Senior Data Scientist, H-1B salary
What 6,746 H-1B filings report for “Senior Data Scientist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Senior Data Scientist?
$145k median H-1B base salary for a Senior Data Scientist, typically $101k to $189k, across 6,746 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $164k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California2,400$164k+$19k
- 2Washington371$160k+$15k
- 3New York701$152k+$7k
- 4Oregon31$150k+$5k
- 5New Jersey309$145ksame
- 6Utah23$145ksame
- 7Massachusetts439$135k−$10k
- 8Arkansas211$135k−$10k
- 9Texas562$133k−$12k
- 10Virginia110$130k−$15k
- 11Ohio87$130k−$15k
- 12District of Columbia29$130k−$15k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $145kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for a Senior Data Scientist?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Senior Data Scientist roles are Walmart, Intuit, Aetna, BCG, and IBM, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Senior Data Scientist filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Walmart862 filings$160k
- 2Intuit150 filings$147k
- 3Aetna103 filings$150k
- 4BCG101 filings$162k
- 5IBM79 filings$138k
- 6CVS Health77 filings$158k
- 7Microsoft72 filings$160k
- 884.51°60 filings$120k
- 9Nielsen59 filings$104k
- 10Instacart53 filings$180k
- 11Netflix53 filings$149k
- 12Target51 filings$106k
- 13Uber51 filings$165k
- 14LinkedIn49 filings$127k
- 15C3 AI46 filings$166k
- 16Roku39 filings$181k
- 17Humana37 filings$134k
- 18Indeed37 filings$155k
- 19PayPal37 filings$176k
- 20Roblox34 filings$283k
- 21SAP34 filings$150k
- 22Airbnb33 filings$200k
- 23Lowe's31 filings$130k
- 24Fractal Analytics31 filings$112k
- 25AT&T30 filings$148k
- 26Zillow28 filings$166k
- 27DoorDash27 filings$212k
- 28Spotify27 filings$179k
- 29Shopify27 filings$118k
- 30Coinbase26 filings$206k
- 31Discord26 filings$226k
- 32W.W. Grainger25 filings$135k
- 33Insurance Services Office24 filings$120k
- 34Atlassian24 filings$165k
- 35Salesforce24 filings$143k
- 36Robinhood23 filings$175k
- 37Shipt22 filings$167k
- 38FedEx22 filings$97k
- 39Optum21 filings$133k
- 40ADP21 filings$100k
- 41Tata Consultancy Services20 filings$92k
- 42Brex19 filings$154k
- 43Procter & Gamble19 filings$175k
- 44ACE American Insurance Company18 filings$140k
- 45Mastercard18 filings$112k
- 46Walgreen Co.18 filings$162k
- 47Credit Karma18 filings$210k
- 48Incedo17 filings$108k
- 49Snowflake17 filings$160k
- 50General Electric17 filings$135k
Related titles in this family
8,082 filings carry “Senior Data Scientist” in the title, across 498 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Data Scientist I171 filings$130k
- 2Senior Data Scientist II98 filings$166k
- 3Senior Data Scientist, Analytics90 filings$186k
- 4Senior Data Scientist (5)27 filings$181k
- 5Senior Data Scientist, Product24 filings$171k
- 6Senior Data Scientist (Grade 7)20 filings$120k
- 7Senior Data Scientist, Machine Learning20 filings$178k
- 8Senior Data Scientist III19 filings$150k
- 9Senior Data Scientist 118 filings$131k
- 10Senior Data Scientist (Grade 6)15 filings$127k
- 11Senior Data Scientist - Marketing14 filings$114k
- 12Technical Architect/Senior Data Scientist14 filings$93k
Figures are for the exact title “Senior Data 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.