What is the average Data Scientist salary in Boston?

The median midpoint of 11 live Data Scientist postings in Boston is $209k a year. Half of them fall between $201k and $238k.

Which companies pay Data Scientist roles the most?

Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Formation Bio ($236k), Zoox ($222k), Layer Health ($178k).

Where do these numbers come from?

From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.

Data Scientist salary in Boston

What employers are offering right now, from 11 live Data Scientist postings in Boston that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.

Median

$209k

a year, base pay

Middle half

$201k–$238k

25th to 75th percentile

Highest posted

$276k

range midpoint

How the offers are spread

$165k

$179k

$193k

$207k

$221k

$234k

$248k

$262k

Top-paying companies for Data Scientist roles

Company	Median	Postings
Formation Bio	$236k	7
Zoox	$222k	2
Layer Health	$178k	2

Highest-paying open Data Scientist jobs

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Formation Bio

Director/Senior Director, Product - Applied Data Science

New York, NY; Boston, MA $245k – $307k/yr

sparkdata sciencerecruitingDirect from employer Aug 21

Zoox

Senior Data Scientist - Verification & Validation

Foster City, CA · Boston, MA Full-time $209k – $285k/yr

pythonsqlsparkdatabricksDirect from employer Mar 27

Formation Bio

Associate Director/Director, Data Science (Real World Data)

Boston, MA; New York, NY $214k – $267k/yr

sparkdata sciencedata engineeringanalyticsDirect from employer Apr 30

Formation Bio

Principal Data Scientist

New York, NY; Boston, MA $205k – $267k/yr

pythonsparkmachine learningdeep learningDirect from employer Apr 7

Formation Bio

Principal Data Scientist, Medical Imaging

New York, NY; Boston, MA $205k – $267k/yr

pythonsparkdeep learningpytorchDirect from employer Jul 22

Formation Bio

Senior Data Scientist - Real World Data

New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; Raleigh-Durham, NC $186k – $232k/yr

pythonsqlsparkdbtDirect from employer Mar 30

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Data Scientist salary: common questions

What is the average Data Scientist salary in Boston?: The median midpoint of 11 live Data Scientist postings in Boston is $209k a year. Half of them fall between $201k and $238k.
Which companies pay Data Scientist roles the most?: Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Formation Bio ($236k), Zoox ($222k), Layer Health ($178k).
Where do these numbers come from?: From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.

JobApplyPilot reads employers' own job postings. Pay shown is base salary from published ranges, not total compensation.

Data Scientist salary in Boston

How the offers are spread

Top-paying companies for Data Scientist roles

Highest-paying open Data Scientist jobs

Director/Senior Director, Product - Applied Data Science

Senior Data Scientist - Verification & Validation

Associate Director/Director, Data Science (Real World Data)

Principal Data Scientist

Principal Data Scientist, Medical Imaging

Senior Data Scientist - Real World Data

Data Scientist salary: common questions

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