H-1B job title salary

Data Scientist

#8 most-filed title 5,443 certified LCAs filed under 43 occupations
Median salary
$133,952
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$105,000 – $170,000
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
-2.38%
-5.34% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
1.1%
5,443 filings

Data Scientist pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$86,424
P25$105,000
Median$133,952
P75$170,000
P90$200,000
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$89,905814 LCAs
Level II$120,0002,207 LCAs
Level III$150,1401,262 LCAs
Level IV$175,000775 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Data Scientist pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Data Scientists 89%Statisticians 4%Operations Research Analysts 3%Software Developers 1%Computer and Information Research Scientists 1%Biological Scientists, All Other 0%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Data Scientists 15-2051 88.76% 4,831 $103,500 $133,952 $170,000
Statisticians 15-2041 4.1% 223 $119,823 $138,145 $165,136
Operations Research Analysts 15-2031 2.96% 161 $115,000 $141,875 $160,197
Software Developers 15-1252 0.92% 50 $112,923 $126,350 $149,122
Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1221 0.85% 46 $113,693 $141,238 $192,500
Biological Scientists, All Other 19-1029 0.44% 24 $105,839 $119,925 $124,931
Database Architects 15-1243 0.26% 14 $109,790 $138,729 $175,684
Computer Systems Analysts 15-1211 0.18% 10 $97,125 $110,885 $127,149
Database Administrators 15-1242 0.17% 9 $87,381 $125,000 $155,324
Industrial Engineers 17-2112 0.15% 8 $132,087 $160,550 $187,200
Computer Occupations, All Other 15-1299 0.13% 7 $106,266 $124,614 $164,164
Financial Specialists, All Other 13-2099 0.09% 5 $114,178 $145,000 $145,000
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021 0.09% 5 $156,554 $157,049 $167,500

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Data Scientist

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer LCAs Median vs all sponsors
Amazon
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 263 $162,400 +21.2%
Meta
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 231 $207,370 +54.8%
Wal Mart Associates
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 165 $150,750 +12.5%
Google
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 114 $198,500 +48.2%
Apple
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 71 $163,300 +21.9%
Paypal
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 70 $164,157 +22.6%
Relx
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 44 $105,000 -21.6%
Cvs Shared Resources
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 43 $130,000 -2.9%
Tt Commerce & Global
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 42 $225,077 +68%
Intel
SOC 15-2041 · Statisticians
 41 $129,890 -6%
Pinterest
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 41 $148,699 +11%
Bytedance
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 39 $200,000 +49.3%
Tiktok
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 36 $207,966 +55.3%
Boston Consulting
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 35 $110,000 -17.9%
Wayfair
SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists
 34 $131,658 -1.7%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

  • Senior Data Scientist1,204 LCAs · median $152,312
  • Data Scientist II427 LCAs · median $136,000
  • Data Scientist III243 LCAs · median $148,699
  • Data Scientist I150 LCAs · median $105,000
  • Data Scientist, Analytics77 LCAs · median $185,000
  • Senior Data Scientist I40 LCAs · median $123,767
  • Data Scientist Senior39 LCAs · median $141,179
  • Data Scientist - Product32 LCAs · median $193,000

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