Software Engineer vs Data Scientist
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Software Engineer
Data Scientist
Median salary
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25th percentile
$112,500,117,500
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75th percentile
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$57,200,057,200
Top 10% earn above
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$45,000,080,000
Listings with salary
241
242
Remote/hybrid
22%
24%
Top skills: Software Engineer
software engineeringsoftware-engineersoftware-engineeringbackend-engineeringpython
Top skills: Data Scientist
data-sciencefull-timedata science & analyticsmachine-learningmid-senior level
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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