Top 15 Cities in the World with the Highest Salary for Data Scientist

Demand for Data Scientists around the world is increasing at a tremendous rate. In India, analytics professionals are estimated to earn 26 percent more than a software engineer. As per the study, the average salary of a data scientist is estimated to be around $1,00,000+ Annually. As the industry is bringing diversity around the world, the cities are focusing more on data scientists positions. And also the vacancies are increasing globally. 

As per the research, it is found that job postings for Data Scientists increased from 25% to 35% between January 2017 and January 2018. This increase has been consistent for years, growing by 17% from January 2018 to January 2019.

Read More: 97,000 Analytics Data Science Jobs are Vacant

The data scientist has also topped Glassdoor's Best Jobs in America list for the past three years, with top skills needed including Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Hadoop, Spark, SAS, Java, Hive, and Matlab.

So let's take a look at the Top 15 Cities in the World with the Highest Salary for Data Scientist

1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, United States

Average Salary: $128,456

2. Dublin, Ireland

Average Salary: €90,102

3. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, United States

Average Salary: $142,000

4. Paris, France

Average Salary: €45,000

5. Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, United States

Average Salary: $118,132

6. Berlin, Germany

Average Salary: €114,155

7. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

Average Salary: $142,552

8. Pulau Ujong, Singapore

Average Salary: $71,036

9. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California, US

Average Salary: $147,884

10. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Average Salary: €102,033

11. Geneva, Switzerland

Average Salary: 180,000 Swiss Francs

12. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, US

Average Salary: $125,095

13. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Unites States

Average Salary: $118,325

14. London, United Kingdom

Average Salary: £ 65,000

15. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, US

Average Salary: $123,000

Note: This data is taken from different job sites and other sources. 

So that's it. These are the Top 15 Cities in the World with the Highest Salary for Data Scientist. For more updates on Data Science stay tuned with us on LunaticAI.