Data scientist salary, in real numbers

Mid-level data scientist base bands at the big product companies cluster between about $135k and $210k — Amazon $136,000–$184,000, Apple $137,500–$207,100, Meta $147,000–$208,000, Google $147,000–$210,000 plus a 15% bonus, Airbnb $151,000–$175,000, Uber $161,000–$179,000 — with Microsoft, Spotify, DoorDash and Pinterest posting bands that start lower. OpenAI ($230,000–$385,000 plus equity) and Netflix ($280,000–$421,000 in cash) are a market of their own. With equity, levels.fyi puts mid-level total compensation between $200k (Microsoft) and $306k (Amazon). Every band below comes from a live posting, levels.fyi or a dated public source.

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Every posted data scientist salary band

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#	Company	Base salary (posted)	Total comp (est.)
1	Google	$147k–$210k	$250k–$290k
2	Meta	$147k–$208k	$229k–$262k
3	OpenAI	$230k–$385k	—
4	Netflix	$280k–$421k	—
5	Amazon	$136k–$184k	$236k–$306k
6	Apple	$138k–$207k	$213k–$261k
7	Pinterest	$114k–$235k	$200k–$271k
8	Uber	$161k–$179k	$218k–$263k
9	Airbnb	$151k–$175k	—
10	Microsoft	$102k–$202k	$200k–$223k
11	DoorDash	$124k–$183k	$240k–$270k
12	Spotify	$117k–$167k	—

Posted base bands, compared

Netflix

$280k–$421k

OpenAI

$230k–$385k

$114k–$235k

Google

$147k–$210k

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For a mid-level data scientist at a large US tech company, posted base bands centre on roughly $135k–$210k: Amazon Data Scientist II $136,000–$184,000, Apple $137,500–$207,100, Meta $147,000–$208,000, Google Data Scientist III $147,000–$210,000 and Uber Scientist II $161,000–$179,000. levels.fyi medians with equity run from about $217k at Microsoft and $231k at Apple to $247k at Meta IC4 and $270k at Google L4.

Netflix: $280,000–$421,000 for a Data Scientist 4, $372,000–$600,000 at DS 5 and $491,000–$775,000 at DS 6, all salary with no bonus. OpenAI posts $230,000–$385,000 plus equity on its core 5+ year band, with bands across its 19 reqs reaching $515,000. Among companies hiring at three to four years of experience, Google ($250k–$290k at L4) and Amazon ($236k–$306k at DS II) lead on reported total compensation.

Slightly, at the same company and level. Google’s Data Scientist III band ($147,000–$210,000) is the same as its Software Engineer III band, Meta’s and Apple’s data scientist bands run a little under their software bands, and Amazon’s Data Scientist II ($136,000–$184,000) sits below its SDE II band. The exceptions are the analytics-heavy shops: DoorDash, Spotify and Pinterest post data scientist bands that start $20k–$40k below their engineering bands.

No. Several bands span more than one level or location — Pinterest’s $114,297–$235,319 DS II band covers every US location tier, Apple’s reqs post anywhere from $130,200 to $324,800 depending on the team, and Amazon posts $136,000–$184,000 in Seattle but $157,300–$212,800 in Sunnyvale. Microsoft and Google post separate Bay Area and New York bands. Netflix is the exception: because it pays salary only, its band is effectively the whole offer.

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