What a Data Scientist Does

A Day in the Life of a Data Scientist provides information on what a data scientist does daily. To get a quick idea, below is a short video on the life of a data scientist.

 

Data Science Employment

The data science industry is growing at a rapid pace.  Data scientist jobs are predicted to experience 36 percent growth between 2021- 2030.1  As technology and data evolve the demand for data scientists continues to increase.  Information security analyst, software developer, data scientist, and statistician ranked among the top 25 (out of 100) jobs in 2023.2  The USA alone needs over 1.5 million more data scientists, analysts and data-literate managers.3

Data scientists can be found in almost any industry.  Financial services, information technology, healthcare, retail, and media and entertainment industries hire the most data scientists currently.4

 

Where do Data Scientists Work?

Data scientists can be found in almost any industry from business to technology to healthcare to retail. Financial services, information technology, healthcare, retail, and media and entertainment industries hire the most data scientists currently.  (Career Karma – Dream Employers for Data Scientists: What industries hire the most?)

 

Top Attractive Employers for Data Scientists

Financial Services

Company	Location	Job Title
CalPrivate Bank	Remote	Application Support Analyst
Cash App	San Francisco	Senior Machine Learning Modeler, Financial Crimes (Cash App)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.	New York	Wealth Management, Data Intelligence Group (DIG), Data Scientist Team Lead (ED – New York OR London)
KPMG	San Francisco	Associate, Data Scientist – Financial Services Statistical Modeling
Moody's Analytics	New York	Data Scientist/Risk Modeler

Information Technology

Company	Location	Job Title
Google	Mountain View, Sunnyvale, New York	Data Scientist, Engineering
IBM	San Jose	Junior Data Scientist Apprentice
Intel	Hillsboro	Data Scientist
Microsoft	Bellevue	Data Scientist
Oracle	Denver, Remote	Data Scientist

Healthcare

Company	Location	Job Title
Amino, Inc	San Francisco	Senior Data Scientist – Healthcare
Ascension	Warren	Data Scientist – Healthcare
CVS Health	New York	Data Scientist (Healthcare)
Landmark Health	California, Remote	Healthcare Data Scientist
TriHealth Inc.	Montgomery	Healthcare statistician

Retail

Company	Location	Job Title
Amazon	Seattle	Applied Scientist II, Retail Pricing Science
Apple	Cupertino	Data Scientist, Natural Language Processing (NLP) – Apple Retail Online
Chewy	Minneapolis	Head of Machine Learning – Retail Forecasting
Nordstrom	Seattle	Data Scientist – Merchandising Analytics
Target	Minneapolis	Sr Project/Data Analyst Food and Bev Supply Chain

Media and Entertainment

Company	Location	Job Title
Disney Streaming	Seattle	Analyst, Forecasting
Creative Artists Agency (CAA)	Los Angeles	Business Intelligence Developer – Media & Entertainment
Netflix	Remote	People Analytics Partner
ViacomCBS	New York	Jr. Data Scientist
WarnerMedia	New York	Analyst, HBO Max Content Analysis

 

 

How much does a Data Scientist Make?

What Is the Average DATA Scientist Salary by State? 
  

State	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Hourly Wage
New York	$132,877	$11,073	$63.88
Idaho	$130,190	$10,849	$62.59
California	$127,351	$10,612	$61.23
New Hampshire	$123,445	$10,287	$59.35
Vermont	$121,677	$10,139	$58.50

 

What is the average salary for a Data Scientist in Riverside, CA?

 

Data Scientist vs. Statistician

 

More Information:

 

• Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs in the World [A Complete Guide]
• A look ahead: The top 10 degrees poised for future growth and opportunity
• How to Become a Data Scientist in 2023
• A Day in The Life of a Data Scientist