Data Scientist job description template with salary range

Data Scientist
Location: [City, State] (on-site / hybrid / remote in [states])

About the role
You'll turn our data into decisions, building analyses and models that shape the product and the business.

What you'll do
• Design and analyse experiments
• Build models that predict customer behaviour
• Define metrics and build dashboards with stakeholders
• Present findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

What you'll bring
• Strong SQL and experience with Python or R
• Applied statistics and experiment design
• Experience communicating results to decision-makers

Compensation
Pay: $[MIN]–$[MAX] per year, based on experience and skills.

Benefits
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• [Retirement plan and employer match]
• [Number] days of paid time off, plus paid holidays
• [Other benefits: parental leave, learning budget, etc.]

[Company] is an equal opportunity employer.

What makes this posting compliant

• A specific pay range. 15 states currently require a salary or wage range in job postings: California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Use the minimum and maximum you genuinely expect to pay.
• Benefits. Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington also require a general description of benefits. The benefits block covers that; list what you actually offer.
• Where the job is done.Which law applies depends on where the role can be performed. For remote roles, name the states you’ll hire in, because each one’s law can apply.

Common mistake for this role: Data roles are frequently posted as remote. A remote posting open to candidates nationwide can fall under the law of every state it's open to, not just your headquarters.

Thresholds, cities and effective dates differ by state; see every state that requires salary ranges or format a range with the pay range builder.