Three years back, we published our original research on which countries pay the highest salaries to data scientists. The research was done by collating data science median salaries for major countries, both in absolute dollar terms and Purchasing power parity (PPP) basis.
But after almost 3.5 years, how do these salaries stack up now? We decided we will broaden the scope to include 50 major countries and compare the data scientists salaries today.
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Here we plan to uncover the top highest paying countries to data scientist. Here’s how we did it-
Extracted salary information for data scientists through the various online portal that included:Job boards like Indeed & monsterCountry specific job boardsSalary research sites like Glassdoor & PayscaleVarious online blogs & discussion forumsFound median salaries for each countryConverted the local currency to dollarsConverted the dollars to PPP relative to US$.
Here’s how to read this information:
These salaries are not directly reflective of the demand for data scientists in these countries. Salaries in a country are influenced by various factor apart from the demand, like minimum basic salaries, exchange rates & purchasing powerThese are median salaries across all experience levels, industries and skills for data scientists. The goal is to provide a single number across countries that show the parity. We acknowledge the fact that there would be a range of salaries that would be depen

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