H-1B job title salary

Machine Learning Scientist

#429 most-filed title 126 certified LCAs filed under 5 occupations

Median salary

$181,500

Half earn more, half less

Middle 50%

$156,376 – $211,048

P25 to P75

Change vs prior year

+11.5%

+8.12% after inflation

Share of all H-1B

126 filings

Machine Learning Scientist pay range

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

P10$127,854

P25$156,376

Median$181,500

P75$211,048

P90$275,000

Median by H-1B wage level

Level I$158,8008 LCAs

Level II$160,00030 LCAs

Level III$163,32233 LCAs

Level IV$185,00053 LCAs

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

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Based on hrs/week × weeks/year = 2,080 hrs

SOC split

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 70%Computer and Information Research Scientists 19%Software Developers 8%

Occupation (SOC)	Share	LCAs	P25	Median	P75
Data Scientists 15-2051	69.84%	88	$144,190	$181,500	$196,914
Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-1221	19.05%	24	$156,603	$194,541	$240,840
Software Developers 15-1252	7.94%	10	$178,185	$205,520	$224,603

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

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
Wayfair SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists	36	$181,750	+0.1%
Expedia SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists	24	$143,808	-20.8%
Tiktok SOC 15-2051 · Data Scientists	13	$253,017	+39.4%

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