Data Scientist vs ML Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Data Scientist
ML Engineer
Median salary
$88,450,115,000
$70,000,085,000
25th percentile
$800,001
$90,100
75th percentile
$90,000,110,000
$80,000,120,000
Top 10% earn above
$90,000,110,000
$125,000,175,000
Listings with salary
4
17
Remote/hybrid
100%
74%
Top skills: Data Scientist
data science & analyticstechnicalleadpythoncloud
Top skills: ML Engineer
software engineeringengineeringdesignsystemsoftware
Data Scientist roles pay 26% more than ML Engineer roles at the median.
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