What is the typical H-1B salary for a data scientist?

Across 2,881 certified H-1B filings at 163 employers, the typical salary is $164,519 a year, and the middle half of employers' medians fall between $149,173 and $178,558.

Which employers pay H-1B data scientists the most?

Among employers with at least 20 filings for the role, Two Sigma Investments ($235,000), Google ($200,000), Meta ($194,834) have the highest medians.

Which company sponsors the most data scientists?

Amazon filed the most, with 759 filings for "Applied Scientist II" at a median of $179,873.

Where do these numbers come from?

They are the wages employers committed to on their own certified H-1B filings for the fiscal year — not self-reported figures. Each employer's median is weighted by how many filings it made, so a company with thousands of filings counts for more than one with ten.

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Data Scientist H-1B salaries

What employers committed to paying sponsored data scientists on their certified H-1B filings — per employer, with the job title they used.

$164,519
typical salary: $149k–$179k
middle half: 2,881
filings: 163
employers

Highest-paying sponsors

Employers with at least 20 filings for the role, by median salary.

Highest-paying H-1B sponsors for data scientists
Employer	Job title on the filings	Median	Middle half	Filings
Two Sigma Investments	Quantitative Researcher	$235,000	$220k–$245k	37
Google	Data Scientist	$200,000	$188k–$204k	120
Meta	Data Scientist	$194,834	$178k–$220k	224
Adobe	Data Science Engineer	$181,000	$164k–$199k	50
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What is the typical H-1B salary for a data scientist?: Across 2,881 certified H-1B filings at 163 employers, the typical salary is $164,519 a year, and the middle half of employers' medians fall between $149,173 and $178,558.
Which employers pay H-1B data scientists the most?: Among employers with at least 20 filings for the role, Two Sigma Investments ($235,000), Google ($200,000), Meta ($194,834) have the highest medians.
Which company sponsors the most data scientists?: Amazon filed the most, with 759 filings for "Applied Scientist II" at a median of $179,873.
Where do these numbers come from?: They are the wages employers committed to on their own certified H-1B filings for the fiscal year — not self-reported figures. Each employer's median is weighted by how many filings it made, so a company with thousands of filings counts for more than one with ten.

Most filings

The employers sponsoring the most data scientists, and what they pay.

Employers with the most H-1B filings for data scientists
Employer	Job title on the filings	Median	Middle half	Filings
Amazon	Applied Scientist II	$179,873	$168k–$194k	759
Meta	Data Scientist	$194,834	$178k–$220k	224
Microsoft	Data Science	$170,390	$160k–$195k	155
Google	Data Scientist	$200,000	$188k–$204k	120
Walmart	Senior Data Scientist	$172,170	$144k–$172k	115
Capital One	Principal Associate Data Science	$139,311	$129k–$156k	78
Citadel	Quantitative Researcher	$178,908	$54k–$201k	68
Apple	Data Scientist	$154,600	$137k–$175k	64
CVS Health	Data Scientist	$129,348	$125k–$131k	56
Adobe	Data Science Engineer	$181,000	$164k–$199k	50
Intel	Data Scientist	$129,890	$130k–$130k	50
PayPal	Senior Data Scientist	$174,304	$157k–$190k	41
TT Commerce & Global Services	Data Scientist	$174,304	$150k–$242k	39
Two Sigma Investments	Quantitative Researcher	$235,000	$220k–$245k	37
Intuit	Senior Data Scientist	$153,353	$145k–$175k	36
Compunnel Software Group	Data Scientist	$115,360	$105k–$126k	29
Caremark	Senior Data Scientist	$159,046	$149k–$164k	28
Ford	Data Scientist	$110,286	$105k–$124k	24
Aetna Resources	Senior Data Scientist	$158,581	$135k–$164k	24
The Bank of New York Mellon	Senior Associate Data Scientist	$145,000	—	24
JPMorgan Chase	Data Scientist	$139,506	$109k–$170k	23
Oracle America	Applied Scientist	$178,672	$138k–$207k	20
Tesla	Data Scientist	$156,572	$112k–$195k	18
Lyft	Data Scientist	$148,000	$140k–$165k	17
MPG Operations	Quantitative Researcher	$109,491	$109k–$126k	17
Tiger Analytics	Data Science Analyst	$150,000	$126k–$157k	15
Randstad Digital	Data Scientist	$130,000	$119k–$138k	14
ZS Associates	Advanced Data Science Associate Consultant	$148,500	$140k–$156k	14
Target Enterprise	Senior Data Scientist	$119,642	$103k–$142k	12
DoorDash	Data Scientist	$178,000	$178k–$179k	12
Uber Technologies	Data Scientist	$152,625	$134k–$161k	12
Federal Express	Senior Data Scientist	$127,607	$121k–$141k	12
American Express	Manager Data Science	$144,641	$137k–$152k	12
Visa	Data Scientist	$120,250	$117k–$134k	12
The Home Depot	Data Scientist	$128,438	$120k–$132k	12
Relx	Senior Data Scientist I	$123,880	$120k–$131k	12
Boston Consulting Group	Data Scientist	$110,000	$110k–$120k	12
Bright Vision Technologies	Data Scientist	$118,893	$111k–$133k	12
LinkedIn	Senior Software Engineer Data Science	$182,610	$167k–$188k	10
Bayer Research and Development Services	Data Scientist	$139,749	$130k–$147k	10