# Data Scientist Salary Chicago: $126k median (2026)

> data scientist salary Chicago - based on 30 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $126k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $102k - $139k
- **Based on:** 18 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 9 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 4 open)
- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 4 open)
- Scientific research and development (division 72, 3 open)
- Land transport and transport via pipelines (division 49, 2 open)
- Manufacture of food products (division 10, 1 open)

## Top companies hiring

- TransUnion (3 open)
- NORC at the University of Chicago (2 open)
- BMO U.S. (2 open)
- Chicago Transit Authority (2 open)
- Eliassen Group (2 open)
- BMO Financial Group (2 open)
- hackajob (1 open)
- AbbVie (1 open)

## Sample live roles

- [CLOSED: DATA SCIENTIST - CHIEF DATA ANALYST](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/closed-data-scientist-chief-data-analyst-at-human-inc-4445634966) - Human, Inc. - Chicago, IL
- [Data Scientist, Financial Services Consulting](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-scientist-financial-services-consulting-at-transunion-4354781115) - TransUnion - Chicago, IL - $67,500.00 - $112,500
- [Lead Insurance Data Scientist](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-insurance-data-scientist-at-epic-insurance-brokers-consultants-4428147900) - EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants - Chicago, IL
- [Data Scientist](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7d74ab9dcd047477) - Benda Infotech - Chicago, IL - $70,000 - $100,000 a year
- [Data Scientist](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-scientist-at-eliassen-group-4441827270) - Eliassen Group - Chicago, IL - $60.00 to $75.00/hr
- [Sr Data Scientist, Fraud Risk Oversight](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/sr-data-scientist-fraud-risk-oversight-at-paypal-4408577147) - PayPal - Chicago, IL - $130,500.00 - $193,600.00
- [Data Scientist - AI Enablement](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b3f0e49e8e345102) - BMO Financial Group - Chicago, IL - $88,800 - $165,600 a year
- [Data Scientist - Insurance](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-scientist-insurance-at-transunion-4394478559) - TransUnion - Chicago, IL - $88,750 – $141,250
- [Data Scientist - AI Enablement](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-scientist-ai-enablement-at-bmo-u-s-4444724815) - BMO U.S. - Chicago, IL - $88,800.00 - $165,600.00
- [Data Scientist II, Anti Money Laundering Transaction Monitoring](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4a476ab4de66d582) - BMO Financial Group - Chicago, IL - $69,000 - $127,800 a year
- [Data Scientist](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-scientist-at-lotame-4414758498) - Lotame - Chicago, IL - $73,500.00
- [Lead, Data Scientist - Decision Sciences Identity Team](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-data-scientist-decision-sciences-identity-team-at-epsilon-4443153825) - Epsilon - Chicago, IL - $87,100.00

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