Data Miner Income (Salary) by Region (2006)

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.