Data Engineer vs Data Scientist
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Data Engineer
Data Scientist
Median salary
$80,000,090,000
$88,450,115,000
25th percentile
$6,000,001
$800,001
75th percentile
$80,000,103,700
$90,000,110,000
Top 10% earn above
$80,000,103,700
$90,000,110,000
Listings with salary
11
4
Remote/hybrid
45%
100%
Top skills: Data Engineer
engineeringitsoftwarecloudengineer
Top skills: Data Scientist
data science & analyticstechnicalleadpythoncloud
Data Scientist roles pay 11% more than Data Engineer roles at the median.
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