Data Scientist salary in Florida

Official occupation: 15-2051 Data Scientists · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

In Florida, the median data scientist earns $115,820 a year, 4% below the United States median of $120,230.

It ranks 16th of 49 states with a published figure.

Pay is widely spread: the top 10% earn at least $174,140, 2.8 times the $63,080 that marks the bottom 10%.

With 10,240 jobs and a location quotient of 0.61, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Florida is $47,880, so this role pays 2.4 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureFloridaNational
Median annual pay Observed$115,820United States: $120,230
Mean annual pay Observed$119,150United States: $126,800
10th percentile Observed$63,080United States: $67,240
25th percentile Observed$84,070United States: $85,660
75th percentile Observed$140,210United States: $158,880
90th percentile Observed$174,140United States: $199,130
Median hourly pay Observed$55.69United States: $57.80
Employment (jobs) Observed10,240
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed1.032
Location quotient Observed0.61
Difference from United States median ($120,230) Derived−4%
Rank among 49 states Derived16
Ratio to Florida all-occupation median ($47,880) Derived2.42×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.76

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 14. North Carolina$119,090
  2. 15. Colorado$117,400
  3. 16. Florida$115,820
  4. 17. Arkansas$109,390
  5. 18. Utah$108,090

Largest cities in Florida: Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, St. Petersburg (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.