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Senior data scientist salary in the San Francisco Bay Area

The median posted base pay for senior data science jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area is $203K a year, from 103 open jobs at 77 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $171K to $230K. One job in ten has posted pay above $264K.

Data of . This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay
$203K
Middle half of the jobs
$171K to $230K
10th to 90th percentile
$157K to $264K
Open jobs with posted pay
103
Companies
77

Data scientist pay by level in the San Francisco Bay Area

Posted base pay for data science jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area, by the level in the job title. This page is about the senior level. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

  • Level not stated116 jobs$175K$153K to $222K
  • Senior103 jobs$203K$171K to $230K
  • Staff41 jobs$215K$202K to $230K
  • Principal20 jobs$230K$204K to $249K
Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay bands by level, data science, Bay Area. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level10th25thMedian75th90thJobs with pay
Level not stated$140K$153K$175K$222K$288K116
Senior$157K$171K$203K$230K$264K103
Staff$198K$202K$215K$230K$275K41
Principal$182K$204K$230K$249K$315K20

Top-paying companies for senior data science jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area

The companies with the highest median posted base pay for senior data science jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area. A company name opens its levels in the pay explorer.

  1. 1Roblox$293K5 jobs
The median posted base pay of each company for senior data science jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area. We use the middle point of each posted range. A company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.