Data Scientist III H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Data Scientists (SOC 15-2051).
Employers filed 244 wage applications for Data Scientist III jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 65 employers. The median offered wage was $146,103, 12.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Amazon.com Services LLC filed the most (69, median $173,992).
- Filings
- 244
- Positions covered
- 556
- Employers
- 65
- Median offered
- $146,103
- Median prevailing wage
- $133,952
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,135
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +2%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Data Scientist III jobs rose 2%, from $141,586 in fiscal 2020 to $144,402 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 12.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 311 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Data Scientist III by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 202 | $144,402 | −2.9% | $125,694 | +12.4% |
| 2025 | 311 | $148,699 | +6.5% | $134,597 | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 241 | $139,610 | −3.2% | $120,037 | +19.8% |
| 2023 | 134 | $144,268 | −0.3% | $128,003 | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 123 | $144,760 | +4.4% | $104,832 | +30.4% |
| 2021 | 69 | $138,627 | −2.1% | $109,824 | +15.3% |
| 2020 | 55 | $141,586 | n/a | $100,984 | +37.5% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 65. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Data Scientist III jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | 36 | $168,480 | +3.2% | |
| Bellevue, WA | 20 | $183,030 | +5.4% | |
| Bentonville, AR | 17 | $122,857 | +60.2% | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 15 | $144,402 | at the minimum | |
| Austin, TX | 10 | $159,200 | +27.8% | |
| New York, NY | 9 | $187,616 | +30.1% | |
| Raleigh, NC | 9 | $113,292 | +6.7% | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 7 | $199,544 | +26.9% | |
| Gainesville, FL | 6 | $92,268 | +47.3% | |
| Alpharetta, GA | 5 | $112,530 | +13.2% | |
| San Bruno, CA | 5 | $117,000 | +13.0% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 5 | $193,770 | +11.2% | |
| Atlanta, GA | 4 | $117,205 | +13.8% | |
| Boston, MA | 4 | $155,033 | +16.5% | |
| Dallas, TX | 4 | $177,840 | +44.1% | |
| Herndon, VA | 4 | $149,656 | +15.9% | |
| Hoboken, NJ | 4 | $170,429 | +55.7% | |
| Houston, TX | 4 | $144,900 | +22.3% | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 4 | $130,240 | +1.2% | |
| Mountain View, CA | 4 | $208,608 | +10.6% | |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 3 | $112,000 | +14.5% | |
| Las Vegas, NV | 3 | $170,200 | +73.0% | |
| Los Angeles, CA | 3 | $158,808 | at the minimum | |
| Cary, NC | 2 | $115,000 | +16.4% | |
| Miami, FL | 2 | $103,500 | +3.9% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.
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- Senior Data Scientist$155,000
- Senior Data Analyst$105,000
- Senior Business Analyst$112,320
- Data Engineer II$138,900
- Data Scientist II$139,300
- Business Analyst II$103,001
- Data Science$168,995
- Staff Data Scientist$180,508
- Lead Data Scientist$164,800