Poll Results
The following graph shows the breakdown of income (salary) by region, with number of respondents on the vertical axis (excluding students). (Note: the poll asks for income to include data miners who work for a company as well as self-employed).
As in the past year, data miners are most compensated in the US/Canada, with median income (excluding students) estimated around US $100-110,000. A similarly high income (although based only on a few respondents) was reported in the Australia/New Zealand/Japan region. Surprisingly, the median income for West European data miners was much lower - around $50,000.
Next by income are data miners from Asia (including China and India), followed by East Europe and Latin America. a number of respondents did not indicate their region and were grouped in the Other/Unknown. However, Asia (including China and India) lead in the number of students who responded.
Data Miner Income (Salary) /Status by Region
| Region | student | < 30K | 31 to 60K | 61 to 90K | 91 to 120K | > 120K | Total Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US/Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 78 |
| Au/NZ/Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| West Europe | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| Asia (including China, India) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| East Europe | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Latin America | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Other/unknown | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Total | 27 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 173 |
For comparison, here is 2005 KDnuggets Data Miners Income (Salary) by Region Poll. We can see slight increase in reported income for US/Canada data miners, but not for West European data miners. There is not enough data for other regions to make a meaningful comparison.