Data scientist salary
Space employers offer data scientists and machine learning engineers a median of $163k a year, and the middle half of their postings sits at $134k–$193k. That comes from 80 jobs at 22 employers whose own postings name a salary.
- 25th percentile$133,825/hr
- Median (50th)$162,500/hr
- 75th percentile$193,000/hr
- Distinct posted rates80
- Jobs stating an hourly rate80
- Employers22
The median is the middle of the 80 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $133,825–$193,000 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- 25th percentile$133,825/hr
- Median (50th)$162,500/hr
- 75th percentile$193,000/hr
- Distinct posted rates80
- Jobs stating an hourly rate80
- Employers22
The median is the middle of the 80 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $133,825–$193,000 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- Median posted pay, a year$162,500
- Hours in a full-time year2,080
- The same per hour, full time$78.13/hr
Every figure here is a year's pay: a job that posts pay counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks). Rounded to the nearest $100.
- SpaceX12 jobs
- Lockheed Martin12 jobs
- Vantor9 jobs
- Amazon Leo6 jobs
- Booz Allen Hamilton6 jobs
- True Anomaly5 jobs
- Muon Space3 jobs
- KBR3 jobs
- Blue Origin3 jobs
- Planet3 jobs
Jobs stating pay, the employers with the most first: 62 at the 10 shown and 18 at 12 other employers, 80 in all.
The jobs themselves: Data scientist jobs
What data scientists and machine learning engineers are paid
How many postings fall in each salary step, a range counted at its midpoint; the darker bars are the middle half of what employers offer.
Median $163k a year. Middle half $134k to $193k. Point at a bar for its count. Tap a bar for its count.
Posted on open jobs
Middle half of 80 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $163k. 64% of the 125 open data scientist jobs state pay.
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Data scientist pay by employer
What each employer posts for data scientists and machine learning engineers, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.
Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.
Data scientist pay by state
States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state pay, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.
| State | Median posted | Middle half | BLS median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | $184k | $161k–$219k | n/a | 32 |
| Virginia | $154k | $135k–$165k | n/a | 18 |
| Colorado | $148k | $114k–$198k | n/a | 26 |
Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (latest release).
Best-paid open data scientist jobs
The current postings with the highest stated salaries, no more than two per employer.
$228,100–$423,700/yr
$220,000–$350,000/yr- $220,000–$350,000/yr
$218,520–$305,927/yr
$205,000–$315,000/yr- $200,000–$280,000/yr
$180,500–$285,000/yr
$150,000–$300,000/yr
$191,000–$254,000/yr
$182,000–$242,000/yr- $135,700–$280,000/yr
$192,000–$213,000/yr
Every open job: Data scientist jobs
Questions about data scientist pay in space
What do space companies pay data scientists and machine learning engineers?
Postings that state a salary put the median at $163k a year and the middle half at $134k–$193k, across 80 postings from 22 employers (one employer's repeated posting counted once). Full time, the median is about $78.13/hr an hour.
Where do data scientists and machine learning engineers earn the most?
Ranked by the median salary in each state's postings: California ($184k), Virginia ($154k) and Colorado ($148k) come first, Colorado ($148k), Virginia ($154k) and California ($184k) last. A state's own salary page splits its figure by town and employer.
Which space companies pay data scientists and machine learning engineers the most?
Of the employers that state a salary on at least 5 postings: True Anomaly ($198k), SpaceX ($188k) and Amazon Leo ($171k). The employer table covers the 22 with the most postings that state pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the salaries in space companies' own postings, read every night: 80 of 125 current data scientist postings (64%) state one. Nothing is estimated for a posting without pay, "up to" ceilings are set aside, and an hourly rate counts as 2,080 hours.
Salaries in science & data
Sources and method
- SpaceJobs.Now: salaries stated in space companies' own postings, read every night, published 7 Nov 2026
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SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Data scientist salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/data-scientists