Data Scientist Salary Around the World (2026)

United States

Direct mid-level base-pay guide, centered on MentorCruise’s benchmark and cross-checked to the BLS Data Scientist median; bonus and equity excluded.

Switzerland

Base-oriented range within Glassdoor’s national band and cross-checked against Levels.fyi total-compensation percentiles; variable pay excluded.

Australia

Direct mid-level market band from Lumify Learn, cross-checked against Glassdoor national base pay; superannuation, bonus, and equity excluded.

Canada

Direct mid-level market band from AECC Global, cross-checked against Glassdoor’s national base distribution; bonus and equity excluded.

United Kingdom

Direct mid-level band from a current salary guide, cross-checked against Glassdoor base pay and the National Careers Service ceiling; variable pay excluded.

Germany

Direct mid-level band from WBS Coding School, cross-checked against Glassdoor base pay and Levels.fyi total compensation; variable pay excluded.

Netherlands

EuroDev’s medior Data Scientist band is contained within Glassdoor’s base range; Levels.fyi is used only as a total-compensation cross-check.

Ireland

Direct mid-level range from Morgan McKinley, cross-checked against Dublin Glassdoor base pay; bonus and equity excluded.

Singapore

Direct mid-level monthly band from Vertical Institute, cross-checked against Glassdoor’s Singapore base-pay distribution; bonus and equity excluded.

Sweden

A current mid-level point was expanded to a conservative band using Stockholm Glassdoor base pay and Levels.fyi percentiles; variable pay excluded.

Spain

Direct mid-level band from UDIT; Glassdoor supports the lower half, while the upper end reflects major-city and specialized product roles.

Poland

Direct mid-level monthly band from Itentio across major Polish cities, cross-checked against Levels.fyi total-compensation percentiles; variable pay excluded.

Czechia

Base-oriented mid-level estimate around Platy.cz’s verified mid-career gross salary point, cross-checked against its 352-respondent distribution and Levels.fyi percentiles.

Portugal

Mid-level estimate selected from the upper half of Glassdoor’s national base distribution and kept below Levels.fyi’s upper total-compensation percentile.

United Arab Emirates

Conservative overlap of two local experience-specific guides and Glassdoor Dubai base pay; bonus, housing allowances, and equity excluded.

Saudi Arabia

Direct mid-level gross annual range from Airtics, cross-checked against Levels.fyi total compensation; bonus and equity excluded.

Malaysia

Live-posting range from Seekers Malaysia’s mid-level Data Scientist and closely aligned AI sample, cross-checked against Sunway University market data.

Mexico

Direct mid-level gross monthly band from Payroll Mexico, cross-checked against Glassdoor base pay and Levels.fyi total compensation; variable pay excluded.

Brazil

Upper-middle portion of Glassdoor’s national base band, supported by a São Paulo Data Scientist II range and PayScale’s national base benchmark.

South Africa

Mid-level base estimate within Glassdoor’s national distribution and centered near iFundi’s experience benchmark; Digital Regenesys is a secondary cross-check.

India

Direct mid-level annual band from Simplilearn, contained within Glassdoor’s national base distribution; bonus and equity excluded.

Pakistan

Mid-level local-market band from Parhlai, checked against Lahore Glassdoor base pay and Levels.fyi total compensation; variable pay excluded.

Bangladesh

Direct mid-level monthly band from BDTechJobs, independently matched by Levels.fyi’s interquartile range and checked against Dhaka Glassdoor.

Philippines

Mid-level estimate between Manila Glassdoor base pay and Levels.fyi total-compensation percentiles, with senior-market data used only to cap the range.

Vietnam

Mid-level estimate from the upper half of Ho Chi Minh City Glassdoor base pay, cross-checked against Levels.fyi total compensation; variable pay excluded.

Indonesia

Upper-middle portion of Jakarta Glassdoor base pay, cross-checked against West Java data and Levels.fyi total-compensation percentiles.

Egypt

Conservative base-oriented triangulation from Cairo Glassdoor base pay, recent employer medians, and Levels.fyi total-compensation percentiles.

Nigeria

Conservative overlap of Lagos Glassdoor base pay, Tezera’s mid-level band, and NextMigrate’s local benchmark; remote-dollar premiums excluded.

Kenya

Range centered on Digital Regenesys’ mid-level benchmark and cross-checked against Nairobi Levels.fyi total compensation; allowances are excluded where separable.

Morocco

Conservative midpoint between Xpertize Africa’s mid-level local recruiter band and Glassdoor Casablanca base pay; expatriate premiums excluded.