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Median advertised pay for AI, ML, LLM and data-science roles — drill into a specialization, country or seniority and the numbers update from live postings.
As of 2026-07-28, the median advertised salary for Data Science roles tracked by ML/AI Work is $125,000 – $202,500/yr (USD), across 3,073 postings that disclose pay (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).
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Figures in USD, the most common currency among the 3,073 disclosed-pay postings in this slice.
n=3,073 · as of 2026-07-28 · v2026.06 · methodology ↗
Salary distributionwithin Data Science roles
Most common advertised floor: $75K–$100K — 680 of 3,073 disclosed-pay postings.
Median floor by senioritywithin Data Science
Staff-level postings advertise the highest median floor — $185,500 (n=157).
Median floor by specializationwithin all AI roles
ML Systems and Inference pays the highest median floor ($159K); AI Safety and Evaluation the lowest ($105K).
Salary coverage by countryshare of postings with a salary range
United States leads salary coverage at 82.2%; 17 other markets are not yet covered.
Top-paying skillswithin Data Science roles
Sentiment Analysis tops skill pay in this slice — $161,800 median floor (n=102).
Remote vs onsitewithin Data Science roles
Remote postings advertise a comparable median floor but a 8% lower median ceiling than onsite ($190K vs $206K).
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ML/AI Work, "AI & ML salary benchmarks — Data Science roles", dataset v2026.06, n=3073, as of 2026-07-28. https://mlai.work/salaries