Data Scientist vs ML Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Data Scientist
ML Engineer
Median salary
$1,080,000
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75th percentile
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Top 10% earn above
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Listings with salary
233
284
Remote/hybrid
24%
23%
Top skills: Data Scientist
data-sciencefull-timedata science & analyticsmachine-learningmid-senior level
Top skills: ML Engineer
machine-learning-engineeringsenior-machine-learning-engineersoftware engineeringdata-sciencesoftware-engineering
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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