Top 10 Countries with the Highest Salaries for Data Scientists

A Reality Check on Different Salaries of Data Scientists through the Kaggle Survey. 

Even though data scientists are well-paid worldwide and that the exponential demand for data scientists will never subside, the salaries of data scientists vary across various sectors and countries. A Kaggle Survey, in 2017, revealed a list of countries that pay data scientists extremely well. The survey was conducted on 16,000 data professionals. In this survey, data scientists and machine learning engineers from the United States reported about variants in some of the highest salaries of different data professionals.

Countries that Pay Data Scientists Well

The list of high-paid countries for data scientists remains somewhat unchanged from what it was in 2017. Analytics Insight brings you a list of data science salaries by countries:

United States 

Reportedly, the US is one of the highest-paid countries for data scientists. This fact is justified by the migration of data scientists from other countries to the US. In a survey, respondents were asked about their total yearly compensation salary and the answer was US$120,000. This figure is higher than the average median compensation for data professionals across other countries.

Australia 

Australia ranks second in the list of countries in paying data scientists high. The total yearly compensation salary of data professionals rests at US$111,000. The average salary of a data scientist in Australia amounts to AU$92450.

Israel

Tel Aviv in Israel is an emerging IT hub that creates job opportunities for amateur data scientists and experienced ones. A survey shows that the total yearly compensation salary of data professionals operating in Israel is US$88,000.

Canada 

Canada is well-known for practicing and operating on high-end technologies that create jobs and opportunities for data science enthusiasts. The total yearly salary of data professionals in Canada is US$81,000, which is around US$43.70 per hour. The salary of a beginner starts from US$77,870, which amounts up to US$117,750 per year.

Germany 

A person working as a data scientist in Germany receives up to EUR5, 960 per month. The salaries of data scientists in Germany range from EUR2,740 to EUR9,470. This marks the highest number in salary for data scientists.

Netherlands 

The total annual compensation salary for data scientists in the Netherlands amounts to US$75,000. However, Netherlands offers significant positions for beginner data scientists to grow and explore more about the field.

Japan

The total annual compensation salary for data scientists in Japan sits at US$70,000. While this amount is specifically for the entry-level, an experienced data scientist in Japan earns up to JPY825,000 every month. The salaries range from JPY421,000 to JPY1,270,000, which is the highest.

United Kingdom 

The yearly compensation salary for data scientists functioning in the UK touches up to US$66,000. The salary amount for junior data scientists starts from £25,000 to £30,000 whereas the amount rises to £40,000 based on years of experience of an individual data scientist.

Italy 

Data scientists working in Italy are paid up to US$60,000 every year. The most typical salary amount for a data scientist operating in Italy is EUR5,840 every month. The salary range is from EUR3,840 to EUR8,930.

France 

The total yearly compensation amount for data scientists working in France rests at EUR76,900. The salary range is between EUR41,500 to EUR116,000.