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Data Jobs Salary Guide 2026
Download the 2026 United States salary guide. Compare May 2025 BLS wages for data scientists, database architects, and software developers.
Use national wage benchmarks and a worksheet to prepare your salary conversation. Software developers are an adjacent benchmark, not an AI engineer survey. The PDF does not provide Canada or seniority-specific salary ranges.
Market signals · United States
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Data salary guide 2026
Put your next salary offer in context
Compare three United States occupations with May 2025 BLS wages, dated sources, and a practical offer worksheet in the free 2026 PDF edition.
- Three United States occupations
- Compare national wages for data scientists, database architects, and software developers.
- 2026 salary planning benchmarks
- The 2026 PDF edition uses May 2025 BLS wage data, with dated sources and limitations.
- Prepare your salary conversation
- Use an offer comparison worksheet. National wage distributions are not seniority-specific salary bands.
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Analytics Engineer
Berlin · Hybrid
Machine Learning Engineer
Toronto · Remote
Data Engineer
Paris · Hybrid
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Analytics Engineer
Berlin · Hybrid-friendly
Role focus
Analytics engineering · Data modeling
Work preferences
Full-time · Hybrid or remote
Guide coordinates
Data & AI salaries · 2026
- Market
- United States
- Data period
- May 2025
- Occupations
- Scientists, architects, developers
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- 2026 PDF edition
- United States national wages
- May 2025 BLS data
- Three occupations
- Offer comparison worksheet