Core Data Science Career Tracks

Identify the data skills that employers want in 2022.

Business Analyst

$74,949 Average Base Salary (US)

Business analysts guide organizations in improving processes, services, and products. They utilize data and strategy analysis to deliver data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.

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Chief Data Officer

$198,112 Average Base Salary (US)

A Chief Data Officer (CDO) is responsible for organizing and leveraging a company's data assets to help it deliver on a defined mission and vision. The CDO is an executive level position that generally reports to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Data Analyst

$70,903 Average Base Salary (US)

Data analysts help businesses make data-driven decisions. They create reports and dashboards from raw data sources that track key performance indicators to guide decision makers within an organization.

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Data Architect

$120,634 Average Base Salary (US)

Data architects design, build, optimize, and maintain data management systems which support the data needs of an organization. They ensure that enterprise data systems will scale with increased demand.

Data Engineer

$109,427 Average Base Salary (US)

Data engineers create data pipelines that take raw data and transform it into a format that is clean, consistent, and actionable by analysts and data scientists. They play a critical role in maintaining the data assets of an organization and helping to put data models into production.

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Data Scientist

$106,467 Average Base Salary (US)

Data scientists use business acumen and advanced programming skills to build data products that are often powered by machine learning that is supported by data engineers. They create predictive models, recommender systems, image recognition software and other products that improve business process and better serve customers.