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