Software Engineer vs Data Scientist
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Software Engineer
Data Scientist
Median salary
$1,750,025,000
$88,450,115,000
25th percentile
$3,900,045,500
$800,001
75th percentile
$4,000,040,000
$90,000,110,000
Top 10% earn above
$65,000,080,000
$90,000,110,000
Listings with salary
121
4
Remote/hybrid
19%
100%
Top skills: Software Engineer
pythondistributed systemstypescriptreactnode.js
Top skills: Data Scientist
data science & analyticstechnicalleadpythoncloud
Data Scientist roles pay 4954% more than Software Engineer roles at the median.
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