Data Scientist / ML Engineer salaries
Monthly net pay from 683 answers since 2020. In 2026 the median is ₺127,500; the middle half earns ₺92,500–₺177,500.
- 2026 median
- ₺127,500
- Last year
- +38%
- 2026 answers
- 121
Monthly net pay by year
MedianMiddle 50% (P25–P75)
- 2021 +31%
- 2022 +47%
- 2023 +120%
- 2024 +116%
- 2025 +55%
- 2026 +38%
Amounts are in each year's nominal lira; in years of high inflation most of the rise is prices, not purchasing power.
2026 distribution · point at a year on the chart
121 people- Bottom 10%
- ₺70,500
- Lower quartile (P25)
- ₺92,500
- Median
- ₺127,500
- Upper quartile (P75)
- ₺177,500
- Top 10%
- ₺225,000
The bottom and top tenth are shown instead of the single lowest and highest answer: the extremes are either mistakes or one person, and showing one answer makes that person recognisable.
2026, by experience
- 0–2 yearsLower quartile ₺69,500, upper quartile ₺112,500, 42 people₺92,500
- 3–5 yearsLower quartile ₺102,500, upper quartile ₺157,500, 42 people₺132,500
- 6–10 yearsLower quartile ₺147,500, upper quartile ₺245,000, 34 people₺182,500
The line is the median, the light band the middle half.
2026, by level
- Junior₺82,500₺65,500 – ₺102,50028 people
- Middle₺127,500₺97,500 – ₺152,50053 people
- Senior₺182,500₺152,500 – ₺225,00040 people
The level is the respondent's own answer.
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Every year
| Year | Answers | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Against the year before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 121 | ₺92,500 | ₺127,500 | ₺177,500 | +38% |
| 2025 | 177 | ₺67,500 | ₺92,500 | ₺132,500 | +55% |
| 2024 | 94 | ₺43,500 | ₺59,500 | ₺82,500 | +116% |
| 2023 | 143 | ₺19,500 | ₺27,500 | ₺37,500 | +120% |
| 2022 | 109 | ₺8,500 | ₺12,500 | ₺18,500 | +47% |
| 2021 | 20 | ₺5,500 | ₺8,500 | ₺12,500 | +31% |
| 2020 | 19 | ₺5,500 | ₺6,500 | ₺8,500 | — |
Where do the numbers come from?
- The Önceki Yazılımcı salary surveys, run every year from 2020 to 2026: 37,826 answers in all.
Used with the survey author's permission. We keep nothing per person; this page only holds group summaries.
- Only groups of at least 15 people are shown; no figure of a smaller group is published.
- The survey asks for a range; each value is the middle of its range, rounded to 500 lira. A value that falls in an open top range is written with "≥".
- Only answers from people working in Turkey and paid in Turkish lira count.
- Amounts are each year's nominal lira, not adjusted for inflation.