291 | Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $82,080 | 32% below national |
| 292 | East Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $82,070 | 32% below national |
| 293 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | $82,050 | 32% below national |
| 294 | Toledo, OH | $82,000 | 32% below national |
| 295 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $81,880 | 32% below national |
| 296 | State College, PA | $81,840 | 32% below national |
| 297 | Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $81,840 | 32% below national |
| 298 | Lewiston-Auburn, ME | $81,570 | 32% below national |
| 299 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $81,570 | 32% below national |
| 300 | Elkhart-Goshen, IN | $81,420 | 32% below national |
| 301 | Springfield, MO | $81,310 | 32% below national |
| 302 | Lewiston, ID-WA | $81,250 | 32% below national |
| 303 | East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $80,990 | 33% below national |
| 304 | Columbia, MO | $80,980 | 33% below national |
| 305 | Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $80,900 | 33% below national |
| 306 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $80,830 | 33% below national |
| 307 | Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $80,820 | 33% below national |
| 308 | North Florida nonmetropolitan area | $80,540 | 33% below national |
| 309 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $80,490 | 33% below national |
| 310 | Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $80,290 | 33% below national |
| 311 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $80,280 | 33% below national |
| 312 | Jefferson City, MO | $80,220 | 33% below national |
| 313 | Florence, SC | $80,050 | 33% below national |
| 314 | Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | $79,990 | 33% below national |
| 315 | Logan, UT-ID | $79,880 | 34% below national |
| 316 | Charleston, WV | $79,860 | 34% below national |
| 317 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | $79,720 | 34% below national |
| 318 | Flint, MI | $79,610 | 34% below national |
| 319 | Erie, PA | $79,560 | 34% below national |
| 320 | Harrisonburg, VA | $79,560 | 34% below national |
| 321 | Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | $79,480 | 34% below national |
| 322 | Ames, IA | $79,430 | 34% below national |
| 323 | Pocatello, ID | $79,300 | 34% below national |
| 324 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $79,280 | 34% below national |
| 325 | Clarksville, TN-KY | $79,200 | 34% below national |
| 326 | Utica-Rome, NY | $79,100 | 34% below national |
| 327 | Morgantown, WV | $78,950 | 34% below national |
| 328 | Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $78,880 | 34% below national |
| 329 | Baton Rouge, LA | $78,760 | 34% below national |
| 330 | Columbus, GA-AL | $78,620 | 35% below national |
| 331 | Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $78,420 | 35% below national |
| 332 | Laredo, TX | $78,100 | 35% below national |
| 333 | Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $77,920 | 35% below national |
| 334 | Traverse City, MI | $77,420 | 36% below national |
| 335 | Terre Haute, IN | $77,220 | 36% below national |
| 336 | Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $77,190 | 36% below national |
| 337 | Bismarck, ND | $76,960 | 36% below national |
| 338 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $76,900 | 36% below national |
| 339 | Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $76,750 | 36% below national |
| 340 | Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $76,630 | 36% below national |
| 341 | Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $76,230 | 37% below national |
| 342 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $76,090 | 37% below national |
| 343 | Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $75,500 | 37% below national |
| 344 | Dubuque, IA | $74,790 | 38% below national |
| 345 | Ithaca, NY | $74,170 | 38% below national |
| 346 | Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $73,820 | 39% below national |
| 347 | Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | $73,360 | 39% below national |
| 348 | Hattiesburg, MS | $72,930 | 39% below national |
| 349 | Iowa City, IA | $72,120 | 40% below national |
| 350 | Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $71,660 | 40% below national |
| 351 | Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $71,440 | 41% below national |
| 352 | Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | $71,240 | 41% below national |
| 353 | Williamsport, PA | $70,190 | 42% below national |
| 354 | Johnson City, TN | $69,330 | 42% below national |
| 355 | Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $69,260 | 42% below national |
| 356 | Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $68,580 | 43% below national |
| 357 | Bowling Green, KY | $65,620 | 45% below national |
| 358 | North Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $65,560 | 45% below national |
| 359 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $59,160 | 51% below national |
| 360 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $57,890 | 52% below national |
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How much does a Data Scientists make? ▼
The median annual salary for Data Scientists is $120,230 ($57.80/hour). The salary range spans from $67,240 at the 10th percentile to $199,130 at the 90th percentile.
What state pays Data Scientists the most? ▼
Washington pays the highest median salary for Data Scientists at $163,350/year, which is +36% above the national median.
What education do you need to become a Data Scientists? ▼
The typical entry-level education for Data Scientists is Bachelor's degree.
How dangerous is being a Data Scientists? ▼
Data Scientists has a safety grade of A (Very Safe) based on BLS data. The fatality rate is 0.3 per 100,000 workers and the injury rate is 0.2 per 100 workers.
Is Data Scientists a good career? ▼
Employment for Data Scientists is projected to grow 33.5% from 2023 to 2033, which is much faster than average. About 23,400 openings are projected each year.
How does Data Scientists pay vary by state? ▼
Data Scientists salaries vary significantly by state. The highest-paying state is Washington at $163,350/year, while Alaska pays the least at $84,110/year. BLS data covers 50 states and territories.
Which metro areas pay the most for Data Scientists? ▼
The highest-paying metro area for Data Scientists is San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA at $185,080/year. BLS reports wage data for 360 metro areas for this occupation, with pay varying based on local demand and cost of living.
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