173tech Data Salary Review
173tech’s Data Salary Review offers data professionals key insights into salary trends, market demand, and emerging skill gaps, helping them navigate career growth and compensation expectations with confidence.
This report covers four key roles: Head of Data, Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Data Scientists, with insights and trends at different levels within these positions. Each role plays a crucial part in leveraging data to drive success.
We scraped data from: Indeed, Glassdoor, Linkedin, SalaryExpert, Reed, Builtin, Talent & Statista, The Salary Checker, TotalJobs & NerdWallet to find average salaries across the last five years.
Analysis By Location
Which Tech Hubs Have The Highest Salary?
These figures represent the average 2024 salaries for professionals with more than 5 years experience.
- California - $375k
- New York - $360k
- Boston - $330k
- Chicago - $305k
- Atlanta - $295k
- Amsterdam - $280k
- California - $160k
- New York - $150k
- Boston - $145k
- Chicago - $135k
- Munich - $135k
- Toronto - $135k
- California - $130k
- New York - $125k
- Boston - $120k
- Chicago - $115k
- Munich - $110k
- Amsterdam - $110k
- California - $200k
- New York - $185k
- Boston - $180k
- Chicago - $175k
- Atlanta - $165k
- Richmond - $160k
Which Tech Hubs Have The Best Wage Growth?
These figures represent the percentage % rise from 2020 to 2024 in average salaries.
- Birmingham - 34.38%
- Manchester - 33.73%
- London - 32.58%
- Berlin - 31.73%
- Cardiff - 31.25%
- Toronto - 30.3%
- Montreal - 50.63%
- Toronto - 49.7%
- Cardiff - 30.67%
- Manchester- 30.49%
- Marseille- 28.45%
- Birmingham - 28.2%
- Birmingham - 52.31%
- Hamburg - 51.92%
- Manchester - 50.34%
- Munich - 49.12%
- Edinburgh - 48.38%
- Cardiff - 46.12%
- London - 13.33%
- Edinburgh - 11.53%
- Birmingham - 10.5%
- Cardiff - 9.27%
- Richmond - 6.47%
- Atlanta - 4.22%
Cost Of Living vs Wages
- New York - $56,867
- California - $53,082
- Boston - $44,398
- Richmond - $41,604
- London - $41,000
- Edinburgh - $38,412
- Berlin - 123%
- Edinburgh - 96%
- Manchester - 63%
- Birmingham - 56%
- Cardiff - 54%
- London - 47%
- DA - New York - $8133
- DA - Richmond - $8396
- DA - London - £12,000
- DA - Cardiff - £16,200
- DA - Manchester - £16,552
- DA - California - £16,918
- Utrecht #23/23
- Richmond #22/23
- Boston #21/23
- The Hague #20/23
- Montreal #19/23
- Chicago #18/23
Which Tech Hubs Have The Most Opportunities?
These rankings represent the amount of job opportunities posted in 2024.
- London
- New York
- Manchester
- California
- Birmingham
- Boston
- California
- London
- New York
- Boston
- Atlanta
- Richmond
- California
- New York
- Boston
- London
- Atlanta
- Richmond
- London
- California
- New York
- Boston
- Atlanta
- Richmond
Which Tech Hubs Have The Most Stability?
These category placements come from our analysis across every tech hub taking into account volatility of the market, makeup of local employers, reputation and wage growth over the last five years.
- California
- New York
- London
- Munich
- Amsterdam
- Boston
- Chicago
- Richmond
- Manchester
- Paris
- Berlin
- Tornonto
- Hamburg
- Cardiff
- Atlanta
- Birmingham
- Edinburgh
- Lyon
- The Hague
- Utrecht
- Montreal
- Marseille
- Eindhoven
Working With Agencies
Average Annual Cost Of A Data Team
By Country 2020-2024 (USD)
An Agile Alternative: 173tech
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Lead Data Engineer – Adrian
Data Engineer – Oscar, Oliver
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