Data Scientists H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Data Scientists (SOC 15-2051).
Employers filed 91 wage applications for Data Scientists jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 45 employers. The median offered wage was $96,035, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the job. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP filed the most (9, median $146,390).
- Filings
- 91
- Positions covered
- 281
- Employers
- 45
- Median offered
- $96,035
- Median prevailing wage
- $96,034
- Filings since FY2020
- 191
- Median offer change since FY2023
- −6%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Data Scientists jobs fell 6%, from $102,482 in fiscal 2023 to $96,034 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 39 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 Scientists by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 81 | $96,034 | −8.5% | $96,034 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 39 | $104,900 | +16.7% | $92,477 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 36 | $89,876 | −12.3% | $86,102 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 29 | $102,482 | −4.2% | $97,739 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 5 | $107,015 | n/a | $91,541 | +16.3% |
| 2021 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 9 | $146,390 | +28.7% | |
| Datara Inc | 6 | $96,034 | at the minimum | |
| LTM Limited | 6 | $79,655 | at the minimum | |
| Melmark Inc | 6 | $76,232 | at the minimum | |
| LTIMindtree Limited | 5 | $109,492 | at the minimum | |
| Flair Tech Solutions Inc | 4 | $104,000 | +6.0% | |
| Kairos Technologies Inc. | 3 | $96,034 | at the minimum | |
| Social Finance, LLC | 3 | $129,709 | at the minimum | |
| Akshardham LLC | 3 | $81,286 | at the minimum | |
| Relic Solutions LLC | 3 | $120,640 | +1.5% | |
| Quantum Integrators Group LLC | 2 | $79,500 | +0.1% | |
| Staffingtree, Inc. | 2 | $86,154 | at the minimum | |
| Oak Forest Realty | 2 | $85,675 | +0.8% | |
| Iresh Technologies LLC | 2 | $90,969 | at the minimum | |
| Upward Systems Inc | 2 | $67,517 | at the minimum | |
| Apple Inc. | 2 | $143,698 | +0.1% | |
| NetPrime Technologies, LLC | 2 | $86,154 | at the minimum | |
| ByteInfoTek Inc | 1 | $82,000 | +0.9% | |
| Domyn, Inc. | 1 | $200,000 | +29.9% | |
| Cloudpromax LLC | 1 | $142,000 | +0.2% | |
| Robinhood Markets, Inc. | 1 | $154,000 | +10.4% | |
| Cognifyar Technologies | 1 | $87,214 | at the minimum | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1 | $275,850 | at the minimum | |
| Streamvector Inc. | 1 | $109,491 | at the minimum | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 1 | $177,870 | +27.5% | |
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 45. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Data Scientists jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving, TX | 13 | $96,034 | at the minimum | |
| Maumee, OH | 6 | $76,232 | at the minimum | |
| New York, NY | 4 | $165,935 | +18.9% | |
| Chicago, IL | 3 | $122,674 | +2.6% | |
| Cleveland, OH | 3 | $81,286 | at the minimum | |
| Houston, TX | 3 | $67,519 | at the minimum | |
| Jacksonville, FL | 3 | $86,154 | at the minimum | |
| Jersey City, NJ | 3 | $109,492 | at the minimum | |
| Mckinney, TX | 3 | $120,640 | +1.5% | |
| Boston, MA | 2 | $85,675 | +0.8% | |
| Menlo Park, CA | 2 | $225,000 | +36.9% | |
| Plano, TX | 2 | $100,017 | +4.1% | |
| Raritan, NJ | 2 | $79,500 | +0.1% | |
| St. Augustine, FL | 2 | $86,154 | at the minimum | |
| San Diego, CA | 2 | $143,698 | +0.1% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 2 | $123,076 | +4.2% | |
| Argyle, TX | 1 | $96,034 | at the minimum | |
| Atlanta, GA | 1 | $175,770 | +53.2% | |
| Aubrey, TX | 1 | $96,100 | +0.1% | |
| Auburn Hills, MI | 1 | $108,160 | +0.3% | |
| Burbank, CA | 1 | $158,808 | at the minimum | |
| Charlotte, NC | 1 | $200,000 | +29.9% | |
| Cottonwood Heights, UT | 1 | $97,386 | at the minimum | |
| Cranbury, NJ | 1 | $79,456 | at the minimum | |
| Edison, NJ | 1 | $109,492 | at the minimum | |
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.
- 6 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.