▲16%
The average salary for a Data Scientist with Natural Language Processing (NLP) skills is $102,601.
10%
$76k
MEDIAN
$103k
90%
$137k
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$76k - $137k
Bonus
$2k - $20k
Profit Sharing
$2k - $28k
Total Pay
$78k - $148k
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Popular Employer Salaries for Data Scientist
The top respondents for the job title Data Scientist are from the companies Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, Microsoft Corp and Square, Inc.. Reported salaries are highest at Microsoft Corp where the average pay is $125,968. Booz, Allen, and Hamilton pays the lowest at around $83,953.
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Popular Skills for Data Scientist
Avg. Salary
Popularity
Machine Learning
$99,102
5,320 responses
Python
$97,587
4,951 responses
Data Analysis
$91,860
3,560 responses
R
$89,608
2,689 responses
Statistical Analysis
$95,732
2,601 responses
Skills that pay less than market rate include Statistical Analysis, R, Data Analysis, Python and Machine Learning.
Pay by Experience Level for Data Scientist
An entry-level Data Scientist with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $96,510 based on 60 salaries. An early career Data Scientist with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $101,176 based on 275 salaries. A mid-career Data Scientist with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $109,759 based on 73 salaries. An experienced Data Scientist with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $126,929 based on 17 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $152,000.
Pay Difference by Location
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Employees with Data Scientist in their job title in San Francisco, California earn an average of 15.6% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Chicago, Illinois (6.2% more) and Seattle, Washington (2.2% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Austin, Texas (10.8% less), Washington, District of Columbia (9.0% less) and Boston, Massachusetts (3.1% less).
Years of Experience
This data is based on 430 survey responses.
Entry Level
14.0%
Early Career
64.0%
Mid Career
17.0%
Experienced
4.0%
Late Career
1.2%
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