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Highest-paying Cities for Data Scientists

The top 100 highest paying cities for data scientists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of data scientists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $172,110, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for data scientists. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $140,560). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of data scientists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Data Scientists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$172,110	$93,430	4,940
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$140,560	$66,300	3,610
3	Olympia, Washington	$137,750	$77,150	n/a
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$137,680	$70,000	8,890
5	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$134,190	$81,480	2,430
6	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$131,660	$78,480	330
7	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$130,090	$58,220	50
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$130,070	$71,540	13,860
9	Spokane, Washington	$128,450	$74,000	100
10	Winchester, West Virginia	$126,020	$60,380	n/a

11	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$124,960	$63,900	710
12	Asheville, North Carolina	$124,890	$60,560	60
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$124,570	$71,940	6,720
14	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$123,750	$58,350	2,640
15	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$123,570	$67,030	2,020
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$122,560	$62,980	110
17	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$122,470	$66,920	870
18	Richmond, Virginia	$120,000	$64,310	680
19	Wilmington, North Carolina	$119,160	$63,820	100
20	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$116,980	$55,910	40
21	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$116,590	$46,030	30
22	Charlottesville, Virginia	$113,920	$76,140	150
23	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$112,330	$40,860	90
24	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$112,050	$59,890	190
25	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$111,620	$56,820	120
26	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$111,580	$63,840	990
27	Ithaca, New York	$110,760	$63,470	50
28	Stockton, California	$109,650	$60,790	90
29	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$109,240	$78,700	610
30	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$108,310	$70,780	80
31	Rochester, Minnesota	$108,200	$56,590	40
32	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$108,130	$61,910	1,340
33	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$107,630	$55,800	30
34	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$107,310	$39,880	430
35	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$107,120	$77,170	1,450
36	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$106,900	$63,810	1,220
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$106,670	$73,650	2,470
38	Boulder, Colorado	$105,910	$63,430	380
39	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$105,700	$67,930	270
40	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$105,350	$58,060	1,990
41	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$105,220	$67,440	140
42	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$104,660	$60,740	80
43	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$104,530	$63,200	3,680
44	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$104,370	$58,980	5,100
45	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$104,170	$62,250	320
46	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$104,060	$63,570	4,480
47	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$103,990	$51,790	300
48	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$103,890	$62,400	2,250
49	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$103,800	$64,240	2,510
50	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$103,600	$62,520	210
51	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$103,430	$62,660	7,160
52	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$103,330	$57,450	5,040
53	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$103,140	$63,110	120
54	Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Virginia	$103,110	$65,970	80
55	Manchester, New Hampshire	$103,000	$52,050	120
56	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$102,930	$54,620	80
57	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$102,680	$64,130	150
58	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$102,600	$61,890	80
59	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$102,170	$59,090	350
60	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$101,760	$67,120	50
61	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$101,700	$57,970	650
62	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$100,520	$62,720	100
63	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$100,490	$58,530	930
64	Anchorage, Alaska	$100,490	$62,100	90
65	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$100,470	$53,110	1,070
66	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$100,400	$62,720	110
67	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$100,390	$53,850	40
68	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$100,200	$58,580	160
69	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$100,130	$48,600	70
70	Jacksonville, Florida	$100,120	$51,670	550
71	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$99,930	$51,740	760
72	Huntsville, Alabama	$99,910	$64,710	n/a
73	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$99,830	$66,530	50
74	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$99,790	$50,900	90
75	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$99,670	$59,440	450
76	New Haven, Connecticut	$99,590	$64,550	150
77	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$99,240	$54,640	30
78	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$99,230	$48,990	210
79	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$99,080	$61,080	40
80	Macon, Georgia	$98,990	$55,140	30
81	Wausau, Wisconsin	$98,960	$79,630	50
82	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$98,790	$59,400	60
83	Port St Lucie, Florida	$98,570	$51,080	40
84	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$98,420	$62,590	160
85	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$98,220	$56,710	60
86	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$97,890	$66,430	190
87	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$97,300	$53,810	1,450
88	Tucson, Arizona	$96,950	$53,690	260
89	Peoria, Illinois	$96,930	$60,730	120
90	Greeley, Colorado	$96,370	$57,080	40
91	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$96,370	$67,990	560
92	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$96,030	$50,860	800
93	Columbus, Georgia	$96,010	$57,400	110
94	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$95,560	$50,050	30
95	Rockford, Illinois	$95,560	$48,430	60
96	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$95,520	$59,370	70
97	Binghamton, New York	$95,460	$49,720	50
98	Redding, California	$95,430	$59,750	50
99	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$95,410	$62,920	50
100	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$95,350	$57,510	70