Side by side

Analytics Engineer vs Data Scientist

Data Scientist pays more: a median of $153,500 against $133,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Data Scientist is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 5.5%. Listings for Analytics Engineer move faster — median age 37 days against 42.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureAnalytics EngineerData ScientistGap
Open postings15,76811,819+3,949
Posted this week624596
Median salary$133,000$153,500$-20.5k
25th percentile$105k$122k
75th percentile$165k$191k
Salary disclosed4.1%7.6%
Remote share8.2%13.7%-5.5pp
Median age of posting37d42d
Open over 60 days35.7%40.7%
Visa sponsorship22.6%4.2%
Pay

Pay distribution

Analytics Engineer

$60k$230k

Data Scientist

$69k$266k
Freshness

How old the listings are

Analytics Engineer

just posted37d median90d+

Data Scientist

just posted42d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

Analytics Engineer — technologies

Python
72.0%
SQL
65.8%
Azure
59.6%
JavaScript
53.4%
Tableau
47.2%
TypeScript
41.0%
Airflow
34.8%

Data Scientist — technologies

JavaScript
72.0%
Terraform
65.8%
Salesforce
59.6%
Tableau
53.4%
Spark
47.2%
Airflow
41.0%
HubSpot
34.8%

Analytics Engineer — employers

Halcyon Energy
9.4%
Solstice Biotech
8.7%
Cobalt Financial
8.0%
Aperture Labs
7.2%
Kestrel Health
6.5%
Lakeshore Hospitality
5.8%
Rivergate Media
5.1%

Data Scientist — employers

Cobalt Financial
9.4%
Kestrel Health
8.7%
Beacon Robotics
8.0%
Rivergate Media
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Halcyon Energy
5.8%
Ironbark Manufacturing
5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.