Microsoft Data Scientist jobs
Just one Data Scientist II req open, at $102K–$202K base, among 15 DS openings.
The Data Scientist II role
Microsoft data scientists sit in the Data Science discipline inside product and business teams such as M365 Copilot, marketing analytics and customer engineering. The posted DS II role is ML-heavy (LLM evaluation, RAG, experimentation), and mid-level hiring is thin, with most open reqs at Senior and Principal.
A dedicated Data Science discipline with posted bands at IC3 (Data Scientist II), IC4 (Senior) and IC5 (Principal), separate from Applied Sciences, hired team by team (M365 Copilot, marketing analytics, Technical Support Engineering, CELA).
Microsoft data scientist salary
Base: the posted US range for Data Science IC3 on the Data Scientist II, M365 Copilot req (posted Sep 25, 2026), with the SF Bay Area and NYC at $133,800–$219,200. All-in: levels.fyi Microsoft Data Scientist level 62 (upper IC3), US, 25th–75th percentile (n=14), Oct 2026; level 61 shows $206k–$221k on n=9, so treat it as indicative.
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