Data Scientists
United States. Estimated employment 262,440, with pages for 17 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 15-2051
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$120,230 · 50th
$67,24010th
$85,66025th
$120,23050th
$158,88075th
$199,13090th
That is the median — half of data scientists in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Data Scientists page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $185,080 | 6,060 |
| San Francisco, CA | $170,110 | 10,460 |
| New York, NY | $135,980 | 23,160 |
| San Diego, CA | $130,990 | 2,830 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $129,740 | 9,850 |
| Dallas, TX | $127,750 | 10,120 |
| Austin, TX | $127,360 | 3,730 |
| Oxnard, CA | $126,360 | 460 |
| Midland, TX | $125,330 | 100 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $119,930 | 130 |
| Syracuse, NY | $108,680 | 350 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $107,310 | 240 |
| Houston, TX | $106,750 | 4,060 |
| San Antonio, TX | $103,290 | 1,730 |
| Binghamton, NY | $103,130 | 110 |
| Buffalo, NY | $102,250 | 840 |
| Albany, NY | $98,940 | 830 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 262,440 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 15-2051, Data Scientists. Mapped to our taxonomy as data-scientists.
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