Which is better in terms of salary and long term growth in data science and machine learning.

Which is better in terms of salary and long term growth in data science and machine learning.


Data science is a more generic stream of study which encompasses data analysis, machine learning, data visualization, statistical modeling, data engineering, business intelligence, etc. Therefore, from the perspective of opportunities, data science would have a greater number of job roles & positions as compared to machine learning which is a more niche segment. However, talking of salary, machine learning being a more niche segment would be a more lucrative option. At the same time, salaries depend largely on the skillsets of employees and the demand at that point in time.

An average data scientist gets a salary of INR 8.2 lakhs while the highest salary can be as high as INR 20 lakhs as well (source: Payscale.com); while an average salary of a machine learning engineer stands at approximately INR 10 lakhs per annum (source: Kaggle survey).

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