Earnings of Data Visualization practitioners
Distribution of annual salaries
The annual salaries vary between $0 and $240,000, with most professionals earning between $60,000 and $140,000. They almost form a normal distribution, slightly skewed to the right.
Comparison between women and men
We observe that women's salary is slightly lower than men's, with medians being respectively $90,000 and $110,000. 50% of the women earn between $70,000 and $110,000 per year, while 50% of the men earn between $90,000 and $150,000.
Comparison between roles
The violin charts below represent the salary distribution for five leading data visualization roles: analyst, developer, designer, scientist, and leadership. We observe that analysts have the lowest average salary, while respondents with a leadership position have the highest. The thicker a violin is, the more respondents it contains for a specific salary bracket. On the contrary, thinner plots have a lower number of responses.
Data source
State of the industry survey 2021 - Data Visualization Society
Methodology
For comparison purposes, this project visualizes only the answers provided by salaried professionals living in the United States (788 respondents). Thirty-three respondents declared earning $240,000 or more annually and are not represented in the visualizations.
The pyramid chart and the boxplot present only the data from respondents identifying as women or men (735 respondents).