Data Engineer vs Data Scientist
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Data Engineer
Data Scientist
Median salary
$52,000,071,500
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25th percentile
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75th percentile
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Top 10% earn above
$4,550,060,970
$90,000,110,000
Listings with salary
183
191
Remote/hybrid
25%
23%
Top skills: Data Engineer
data-engineeringdata-engineerengineeringdata science & analyticssoftware
Top skills: Data Scientist
data science & analyticsfull-timedata-sciencemachine-learningtechnical
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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