What does a data scientist do, and what is the salary in Bangalore?
A data scientist cleans and analyses large datasets, builds and validates models that predict outcomes, and presents the results to the people who decide. In Bangalore, the itszia.ai salary snapshot puts data scientist pay for 0–3 years of experience at ₹5–9 lakh a year in IT services and ₹9–16 lakh at a product company.
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What does a data scientist do?
A data scientist turns data into decisions. O*NET records the job as Data Scientists (O*NET 15-2051.00), and its core tasks include:
- Analyze, manipulate, or process large sets of data using statistical software.
- Clean and manipulate raw data using statistical software.
- Test, validate, and reformulate models to ensure accurate prediction of outcomes of interest.
- Deliver oral or written presentations of the results of mathematical modeling and data analysis to management or other end users.
Which skills does a data scientist need?
A data scientist needs statistics, data cleaning, model validation and the ability to explain a result to a manager. Employers test the whole path, so show a project that went from raw data to a decision.
O*NET's technology list for Data Scientists includes Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, Apache Kafka and Amazon Redshift. Learn the platform your target employers use; statistics carries across all of them.
How much does a data scientist earn in Bangalore?
Data Scientist pay in Bangalore depends most on experience and on the kind of company. The table shows the lower-to-upper quartile range of yearly pay for each experience band and company type, from the itszia.ai salary snapshot as of 1 August 2026. A Global Capability Center (GCC) is an offshore centre a multinational runs for its own work.
Only the Bangalore figures were researched; the other city pages scale them by a city factor, so Bangalore is the figure to quote. A cell marked not published had no researched band behind it.
| Experience | IT services | Product company | Global Capability Center (GCC) | Startup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3 years | ₹5–9 lakh | ₹9–16 lakh | ₹9–16 lakh | ₹8–15 lakh |
| 3–6 years | ₹8–14 lakh | ₹16–30 lakh | ₹16–28 lakh | ₹14–25 lakh |
| 6–10 years | ₹12–20 lakh | ₹28–48 lakh | ₹28–45 lakh | Not published: no researched band |
| 10–15 years | ₹16–28 lakh | ₹40–70 lakh | ₹40–65 lakh | Not published: no researched band |
How do people use AI in data science work?
0.61% of sampled Claude.ai conversations in May 2026 were about the tasks of the O*NET occupation behind this role, according to the Anthropic Economic Index. In those conversations, 47.43% asked Claude to complete the task directly (automation) and 52.57% worked with it iteratively (augmentation).
Data Scientists is one of the occupations where augmentation outweighed automation in that sample. The figures describe how people used Claude, not the number of data science jobs.
Frequently asked questions
How is a data scientist different from a data analyst?
A data scientist builds and validates predictive models, while a data analyst mainly queries data and reports on trends. O*NET files each role under its own occupation.
What does a senior data scientist earn at a Global Capability Center (GCC) in Bangalore?
In the itszia.ai salary snapshot, a data scientist with 6–10 years of experience at a Global Capability Center (GCC) in Bangalore earns ₹28–45 lakh a year, lower to upper quartile.
Where this data comes from
- O*NET 31.0 DatabaseThis page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. EmployLabs has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
- Anthropic Economic Index, release_2026_06_26 (claude_ai, global, soc_occupation, May 2026)Anthropic Economic Index (Anthropic), data released under CC BY. Usage share is the share of sampled Claude.ai conversations classified to this occupation; the automation/augmentation split describes how those conversations used Claude. Neither measures the labour market.
- itszia.ai salary snapshot: Data Scientist, Bangalore (as of 1 August 2026)