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Data Scientist H-1B salaries

Employers filed 8,628 certified H-1B applications for Data Scientist roles between Jan 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $118,500.

Median salary offered
$118,500
Middle half earn
$95,512 to $160,000
Top 10% earn over
$199,363
Certified filings
8,628

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Meta Platforms, Inc803$196,914$178,418 – $215,862
Google LLC347$188,000$171,000 – $200,000
Apple Inc.224$170,373$145,573 – $188,628
Intel Corporation146$117,590$113,500 – $130,380
ByteDance Inc.76$225,000$165,185 – $276,250
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC74$129,496$125,000 – $130,816
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.68$110,000$110,000 – $110,000
Aetna Resources LLC64$130,214$125,000 – $135,000
IBM Corporation62$163,660$133,696 – $183,064
LYFT, Inc.61$140,000$128,000 – $150,000
Ford Motor Company59$110,000$102,336 – $128,710
Oracle America, Inc.58$118,414$101,998 – $145,746
Caremark LLC53$127,617$122,500 – $132,792
Visa U.S.A. Inc.48$116,500$110,000 – $125,500
Compunnel Software Group, Inc47$112,000$97,050 – $121,400
Cisco Systems, Inc.45$155,900$142,100 – $177,600
TikTok Inc.40$170,652$142,158 – $256,862
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC39$174,000$149,915 – $238,500
Home Depot Management Company LLC39$128,000$119,012 – $134,128
Block, Inc.35$185,000$166,862 – $204,750
Spark Technologies, Inc.35$67,995$62,400 – $76,024
C3.ai, Inc.33$155,000$153,900 – $155,000
LTIMindtree Limited33$111,300$96,034 – $119,500
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center30$106,000$100,000 – $111,466
Netflix, Inc.29$232,690$211,536 – $275,850
Randstad Digital, LLC27$130,000$118,946 – $138,000
PayPal, Inc.27$135,000$124,900 – $151,850
Dropbox, Inc.25$154,700$143,770 – $180,200
NVIDIA Corporation24$179,624$168,302 – $200,186
Caterpillar Inc.24$96,481$92,903 – $117,458
JPMorgan Chase & Co.23$139,506$109,491 – $155,324
DoorDash, Inc.22$178,000$165,052 – $178,600
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.21$97,968$90,646 – $101,000
Battelle Memorial Institute21$124,200$119,052 – $127,962
Uber Technologies, Inc.20$152,850$143,500 – $157,400
Waymo LLC20$205,000$197,250 – $231,000
Deloitte & Touche LLP19$79,456$78,603 – $114,800
Expedia, Inc.19$129,709$122,440 – $142,501
CitiusTech Inc.18$113,975$96,250 – $122,025
Tesla, Inc.18$156,572$118,430 – $189,702
Stripe, Inc.17$174,117$142,501 – $183,581
Asana, Inc.17$202,000$171,000 – $202,000
Navy Federal Credit Union17$109,788$102,000 – $117,966
Intuit Inc.16$132,690$117,133 – $138,369
Schlumberger Technology Corporation16$160,305$138,645 – $180,200
Centific Global Solutions, Inc.16$98,500$85,821 – $110,000
U.S. Bank National Association16$131,518$118,695 – $136,634
Paycom Payroll, LLC15$125,000$110,000 – $137,000
Locally Compact, Inc.15$170,000$154,821 – $170,000
Bayer Research and Development Services LLC14$134,567$125,222 – $141,109

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
New York, NY744$154,500$125,000 – $187,000
Menlo Park, CA428$194,834$179,000 – $215,854
San Francisco, CA297$160,000$136,212 – $190,000
Mountain View, CA242$180,000$170,000 – $200,000
San Jose, CA220$167,268$130,416 – $216,250
Seattle, WA202$145,450$118,414 – $177,000
Austin, TX190$126,143$100,339 – $148,700
Chicago, IL186$110,457$93,974 – $130,000
Sunnyvale, CA177$174,000$137,450 – $195,000
Houston, TX175$100,000$81,245 – $121,682
Bellevue, WA155$175,636$135,000 – $207,658
Atlanta, GA139$110,469$99,754 – $126,965
Irving, TX135$96,034$87,360 – $115,002
Dallas, TX134$96,034$85,475 – $118,893
Plano, TX134$96,034$92,040 – $117,312
Cupertino, CA129$181,100$171,149 – $203,908
Jersey City, NJ119$111,966$95,550 – $137,364
Hillsboro, OR93$117,590$113,500 – $129,890
Boston, MA87$110,000$96,700 – $125,410
Santa Clara, CA81$163,488$137,497 – $174,304

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I1,781$86,080
Level II3,731$110,000
Level III1,566$140,200
Level IV1,038$183,590

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
2023453$117,000
20242,765$119,000
20252,812$117,590
20262,598$119,074