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Data Engineer vs Data Scientist

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Data Engineer
Data Scientist
Median salary
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$45,000,080,000
25th percentile
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75th percentile
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Top 10% earn above
$80,000,090,000
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Listings with salary
235
243
Remote/hybrid
27%
24%

Top skills: Data Engineer

data-engineeringdata-engineersenior-data-engineeretl-developmentdata science & analytics

Top skills: Data Scientist

data-sciencedata science & analyticsfull-timemachine-learningai-training

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