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Junior Data Scientist Salary Benchmarks

Compensation data for the Junior Data Scientist role at US SaaS companies, based on 29 verified salaries.

Quartile breakdown All SaaS roles

Base salary · US SaaS29 salaries

$26,718

Median base salary

Bottom 25% avg$11,041Top 25% avg$217,872

Average base salary: $78,384
Typical range (P25–P75): $21,090–$62,400
Salaries analyzed: 29

Hiring for this role? At the median, one Junior Data Scientist costs $26,718 a year in base salary.

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Overview

29 salaries

Junior Data Scientist Salary Overview

Bottom 25% AverageAverage of the lowest-paid quarter · 6 salaries: $11,041
Middle 50% AverageAverage of the middle half · 15 salaries: $30,927
Top 25% AverageAverage of the highest-paid quarter · 8 salaries: $217,872

Median Junior Data Scientist base pay by pay period

Per year: $26,718
Per month: $2,226
Every two weeks: $1,028
Per hour: $12.85

Base-pay equivalents before tax; hourly assumes 2,080 working hours a year.

Junior Data Scientist salaries at SaaS companies average $78,384, with typical salaries ranging from $21,090 to $62,400. Based on 29 real salary data points from SaaS companies.

Quartile bands

Employees · annualized base

Detailed Junior Data Scientist Compensation Breakdown

Junior Data Scientist base salary by percentile band
Percentile Band	Salary range	Average Base Salary	# of salaries
Top 25%	$62,400 and up	$217,872	8 salaries
Middle 50%	$21,090–$62,400	$30,927	15 salaries
Bottom 25%	Under $21,090	$11,041	6 salaries

By seniority

Employees · median base

Data Scientist Salary by Seniority Level

Median base salary for each Data Scientist level with its own benchmark, from Junior Data Scientist to Senior Data Scientist. Step-up compares each median with the level below.

Data Scientist base salary by seniority level
Level	Median base	P25–P75	Salaries	Step-up
Junior Data Scientist (entry level)This page	$26,718*	$21,090–$62,400	29	—
Data Scientist	$97,500	$58,949–$127,794	122	+265%
Senior Data Scientist	$114,999	$78,588–$164,454	78	+18%

* Fewer than 50 salaries: a small sample, so expect this level's figures to move more between data refreshes.

Hiring budget

Base salary · fully loaded

What Does a Junior Data Scientist Cost to Hire?

Budget for Junior Data Scientist hires at the 25th percentile, median and 75th percentile of this benchmark, as base salary and as fully loaded cost.

Pay level

Hires

One Junior Data Scientist hire at the median: $26,718 a year in base salary, $33,397–$37,405 fully loaded.

Cost of one hire by pay level
Per hire	P2525th percentile	MedianMedian	P7575th percentile
Base salary / year	$21,090	$26,718	$62,400
Base salary / month	$1,757	$2,226	$5,200
Fully loaded / year1.25–1.4× base	$26,362–$29,525	$33,397–$37,405	$78,000–$87,360
Fully loaded / month1.25–1.4× base	$2,197–$2,460	$2,783–$3,117	$6,500–$7,280

Fully loaded adds employer payroll taxes, health and retirement benefits, software seats, and equipment at 1.25–1.4× base salary. That multiplier is a planning rule of thumb applied to this benchmark, not a surveyed cost figure. Commission, bonus, equity, and recruiting fees are not included.

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Key insights

Junior Data Scientist Pay by the Numbers

The middle half of Junior Data Scientist salaries spans $21,090–$62,400: a $41,310 spread, 155% of the $26,718 median.
A 75th-percentile Junior Data Scientist earns 3.0× the 25th-percentile salary.
The Junior Data Scientist median is 62% below the median Operations, Finance & People role ($70,000 across 114 roles).

What Drives Higher Junior Data Scientist Pay?

Years of experience and proven track record
Company stage and funding (later stage typically pays more)
Technical expertise and specialization
Location and remote work policies

FAQ

Junior Data Scientist salary

On a median base salary of $26,718, a Junior Data Scientist at a US SaaS company makes about $2,226 a month, $1,028 every two weeks, or $12.85 an hour over 2,080 working hours a year. The middle half of salaries (25th–75th percentile) works out to $1,757–$5,200 a month. These are base-pay equivalents before tax, and they leave out bonus, commission, and equity.

Expect the lower half of this benchmark. Across 29 verified SaaS Junior Data Scientist salaries, the 25th percentile is $21,090 and the median is $26,718. A Junior Data Scientist at a seed or Series A startup, or at a bootstrapped company under roughly $10M ARR, will often land between those two figures. Base pay typically moves toward and past the $62,400 75th percentile as the company adds headcount and ARR. Those stage bands are a rule of thumb applied to this benchmark, not a breakdown by company size, which the dataset does not report.

Budget for more than base salary. On a median base of $26,718, the fully loaded cost of a US Junior Data Scientist is roughly $33,397–$37,405 per year once employer payroll taxes (~7.65% FICA plus federal and state unemployment), health and retirement benefits, software seats, and equipment are added. That 1.25–1.4x multiplier is a planning rule of thumb applied to the benchmark on this page, not a surveyed cost figure. Commission, bonuses, and equity sit on top where the role carries them. Also budget one-off hiring costs: agency recruiting fees commonly run 15–25% of first-year base, and a new hire takes weeks to months to reach full productivity.

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