Data and Applied Scientist, H-1B salary
What 1,814 H-1B filings report for “Data and Applied Scientist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Data and Applied Scientist?
$141k median H-1B base salary for a Data and Applied Scientist, typically $118k to $173k, across 1,814 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2024). Highest in California at $158k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California169$158k+$17k
- 2Washington1,478$141ksame
- 3Georgia22$135k−$6k
- 4Massachusetts84$130k−$11k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $141kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Microsoft1,814 filings$141k
Related titles in this family
1,916 filings carry “Data and Applied Scientist” in the title, across 9 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Data and Applied Scientist52 filings$161k
- 2Data and Applied Scientist Manager38 filings$176k
- 3Principal Data and Applied Scientist5 filings$180k
- 4Data and Applied Scientist 23 filings$140k
- 5Principal Data and Applied Scientist Lead1 filings$190k
- 6Senior Data and Applied Scientist Ma1 filings$160k
- 7Senior Data and Applied Scientist Manager1 filings$158k
- 8Sr. Data and Applied Scientist1 filings$120k
Figures are for the exact title “Data and Applied Scientist”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.