Which pays more, Data Analyst or Data Scientist?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Data Analyst vs Data Scientist

Data Scientist pays more: a median of $153,500 against $136,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Data Scientist is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 10.7%. Listings for Data Scientist move faster — median age 42 days against 81.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Data Analyst	Data Scientist	Gap
Open postings	12,664	11,819	+845
Posted this week	609	596
Median salary	$136,000	$153,500	$-17.5k
25th percentile	$108k	$122k
75th percentile	$169k	$191k
Salary disclosed	5.6%	7.6%
Remote share	3.0%	13.7%	-10.7pp
Median age of posting	81d	42d
Open over 60 days	38.8%	40.7%
Visa sponsorship	19.8%	4.2%

Pay

Pay distribution

Data Analyst

$61k$235k

Data Scientist

$69k$266k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Data Analyst

just posted81d median90d+

Data Scientist

just posted42d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Data Analyst — technologies

React

72.0%

Node.js

65.8%

Spark

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

TypeScript

47.2%

41.0%

JavaScript

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%

Data Analyst — employers

Lakeshore Hospitality

9.4%

Rivergate Media

8.7%

Beacon Robotics

8.0%

Pinewood Education

7.2%

Quarry Analytics

6.5%

Tidewater Insurance

5.8%

Vantage Logistics

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%

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%.

Side by side

Pay distribution

Data Analyst

Data Scientist

How old the listings are

Data Analyst

Data Scientist

What each side asks for

Data Analyst — technologies

Data Scientist — technologies

Data Analyst — employers

Data Scientist — employers

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