H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Senior Data Scientist

Occupation profile for Senior Data Scientist covers 2,629 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $160,000.

FY2026 certified median
$160,000
Total filings
2,629
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$136,750–$175,000
Top employer
WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY2024865$155,000$131,136$170,000
FY20251,003$152,000$130,000$171,337
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)761$160,000$136,750$175,000

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Senior Data ScientistFY2024 $155,000; FY2025 $152,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $160,000$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$155,000FY2025$152,000FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$160,000Certified median offer, Senior Data ScientistFY2024 $155,000; FY2025 $152,000; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $160,000$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$155,000FY2025$152,000FY2026*$160,000
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.441 filings
  2. Intuit Inc.87 filings
  3. PayPal, Inc.32 filings
  4. Caremark LLC27 filings
  5. Aetna Resources LLC26 filings
  6. IBM Corporation24 filings
  7. C3.ai, Inc.23 filings
  8. Indeed, Inc.23 filings
  9. Target Enterprise, Inc.21 filings
  10. Discord, Inc.20 filings

Top cities

  1. New York209 filings
  2. Sunnyvale181 filings
  3. San Francisco167 filings
  4. Bentonville139 filings
  5. Mountain View78 filings
  6. Chicago78 filings
  7. San Jose74 filings
  8. Boston68 filings
  9. Dallas51 filings
  10. Austin49 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. · Senior Data Scientist441 filings
  2. Intuit Inc. · Senior Data Scientist87 filings
  3. PayPal, Inc. · Senior Data Scientist32 filings
  4. Caremark LLC · Senior Data Scientist27 filings
  5. Aetna Resources LLC · Senior Data Scientist26 filings
  6. IBM Corporation · Senior Data Scientist24 filings
  7. Indeed, Inc. · Senior Data Scientist23 filings
  8. C3.ai, Inc. · Senior Data Scientist23 filings
  9. Target Enterprise, Inc. · Senior Data Scientist21 filings
  10. Discord, Inc. · Senior Data Scientist20 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562015-2051$87,256$115,835$144,414$172,994
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186015-2051$110,386$142,438$174,512$206,565
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194015-2051$125,486$168,917$212,326$255,757
2026-27Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, ARArea 2222015-2051$93,434$110,302$127,171$144,040
2026-27Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXArea 1910015-2051$75,691$99,299$122,907$146,515
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446015-2051$88,920$112,861$136,781$160,722
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266015-2051$93,912$127,026$160,118$193,232
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698015-2051$76,336$97,490$118,664$139,818
2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790015-2051$92,830$118,040$143,250$168,459
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108015-2051$77,584$106,995$136,406$165,818