As of July 01, 2026, the average hourly rate for a Data Science Manager in the United States is $72, which translates to an annual salary of about $148,862.
However, the hourly wage can vary significantly based on several factors. Here’s a detailed look at the typical pay range per hour:
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A Data Science Manager's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, and company size can directly affect your earning potential.
Experience is a primary driver of a Data Science Manager's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:
| Job Role | Years of Experience | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist VI | 10-12 years | $182,712 |
| Data Science Supervisor | 12+ years | $117,875 |
| Data Science Manager | 12+ years | $148,862 |
| Data Science Senior Manager | 12+ years | $194,318 |
| Data Science Director | 12+ years | $237,114 |
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Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Data Science Managers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:
Demanded Skills for the Role:
| Skills | Demand Percentage |
|---|---|
| Analysis | 5.99% |
| Algorithms | 2.87% |
| Data Mining | 1.44% |
| Skill | Salary | Salary % Increase |
|---|---|---|
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Inference
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$160,771 |
8%
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Collaborating
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$157,794 |
6%
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Creativity
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$157,794 |
6%
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Sales and Marketing
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$156,305 |
5%
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Pricing
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$156,305 |
5%
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Partnering
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$154,816 |
4%
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Data Science Manager salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $166,501. While startup companies pay approximate $140,810.
| Company Size | Employees | Average Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Startup | 1~50 | $140,810 |
| Growth Stage | 51~500 | $148,929 |
| Established | 501~5000 | $160,788 |
| Enterprise | 5000+ | $166,501 |
For Data Science Manager roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 45% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Internet and Biotechnology sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 25% above the average. In contrast, Data Science Manager positions in Transportation or Hospitality & Leisure typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Data Science Manager as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.
| Industry Sector | Average Annual Salary | Average Hourly Rate | Pay vs.Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet | $186,078 | $89.0 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | $178,634 | $86.0 | 20% |
| Software & Networking | $178,634 | $86.0 | 20% |
| Healthcare | $171,191 | $82.0 | 15% |
| Energy & Utilities | $163,748 | $79.0 | 10% |
Understanding how a Data Science Manager's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.
Last Updated on July 01, 2026Salaries for a Data Science Manager can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $134,582 in 2023 to around $132,415 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Data Science Manager salary trends, .
| Year | Average Annual Salary |
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| 2023 | $134,582 |
| 2024 | $134,124 |
| 2025 | $132,415 |
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The Internet industry offers the highest average compensation for Data Science Manager roles, with salaries approximately 25% above the market median.
Manages the identification and utilization of large data sets to identify trends, patterns, and provide key business insights. Oversees and promotes data mining, cleaning, and aggregation processes and frameworks to prepare data, implement data models, conduct analysis, and develop databases. Coordinates the design and implementation of big data solutions for an organization, collaborating and liaising with stakeholders to ensure needs are captured. Provides technical guidance to evaluate data models, review code, and source data pipelines. Prioritizes tasks and allocates resources effectively to ensure timely delivery of projects. Builds team capability with mentoring, coaching, and professional development. Typically requires a master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering. Typically reports to a director. Manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. Typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1-3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes.
Specify the abilities and skills that a person needs in order to carry out the specified job duties. Each competency has five to ten behavioral assertions that can be observed, each with a corresponding performance level (from one to five) that is required for a particular job.
Analysis: Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
Algorithms: Algorithms act as an exact list of instructions that conduct specified actions step by step in either hardware- or software-based routines.
Data Mining: Data mining is the process of discovering patterns in large data sets involving methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database systems. Data mining is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science and statistics with an overall goal to extract information (with intelligent methods) from a data set and transform the information into a comprehensible structure for further use. Data mining is the analysis step of the "knowledge discovery in databases" process, or KDD. Aside from the raw analysis step, it also involves database and data management aspects, data pre-processing, model and inference considerations, interestingness metrics, complexity considerations, post-processing of discovered structures, visualization, and online updating. The difference between data analysis and data mining is that data analysis is used to test models and hypotheses on the dataset, e.g., analyzing the effectiveness of a marketing campaign, regardless of the amount of data; in contrast, data mining uses machine-learning and statistical models to uncover clandestine or hidden patterns in a large volume of data.
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