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Data Scientist H-1B salary at Visa U.S.A. — 153 certified filings (FY2018–FY2026)

22
Filings · FY2025
$111k
Median base · FY2025
$110k–$117k
Middle 50% · FY2025
−4%
vs market median · all years

Visa U.S.A. filed 22 certified H-1B LCAs for Data Scientist in FY2025, with a median base salary of $111k and the middle 50% of offers between $110k and $117k. Across all years its $109k median is 4% below the $114k market median for Data Scientist. It has filed 153 Data Scientist LCAs since FY2018, most often in Foster City, CA.

How much does Visa U.S.A. pay a Data Scientist?

Certified base salary for Data Scientist at Visa U.S.A. by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $111k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.

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Does Visa U.S.A. pay Data Scientists above the market?

Visa U.S.A.'s all-years median against every employer's certified Data Scientist LCAs — 4% below the market. Same cleaned DOL title, same base-salary definition, so the two rows compare like for like.

Data Scientist base salary: Visa U.S.A. versus all H-1B employers
Base salary for this titleFilingsMedian
Visa U.S.A.153$109k
All employers · Data Scientist24,001$114k

How has Visa U.S.A.'s Data Scientist hiring changed by year?

2 certified Data Scientist filings in FY2018 → 12 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.

Visa U.S.A. certified H-1B Data Scientist filings and base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsvs prior FYMedian base
FY202612−45%$117k
FY202522+57%$111k
FY202414−26%$113k
FY202319−5%$109k
FY202220+5%$122k
FY202119−32%$111k
FY202028+65%$106k
FY201917+750%$98k
FY20182—$63k

Which wage levels does Visa U.S.A. file for Data Scientist?

DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 7% of Visa U.S.A.'s Data Scientist filings sit at Level III–IV. Higher levels earn more entries in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

Share of 153 Data Scientist filings with a wage level · all years

11%
82%
  • Level I11.1%17
  • Level II82.4%126
  • Level III6.5%10

Where does Visa U.S.A. hire H-1B Data Scientists?

Worksite states and cities on the certified filings for this title, all years, with the median base salary at each.

Visa U.S.A. Data Scientist H-1B worksite states
StateFilingsMedian base
California84$111k
Georgia29$108k
District of Columbia17$117k
Virginia13$98k
Ohio4$63k
Florida3$103k
Texas2$109k
Colorado1$117k
Visa U.S.A. Data Scientist H-1B worksite cities
CityFilingsMedian base
Foster City, CA82$111k
Atlanta, GA29$108k
Washington, DC17$117k
Arlington, VA10$98k
Mentor, OH4$63k
Ashburn, VA3$95k
Austin, TX2$109k
Miami, FL2$103k

Also filed as

Visa U.S.A.'s other sponsored titles, and the employers that file the most Data Scientist LCAs. All years.

Other titles at Visa U.S.A.

Other H-1B job titles sponsored by Visa U.S.A.
Job titleFilingsMedian base
Sr. Sw Engineer309$100k
Staff Sw Engineer303$128k
Director284$152k
Sr. Data Scientist105$137k
Sr. Sw Test Engineer101$99k
Sr. Product Manager92$145k
Software Engineer - Sr. Consultant Level77$149k
Sr. Director75$189k
Staff Research Scientist74$153k
Staff Sw Test Engineer72$117k

Top Data Scientist sponsors

Top H-1B sponsors for Data Scientist
EmployerFilingsMedian base
Meta Platforms1,194$189k
Facebook813$155k
Google522$175k
Apple513$168k
Intel424$97k
Walmart Associates383$130k
Microsoft332$127k
Uber Technologies284$116k
IBM269$111k
Aetna Resources227$127k

Common questions about Data Scientist H-1B pay at Visa U.S.A.

How much does Visa U.S.A. pay a Data Scientist on an H-1B?
Visa U.S.A.'s median certified H-1B base salary for Data Scientist is $111k in FY2025, from 22 filings; the middle 50% of offers fall between $110k and $117k. Across all years the median is $109k.
How many Data Scientist H-1B LCAs has Visa U.S.A. filed?
Visa U.S.A. has 153 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for Data Scientist on record (FY2018–FY2026), 12 of them in FY2026. That is 4% of its 3,631 certified filings across all titles.
Does Visa U.S.A. pay Data Scientists above the market?
Visa U.S.A.'s all-years median of $109k is 4% below the $114k median for Data Scientist across all H-1B employers (24,001 certified filings).
Where does Visa U.S.A. hire H-1B Data Scientists?
Visa U.S.A.'s Data Scientist LCAs name worksites mostly in California, Georgia, District of Columbia; the top cities are Foster City, CA, Atlanta, GA, Washington, DC.
Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
What salary do these figures show?
The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2018–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →