Data Science & AI Salaries
Salary benchmarks for ML Engineers, Data Scientists, and AI Researchers. Covering 1356 role trajectories.
Tracked Roles 1356
Global Avg Forecast (2026) 154,639
USA
Data Scientist 182,516
View Forecast → Machine Learning Engineer 228,738
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Technician 151,139
View Forecast → AI Programmer 118,359
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Analyst 90,579
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Engineer 104,566
View Forecast → Principal Site Reliability Scientist 104,615
View Forecast → Machine Learning Programmer 168,743
View Forecast → Principal Database Scientist 180,396
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Consultant 93,398
View Forecast → Senior FinTech Scientist 78,582
View Forecast → Lead Web3 Scientist 180,269
View Forecast → Principal Web3 Scientist 83,402
View Forecast → Lead Automation Scientist 107,035
View Forecast → Junior Product Scientist 115,422
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Director 199,873
View Forecast → Staff Blockchain Director 196,805
View Forecast → Backend Scientist 74,944
View Forecast → Lead AI Engineer 187,252
View Forecast → Principal AI Designer 126,628
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Technician 162,341
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Scientist 190,039
View Forecast → Principal FinTech Scientist 157,338
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Programmer 66,536
View Forecast → QA Scientist 172,189
View Forecast → Senior AI Developer 129,152
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Director 87,988
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Director 149,953
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Manager 180,429
View Forecast → Staff Cloud Scientist 148,151
View Forecast → Frontend Scientist 89,833
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Manager 102,048
View Forecast → Principal Security Scientist 67,456
View Forecast → AI Designer 129,358
View Forecast → Blockchain Designer 67,377
View Forecast → Junior AI Manager 187,321
View Forecast → Junior AI Technician 86,075
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Specialist 142,121
View Forecast → Principal Machine Learning Administrator 118,630
View Forecast → Senior Web3 Scientist 79,761
View Forecast → Site Reliability Scientist 129,754
View Forecast → Lead Database Scientist 124,435
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Programmer 136,820
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Administrator 122,141
View Forecast → Staff AI Scientist 96,073
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Architect 154,855
View Forecast → Senior Release Scientist 126,625
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Technician 148,647
View Forecast → Blockchain Engineer 173,417
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Developer 189,930
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Programmer 116,981
View Forecast → AI Analyst 168,831
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Analyst 110,244
View Forecast → Lead Frontend Scientist 82,876
View Forecast → Principal AI Scientist 128,262
View Forecast → Staff AI Architect 102,279
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Manager 90,311
View Forecast → Junior Network Scientist 115,942
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Developer 171,405
View Forecast → Blockchain Developer 179,563
View Forecast → Junior Full Stack Scientist 187,388
View Forecast → Junior Release Scientist 182,812
View Forecast → Staff AI Programmer 186,660
View Forecast → Junior FinTech Scientist 65,190
View Forecast → Blockchain Manager 121,892
View Forecast → Junior Cloud Scientist 154,215
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Specialist 75,730
View Forecast → Principal QA Scientist 198,594
View Forecast → SaaS Scientist 113,408
View Forecast → Senior Data Scientist 112,846
View Forecast → Senior AI Specialist 116,600
View Forecast → Principal Full Stack Scientist 64,935
View Forecast → Lead Cloud Scientist 93,472
View Forecast → Lead AI Programmer 113,995
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Designer 181,209
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Programmer 149,927
View Forecast → Principal AI Programmer 69,216
View Forecast → Machine Learning Administrator 82,023
View Forecast → Lead AI Architect 80,320
View Forecast → Staff Blockchain Programmer 173,688
View Forecast → Principal AI Consultant 121,976
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Administrator 87,052
View Forecast → Junior QA Scientist 94,359
View Forecast → Staff Security Scientist 115,412
View Forecast → Staff AI Manager 73,042
View Forecast → Mobile Scientist 144,057
View Forecast → Junior Software Scientist 121,125
View Forecast → Senior Infrastructure Scientist 196,342
View Forecast → Junior AI Architect 205,896
View Forecast → Principal Machine Learning Analyst 96,801
View Forecast → Junior SaaS Scientist 175,799
View Forecast → Lead IT Scientist 97,957
View Forecast → Principal AI Manager 122,361
View Forecast → Lead Mobile Scientist 78,960
View Forecast → Principal Machine Learning Scientist 97,975
View Forecast → Research Scientist 222,522
View Forecast → Principal AI Engineer 178,330
View Forecast → Junior AI Specialist 125,516
View Forecast → Software Scientist 160,753
View Forecast → Staff AI Developer 94,809
View Forecast → + 239 more roles in US → UK
Staff Network Scientist 139,470
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Designer 94,788
View Forecast → Staff Blockchain Programmer 115,230
View Forecast → Principal AI Technician 80,415
View Forecast → Lead AI Designer 95,949
View Forecast → Principal Machine Learning Administrator 108,049
View Forecast → Staff Blockchain Scientist 147,189
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Architect 113,659
View Forecast → Senior Automation Scientist 132,235
View Forecast → Lead AI Consultant 71,648
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Administrator 117,136
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Manager 102,979
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Consultant 101,193
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Programmer 99,321
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Analyst 122,798
View Forecast → Lead FinTech Scientist 109,840
View Forecast → Staff Gaming Scientist 99,692
View Forecast → Lead Systems Scientist 112,380
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Technician 80,057
View Forecast → Senior Cloud Scientist 112,975
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Scientist 50,583
View Forecast → Junior AI Programmer 138,278
View Forecast → Systems Scientist 145,663
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Specialist 123,220
View Forecast → Staff Product Scientist 79,751
View Forecast → Principal Release Scientist 67,428
View Forecast → Lead AI Scientist 137,449
View Forecast → Software Scientist 130,776
View Forecast → SaaS Scientist 117,021
View Forecast → Blockchain Engineer 90,315
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Manager 74,899
View Forecast → Principal Network Scientist 134,338
View Forecast → Principal Security Scientist 89,904
View Forecast → Senior DevOps Scientist 89,188
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Programmer 93,229
View Forecast → Junior Database Scientist 49,710
View Forecast → Staff Database Scientist 97,942
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Administrator 96,906
View Forecast → Junior AI Technician 53,045
View Forecast → Junior QA Scientist 83,890
View Forecast → Blockchain Consultant 103,971
View Forecast → Lead Security Scientist 67,309
View Forecast → Lead AI Analyst 53,464
View Forecast → Senior FinTech Scientist 111,490
View Forecast → Lead Frontend Scientist 62,636
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Designer 65,142
View Forecast → Senior AI Engineer 120,330
View Forecast → Junior AI Designer 106,450
View Forecast → Staff Full Stack Scientist 96,092
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Consultant 49,722
View Forecast → Staff AI Technician 108,070
View Forecast → Product Scientist 62,899
View Forecast → Staff Cloud Scientist 103,202
View Forecast → Junior Cloud Scientist 65,210
View Forecast → Senior Network Scientist 118,388
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Analyst 152,882
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Architect 83,696
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Architect 112,965
View Forecast → DevOps Scientist 117,455
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Designer 96,983
View Forecast → AI Designer 75,489
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Architect 122,268
View Forecast → Junior DevOps Scientist 73,430
View Forecast → Junior AI Consultant 72,731
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Designer 109,836
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Specialist 146,492
View Forecast → Lead Full Stack Scientist 98,155
View Forecast → Staff Blockchain Architect 106,602
View Forecast → Principal Mobile Scientist 134,513
View Forecast → Staff Systems Scientist 112,915
View Forecast → Lead QA Scientist 137,552
View Forecast → Staff Security Scientist 130,198
View Forecast → Blockchain Analyst 73,651
View Forecast → Principal Infrastructure Scientist 109,235
View Forecast → Junior Software Scientist 142,135
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Programmer 115,670
View Forecast → Staff AI Engineer 91,830
View Forecast → Principal AI Programmer 131,094
View Forecast → Lead IT Scientist 138,873
View Forecast → Blockchain Programmer 64,671
View Forecast → Lead Mobile Scientist 100,225
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Developer 142,855
View Forecast → Principal AI Administrator 98,629
View Forecast → Principal Frontend Scientist 73,415
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Programmer 129,760
View Forecast → Senior Database Scientist 128,506
View Forecast → Blockchain Manager 133,221
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Technician 100,557
View Forecast → Principal AI Engineer 76,192
View Forecast → Staff AI Consultant 93,821
View Forecast → Staff AI Director 126,509
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Administrator 128,467
View Forecast → Site Reliability Scientist 52,176
View Forecast → Cloud Scientist 115,540
View Forecast → Staff QA Scientist 100,094
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Designer 145,504
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Director 141,449
View Forecast → Senior AI Specialist 70,391
View Forecast → Lead Infrastructure Scientist 64,480
View Forecast → Staff AI Administrator 119,752
View Forecast → + 239 more roles in GB → Canada
Lead IT Scientist 204,681
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Scientist 257,036
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Technician 126,045
View Forecast → Junior DevOps Scientist 257,418
View Forecast → Junior Web3 Scientist 110,031
View Forecast → Junior Software Scientist 207,021
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Consultant 259,372
View Forecast → Principal AI Consultant 158,386
View Forecast → Principal Machine Learning Specialist 211,859
View Forecast → Junior AI Specialist 198,040
View Forecast → Staff Security Scientist 176,296
View Forecast → Principal Machine Learning Analyst 141,264
View Forecast → Junior AI Scientist 131,924
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Administrator 201,908
View Forecast → Senior Automation Scientist 104,615
View Forecast → Junior AI Engineer 255,917
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Specialist 165,036
View Forecast → Junior Infrastructure Scientist 201,337
View Forecast → AI Programmer 207,719
View Forecast → Junior AI Programmer 149,827
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Scientist 172,783
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Manager 220,620
View Forecast → Machine Learning Analyst 97,002
View Forecast → Lead AI Analyst 123,350
View Forecast → Junior Database Scientist 142,334
View Forecast → Principal Mobile Scientist 134,490
View Forecast → Staff DevOps Scientist 250,508
View Forecast → Site Reliability Scientist 114,249
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Architect 248,730
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Engineer 228,334
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Technician 105,079
View Forecast → Principal AI Scientist 151,067
View Forecast → Senior AI Analyst 182,680
View Forecast → Principal Database Scientist 163,438
View Forecast → Junior Backend Scientist 92,577
View Forecast → Lead Backend Scientist 178,237
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Consultant 147,976
View Forecast → Lead Automation Scientist 254,937
View Forecast → Principal AI Engineer 100,751
View Forecast → Senior Release Scientist 215,126
View Forecast → Staff AI Developer 264,472
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Analyst 173,178
View Forecast → Staff AI Consultant 106,630
View Forecast → Lead QA Scientist 168,325
View Forecast → Senior Database Scientist 199,995
View Forecast → Senior Cloud Scientist 148,385
View Forecast → Junior AI Developer 100,277
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Specialist 233,179
View Forecast → Staff Database Scientist 208,969
View Forecast → Senior AI Developer 184,763
View Forecast → Staff AI Programmer 227,513
View Forecast → Staff AI Administrator 218,046
View Forecast → Principal Machine Learning Scientist 169,501
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Architect 146,831
View Forecast → Lead AI Architect 172,351
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Scientist 245,052
View Forecast → Senior AI Manager 211,392
View Forecast → Machine Learning Administrator 97,361
View Forecast → Principal Machine Learning Director 145,064
View Forecast → Lead Security Scientist 227,347
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Specialist 122,663
View Forecast → Lead Software Scientist 148,515
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Director 218,016
View Forecast → Principal Network Scientist 185,824
View Forecast → Principal FinTech Scientist 174,891
View Forecast → Senior AI Engineer 153,919
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Scientist 104,221
View Forecast → Machine Learning Programmer 123,055
View Forecast → Senior AI Architect 164,305
View Forecast → Senior Frontend Scientist 131,477
View Forecast → Principal AI Manager 110,524
View Forecast → QA Scientist 135,125
View Forecast → Staff AI Technician 137,689
View Forecast → Lead Release Scientist 243,910
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Analyst 173,493
View Forecast → SaaS Scientist 188,851
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Specialist 123,346
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Technician 88,122
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Director 170,438
View Forecast → Staff Blockchain Designer 258,494
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Designer 152,989
View Forecast → Staff Blockchain Engineer 220,918
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Technician 104,893
View Forecast → Staff Infrastructure Scientist 261,396
View Forecast → Junior QA Scientist 99,446
View Forecast → Junior Full Stack Scientist 242,591
View Forecast → Junior AI Administrator 88,568
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Developer 218,910
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Designer 163,974
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Scientist 221,951
View Forecast → Principal Systems Scientist 120,270
View Forecast → Lead AI Director 207,039
View Forecast → Infrastructure Scientist 242,919
View Forecast → Lead Network Scientist 249,024
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Consultant 202,031
View Forecast → Principal QA Scientist 227,840
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Programmer 96,248
View Forecast → Senior AI Specialist 147,644
View Forecast → Automation Scientist 263,830
View Forecast → Staff Web3 Scientist 158,743
View Forecast → + 239 more roles in CA → Australia
Senior Blockchain Director 264,969
View Forecast → Staff AI Administrator 290,408
View Forecast → Staff Security Scientist 110,097
View Forecast → Blockchain Engineer 180,916
View Forecast → Lead Release Scientist 260,555
View Forecast → Senior Systems Scientist 248,738
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Developer 107,342
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Administrator 303,833
View Forecast → Junior Database Scientist 297,192
View Forecast → AI Technician 199,384
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Designer 98,272
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Designer 219,036
View Forecast → Frontend Scientist 127,874
View Forecast → Lead Software Scientist 241,728
View Forecast → Staff AI Programmer 217,041
View Forecast → Staff DevOps Scientist 281,380
View Forecast → Lead Systems Scientist 171,140
View Forecast → Junior AI Engineer 113,601
View Forecast → Staff Infrastructure Scientist 281,384
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Administrator 191,697
View Forecast → Staff AI Manager 185,858
View Forecast → Principal Infrastructure Scientist 115,880
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Architect 223,654
View Forecast → Lead Mobile Scientist 212,128
View Forecast → Junior AI Developer 248,769
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Consultant 104,230
View Forecast → Blockchain Programmer 106,471
View Forecast → Lead Network Scientist 259,667
View Forecast → Lead Backend Scientist 245,182
View Forecast → Site Reliability Scientist 255,427
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Director 154,914
View Forecast → Senior AI Specialist 181,467
View Forecast → Senior Release Scientist 256,365
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Specialist 211,419
View Forecast → Staff AI Engineer 241,004
View Forecast → Junior AI Scientist 278,202
View Forecast → Lead AI Architect 275,443
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Analyst 273,842
View Forecast → Senior AI Analyst 120,840
View Forecast → Staff Database Scientist 208,048
View Forecast → Junior AI Consultant 285,339
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Engineer 267,308
View Forecast → Lead AI Specialist 212,768
View Forecast → Lead AI Consultant 126,528
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Engineer 178,521
View Forecast → Junior SaaS Scientist 118,526
View Forecast → Staff AI Director 248,193
View Forecast → Machine Learning Analyst 165,415
View Forecast → Blockchain Manager 286,590
View Forecast → Staff Machine Learning Programmer 100,755
View Forecast → Staff Blockchain Administrator 218,999
View Forecast → Staff AI Technician 188,031
View Forecast → Blockchain Specialist 100,917
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Designer 285,630
View Forecast → Junior Infrastructure Scientist 147,952
View Forecast → Staff Systems Scientist 224,992
View Forecast → Senior Automation Scientist 241,258
View Forecast → AI Analyst 179,377
View Forecast → Backend Scientist 219,575
View Forecast → Staff Cloud Scientist 251,283
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Specialist 191,570
View Forecast → Lead Cloud Scientist 263,339
View Forecast → Lead FinTech Scientist 260,910
View Forecast → Senior AI Architect 197,306
View Forecast → Junior Cloud Scientist 271,606
View Forecast → Staff Gaming Scientist 263,949
View Forecast → Senior Machine Learning Director 283,839
View Forecast → Junior AI Specialist 141,229
View Forecast → Cloud Scientist 198,437
View Forecast → Staff Full Stack Scientist 248,191
View Forecast → Staff QA Scientist 151,690
View Forecast → Machine Learning Administrator 222,651
View Forecast → Principal Gaming Scientist 277,139
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Programmer 161,583
View Forecast → Lead Database Scientist 276,809
View Forecast → Senior Web3 Scientist 265,450
View Forecast → Junior IT Scientist 145,073
View Forecast → Principal Security Scientist 235,117
View Forecast → Senior Infrastructure Scientist 218,391
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Analyst 125,985
View Forecast → Lead Blockchain Consultant 115,470
View Forecast → Lead Machine Learning Administrator 244,228
View Forecast → Blockchain Designer 261,030
View Forecast → Senior AI Consultant 112,512
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Technician 104,190
View Forecast → Lead AI Engineer 251,121
View Forecast → Lead Full Stack Scientist 173,954
View Forecast → Principal QA Scientist 159,893
View Forecast → Senior Blockchain Analyst 202,485
View Forecast → Principal Blockchain Consultant 205,956
View Forecast → Security Scientist 239,007
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Architect 224,797
View Forecast → Junior Machine Learning Consultant 221,124
View Forecast → Mobile Scientist 104,085
View Forecast → Lead AI Designer 218,388
View Forecast → Principal AI Programmer 120,807
View Forecast → Junior Blockchain Scientist 134,276
View Forecast → Staff AI Designer 153,478
View Forecast → AI Consultant 275,291
View Forecast → Automation Scientist 275,621
View Forecast → + 239 more roles in AU →