SOC 15-2051.00
Data Scientists — H-1B offered wages
Wages employers attested they would pay on certified Labor Condition Applications filed under SOC 15-2051.00.
- 25th percentile
- $105,890
- Median
- $132,946
- 75th percentile
- $166,086
- Employers
- 99
Offered wage, per year
Derived from $5,000 bands, not stored
11,927 disclosed positions
Offered wage, per year
Distinct sponsors behind the distribution
Top 100 sponsors of this occupation were read
Wage distribution
Each band is $5,000 wide.
25th $105,890 · median $132,946 · 75th $166,086 · 11,927 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
Prevailing wage level
Level I is entry, IV is fully competent. The level sets the wage floor the employer had to meet.
Level I
285
9%
Level II
969
30%
Level III
714
22%
Level IV
643
20%
Not stated
622
19%
By employer
Each median is derived from that employer's own wage bands for this occupation — never an average of medians.
| Employer | Headquarters | Median | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | Seattle, WA | $135,140 | 1,597 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | NEW YORK, NY | $98,788 | 1,208 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS SERVICES LLC | NEW YORK, NY | $98,769 | 1,203 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA | NEW YORK, NY | $98,750 | 1,200 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Chicago, IL | $137,500 | 607 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Menlo Park, CA | $168,365 | 493 |
| Snowflake Inc. | Menlo Park, CA | $187,500 | 487 |
| Pinterest, Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $123,023 | 380 |
| Synopsys, Inc. | Sunnyvale, CA | $176,500 | 284 |
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | Seattle, WA | $134,281 | 257 |
| Robinhood Markets, Inc. | Menlo Park, CA | $152,567 | 231 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Redmond, WA | $180,385 | 216 |
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino, CA | $161,477 | 203 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Austin, TX | $164,884 | 194 |
| Capital One, National Association | Richmond, VA | $137,857 | 182 |
By metro
Metros with at least 15 disclosed positions across 3 or more employers.
| Metro | Median | Positions | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $109,438 | 1,970 | 43 |
| Dallas, TX | $97,686 | 1,275 | 16 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $97,517 | 1,206 | 5 |
| Seattle, WA | $133,443 | 1,147 | 24 |
| Menlo Park, CA | $164,528 | 686 | 4 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | $173,212 | 633 | 9 |
| San Francisco, CA | $171,939 | 454 | 25 |
| San Jose, CA | $187,885 | 341 | 18 |
| Bellevue, WA | $153,947 | 310 | 23 |
| Austin, TX | $132,593 | 308 | 17 |
| Jersey City, NJ | $138,867 | 263 | 12 |
| Palo Alto, CA | $174,253 | 225 | 8 |
| Boston, MA | $114,386 | 224 | 12 |
| Redmond, WA | $178,611 | 193 | 4 |
| Arlington, VA | $117,933 | 177 | 5 |
226 further metros are present in the data but below the reporting floor, so no range is published for them.
Percentiles are interpolated inside $5,000 bands summed across the 100 largest sponsors of this occupation, which is what the precomputed ranking holds — so they describe those sponsors, not the whole labour market. A page is only published when at least 25 disclosed positions across 3 employers stand behind it. Wages are what the employer attested at filing time, before the job started.