Data Scientist Job Description
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- 1. Redwood City, CA (120)
- 2. New York, NY (116)
- 3. Fremont, CA (115)
- 4. Hayward, CA (101)
- 5. San Mateo, CA (93)
- 6. Milpitas, CA (83)
- 7. Alexandria, VA (80)
- 8. Springfield, VA (79)
- 9. Annapolis Junction, MD (79)
- 10. Chantilly, VA (77)
- 11. Herndon, VA (74)
- 12. Menlo Park, CA (66)
- 13. Palo Alto, CA (59)
- 14. Reston, VA (55)
- 15. Redmond, WA (47)
- 16. Sunnyvale, CA (44)
- 17. Bentonville, AR (40)
- 18. Los Angeles, CA (39)
- 19. Berkeley, CA (39)
- 20. Santa Clara, CA (37)
Education you need to become a Data Scientist
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- Bachelor of Science (b.sc.) in Physics
- Doctor of Philosophy (PH.D.) in Physics
- Master of Science (m.sc.) in Statistics
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Annual Pay Estimate for Data Scientist and Other Important Info
See how many years Data Scientist's are in their job, how much they make, how long it took to get there and how available this job is in terms of open positions.
4.2 years
$112K
Experienced
1108 out of 3997
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Jobs to start your career in becoming a Data Scientist
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This is the most common and direct path to Data Scientist based on our users' career history
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Senior Data Scientist$156K
Data Scientist$112K
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The jobs shown above Data Scientist are the most common ones Jobtrees users had after being a Data Scientist
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