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Lead Data Scientist Salaries

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Last updated on January 21, 2025

Average salary is ₹37.3lakhs.

Employees as Lead Data Scientist earn an average of ₹37.3lakhs, mostly ranging from ₹27.2lakhs to ₹94.1lakhs based on 162 profiles.

👨‍💻 Male	₹34lakhs Male Average Salary : ₹ 34 lakhs
👩‍💻 Female	₹29lakhs Female Average Salary : ₹ 29 lakhs

For every ₹100 paid to men, women are paid ₹85

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Company	Title	Experience	Annual Salary	School	Skills
Wells Fargo Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist	11.8yrs		Great Learning Biju Patnaik University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform (Gcp) Kubernetes Docker Machine Learning (Show More) Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Sql Supply Chain Management Bfsi Telecommunications Amazon Web Services (Aws) Tensorflow Statistical Modeling Python Data Analysis Microsoft Sql Server Microsoft Office Tableau Team Management Scikit-learn Pandas
Bajaj Finserv Pune	Senior Lead Data scientist	1.7yrs	Base: ₹36.2lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹36.2lakhs	Madras School of Economics
John Deere Pune	Lead Data Scientist (7)	5.1yrs	Base: ₹28.3lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹28.3lakhs	Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus	Statistics Git Microsoft Azure Pyspark Data Science Python (Show More) R Analytical Skills Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Data Analysis Data Visualization Machine Learning Statistical Data Analysis Statistical Modeling Amazon Web Services (Aws) Azure Databricks Azure Data Lake Sql Communication Leadership Team Management Search Engine Optimization (Seo) Microsoft Excel Problem Solving Predictive Modeling Teamwork
Toplyne Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist	6.5yrs		Birla Institute of Technology and Science	Public Speaking Html Machine Learning Predictive Analytics Python Pyspark (Show More) Sql Scala Machine Learning Algorithms Deep Learning
EPAM Systems Hyderabad	Lead Data Scientist - Level Lead Data Analyst	10.4yrs	Base: ₹39.1lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹39.1lakhs	Birla Institute of Technology and Science Proschool IMS Bangalore	Fastapi Semantic Kernel Large Language Models (Llm) Rag Data Visualization Predictive Modeling (Show More) Statistical Modeling Database Administration R Microsoft Office Windows Teamwork Shell Scripting Statistics Data Mining Machine Learning Linux Oracle Database Microsoft Sql Server Tableau Python Oracle Core Dba Oracle Database Administrator 12c Linear And Multiple Linear Regression Logistic Regression Time Series Analysis Probability Sampling And Hypothesis Testing Exploratory Data Analysis And Data Cleaning Decision Trees Data Cleaning Time Series Analysis Market Basket Analysis Hadoop Hdfs Hive Text Analytics Data Analysis Sql Statistical Data Analysis Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Text Mining Microsoft Excel Recommender Systems R Shiny Deep Learning Databricks Sap Hana Tensorflow Generative Ai Chatgpt Marketing Mix Modeling
Foundit Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist	8yrs		Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology Khalsa Academy	Strategic Thinking Amazon Web Services (Aws) Google Cloud Platform (Gcp) Supply Chain Management Statistical Modeling Data Analytics (Show More) Attention To Detail Problem Solving Feast Merlin Apache Airflow Mongodb Elasticsearch Fastapi Large Language Models (Llm) Business Analytics Data Visualization Sas Pytorch Recommender Systems Search Product Management Tensorflow Cluster Analysis Time Series Analysis Anomaly Detection Predictive Modeling Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Machine Learning Python Sql Supply Chain Optimization Data Analysis Statistics Process Simulation Data Science Tableau R Sas Eg Visual Basic For Applications (Vba) Apache Superset Metabase Google Bigquery Postgresql Leadership Public Speaking Teamwork Amazon Redshift Microsoft Office Deep Learning
Nagarro Bengaluru	Associate Lead Data Scientist	6.2yrs	Base: ₹29.0lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: ₹1.0lakhs CTC:₹30.0lakhs	BIT Mesra Student-Industry Relations Cell	Data Science Data Science/ Artificial Intelligence Data Science & Analytics Machine Learning Deep Learning Databricks (Show More) Gcp Azure
FIS Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist	4.6yrs	Base: ₹38.4lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: ₹4.3lakhs CTC:₹42.7lakhs	Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Vivekananda Global University	Gnn Probability Theory Large Language Models (Llm) Generative Ai Machine Learning Deep Learning (Show More) Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Data Science Algorithms Data Analysis Pytorch Tensorflow Pyspark Keras Python C++ C Sql Convolutional Neural Networks (Cnn) Pattern Recognition Neural Networks Research Artificial Neural Networks Scikit-learn Numpy Deep Neural Networks (Dnn) Machine Learning Algorithms Recurrent Neural Networks (Rnn) Hadoop Data Analytics Statistical Modeling Data Structures Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Applied Machine Learning Hive Analytics Microsoft Office Statistics Statistical Data Analysis Predictive Modeling
Target Corporation Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist (6) Male	6.5yrs		Indian Institute of Management Indian Institute of Science	Data Science
Tata Consultancy Services Kuala Lumpur	Lead Data Scientist and Big Data Analytics	17.6yrs	Base: ₹35.4lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹35.4lakhs	Sunstone Business School National Institute of Information Technology

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Frequently asked questions

How much do Lead Data Scientist employees make?

Employees as Lead Data Scientist earn an average of ₹37.3lakhs, mostly ranging from ₹27.2lakhs per year to ₹94.1lakhs per year based on 162 profiles. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹58.4lakhs per year.

What is the average salary of Lead Data Scientist?

Average salary of an employee as Lead Data Scientist is ₹37.3lakhs.

What is the highest salary offered as Lead Data Scientist?

Highest reported salary offered as Lead Data Scientist is ₹103.9lakhs. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹58.4lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹94.1lakhs per year.

What are the most common skills required as Lead Data Scientist?

44% of employees have skills in machine learning . 36% also know python . 20% also know deep learning .

What are the highest paying jobs as Lead Data Scientist?

The top 5 highest paying jobs as Lead Data Scientist with reported salaries are:

data scientist - ₹44.0lakhs per year
lead data scientist - ₹36.0lakhs per year
senior lead data scientist - ₹27.0lakhs per year
lead data scientist serving notice period - ₹24.0lakhs per year
technical lead - ₹16.0lakhs per year

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Lead Data Scientist?

The median salary approximately calculated from salary profiles measured so far is ₹34.1lakhs per year.

How is the age distributed among employees as Lead Data Scientist?

26% of employees lie between 31-36 yrs . 17% of the employees fall in the age group of 26-31 yrs .

What qualifications do employees have as Lead Data Scientist?

9% hold a PostGraduate degree. 4% hold a Graduate degree.

Which schools do employees working as Lead Data Scientist went to?

4% of employees studied at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) . 3% studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science .

Frequently asked questions

How much do Lead Data Scientist employees make?

What is the average salary of Lead Data Scientist?

Average salary of an employee as Lead Data Scientist is ₹37.3lakhs.

What is the highest salary offered as Lead Data Scientist?

What are the most common skills required as Lead Data Scientist?

44% of employees have skills in machine learning . 36% also know python . 20% also know deep learning .

What are the highest paying jobs as Lead Data Scientist?

The top 5 highest paying jobs as Lead Data Scientist with reported salaries are:

data scientist - ₹44.0lakhs per year
lead data scientist - ₹36.0lakhs per year
senior lead data scientist - ₹27.0lakhs per year
lead data scientist serving notice period - ₹24.0lakhs per year
technical lead - ₹16.0lakhs per year

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Lead Data Scientist?

The median salary approximately calculated from salary profiles measured so far is ₹34.1lakhs per year.

How is the age distributed among employees as Lead Data Scientist?

26% of employees lie between 31-36 yrs . 17% of the employees fall in the age group of 26-31 yrs .

What qualifications do employees have as Lead Data Scientist?

9% hold a PostGraduate degree. 4% hold a Graduate degree.

Which schools do employees working as Lead Data Scientist went to?

4% of employees studied at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) . 3% studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science .

Salary Brackets

Percentage
10-20 lakhs	10-20 lakhs Percentage : 14
20-30 lakhs	20-30 lakhs Percentage : 24
30-40 lakhs	30-40 lakhs Percentage : 27
40-50 lakhs	40-50 lakhs Percentage : 14
> 50 lakhs	> 50 lakhs Percentage : 22

Age Brackets

Percentage
21-26 yrs	21-26 yrs Percentage : 2
26-31 yrs	26-31 yrs Percentage : 17
31-36 yrs	31-36 yrs Percentage : 26
36-41 yrs	36-41 yrs Percentage : 8
> 41 yrs	> 41 yrs Percentage : 1

Skills

Trending

machine learning

44 %

python

36 %

deep learning

20 %

data science

0 %

sql

0 %

data analysis

0 %

Schools

Top

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

4 %

Birla Institute of Technology and Science

3 %

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)

2 %

Indian Institute of Technology

2 %

National Institute of Technology (NIT)

2 %

Calcutta University

2 %

Visveswaraiah Technological University (VTU)

2 %

Lead Data Scientist Salaries

Average salary is ₹37.3lakhs.

How much do Lead Data Scientist employees make?

What is the average salary of Lead Data Scientist?

What is the highest salary offered as Lead Data Scientist?

What are the most common skills required as Lead Data Scientist?

What are the highest paying jobs as Lead Data Scientist?

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Lead Data Scientist?

How is the age distributed among employees as Lead Data Scientist?

What qualifications do employees have as Lead Data Scientist?

Which schools do employees working as Lead Data Scientist went to?

How much do Lead Data Scientist employees make?

What is the average salary of Lead Data Scientist?

What is the highest salary offered as Lead Data Scientist?

What are the most common skills required as Lead Data Scientist?

What are the highest paying jobs as Lead Data Scientist?

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Lead Data Scientist?

How is the age distributed among employees as Lead Data Scientist?

What qualifications do employees have as Lead Data Scientist?

Which schools do employees working as Lead Data Scientist went to?

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