How much does a Top Data Scientist make in the United States? The average Top Data Scientist salary in the United States is $274,708 as of March 26, 2024, but the range typically falls between $249,129 and $307,221. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target. 

Top Data Scientist Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Top Data Scientist Salary $225,840 US March 26, 2024
25th Percentile Top Data Scientist Salary $249,129 US March 26, 2024
50th Percentile Top Data Scientist Salary $274,708 US March 26, 2024
75th Percentile Top Data Scientist Salary $307,221 US March 26, 2024
90th Percentile Top Data Scientist Salary $336,821 US March 26, 2024
25% $249,129 10% $225,840 90% $336,821 75% $307,221 $274,708 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What skills does a Top Data Scientist need?

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.

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Analysis: Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.

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Tableau: Using business intelligence software to perform data analysis, data visualization, and the BI process of an organization.

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Data Analysis: Data analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making. Data analysis has multiple facets and approaches, encompassing diverse techniques under a variety of names, and is used in different business, science, and social science domains. In today's business world, data analysis plays a role in making decisions more scientific and helping businesses operate more effectively. Data mining is a particular data analysis technique that focuses on modeling and knowledge discovery for predictive rather than purely descriptive purposes, while business intelligence covers data analysis that relies heavily on aggregation, focusing mainly on business information. In statistical applications, data analysis can be divided into descriptive statistics, exploratory data analysis (EDA), and confirmatory data analysis (CDA). EDA focuses on discovering new features in the data while CDA focuses on confirming or falsifying existing hypotheses. Predictive analytics focuses on application of statistical models for predictive forecasting or classification, while text analytics applies statistical, linguistic, and structural techniques to extract and classify information from textual sources, a species of unstructured data. All of the above are varieties of data analysis.

Analysis 10%
Tableau 1.61%
Data Analysis 2.54%
Others 85.85%

Job Description for Top Data Scientist

Top Data Scientist develops and executes the data science vision, strategy, and capacity to support organizational long-term, short-term, and mission-critical goals. Provides the organization with data insights, analytics, and tools to achieve business goals, foster innovation, and promote data-driven decision-making. Being a Top Data Scientist engages stakeholders and champions the design and development of data science initiatives. Researches and incorporates emerging technologies and methods to continuously improve analytic capabilities and enhance capacity to provide valuable results. Additionally, Top Data Scientist builds team capability with mentoring, coaching, and professional development. Possesses a deep and broad knowledge of data science, analytical concepts and methods, and business operations. Typically requires a master's degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or equivalent. Typically reports to top management. The Top Data Scientist manages a business unit, division, or corporate function with major organizational impact. Establishes overall direction and strategic initiatives for the given major function or line of business. Has acquired the business acumen and leadership experience to become a top function or division head. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)... View full job description

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Top Data Scientist salary varies from city to city. Compared with national average salary of Top Data Scientist, the highest Top Data Scientist salary is in San Francisco, CA, where the Top Data Scientist salary is 25.0% above. The lowest Top Data Scientist salary is in Miami, FL, where the Top Data Scientist salary is 3.5% lower than national average salary.

City, State Compared to national average
City, State San Francisco, CA Compared to national average
+ 25.0%
City, State Washington, DC Compared to national average
+ 11.3%
City, State Miami, FL Compared to national average
-3.5%
City, State Chicago, IL Compared to national average
+ 4.9%
City, State Boston, MA Compared to national average
+ 12.1%
City, State New York, NY Compared to national average
+ 16.8%
City, State Dallas, TX Compared to national average
-1.3%

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