Data science professionals with 3-10 years of experience get annual salaries in the ₹25-65 lakh range, while those with more experience can command pay packages upwards of ₹1 crore, according to recruitment firm Michael Page’s 2021 India Talent Trends report. Experts with more than 15 years of experience can get paid up to ₹1.8 crore, it said.
Companies are hiring data science professionals to help capture various types of data and derive meaningful insights from them. This can often be a complex process; hence, employers are willing to offer high salaries to data scientists and data engineers.