H-1B sponsor data
H-1B sponsors for data scientists
Employers with certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in occupation 15-2051 (Data Scientists), decided between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 (FY2026 Q3 release).
An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.
Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for data scientists?
8,482 employers had 32,189 certified H-1B LCAs for data scientists in the window. The most active were Amazon.com Services LLC, Microsoft Corporation and Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.. The median offered wage on full-time filings was $128,100 a year. California had the most worksites. An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.
| Certified H-1B LCAs | 32,189 |
|---|---|
| Employers filing | 8,482 |
| Median offered wage (full-time) | $128,100 |
| Middle 50% of offered wages | $99,300 – $162,700 |
| Most common worksite state | California |
Top H-1B sponsors for data scientists
Employers ranked by certified H-1B LCAs in this occupation.
| Rank | Employer | Certified LCAs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon.com Services LLC | 1,891 |
| 2 | Microsoft Corporation | 784 |
| 3 | Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | 735 |
| 4 | Capital One, National Association | 561 |
| 5 | Meta Platforms, Inc | 494 |
| 6 | Google LLC | 485 |
| 7 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 448 |
| 8 | Capital One Services, LLC | 391 |
| 9 | Adobe Inc. | 243 |
| 10 | Apple Inc. | 237 |
| 11 | LinkedIn Corporation | 222 |
| 12 | Amazon Web Services, Inc. | 195 |
| 13 | Citibank, N.A. | 171 |
| 14 | TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 170 |
| 15 | PayPal, Inc. | 146 |
| 16 | Federal Express Corporation | 123 |
| 17 | Uber Technologies, Inc. | 119 |
| 18 | TikTok Inc. | 117 |
| 19 | Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 115 |
| 20 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | 114 |
| 21 | Tesla, Inc. | 111 |
| 22 | CVS Shared Services Resources LLC | 109 |
| 23 | Deloitte Consulting LLP | 103 |
| 24 | ByteDance Inc. | 93 |
| 25 | ExlService.com, LLC | 87 |
| 26 | McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States | 86 |
| 27 | Pinterest, Inc. | 85 |
| 28 | Caremark LLC | 80 |
| 29 | Barclays Services Corp. | 76 |
| 30 | Kforce Inc. | 76 |
Median offered wage by level
The prevailing-wage level on each filing, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent), with the median offered wage at that level.
- Level I (entry)$88,500
- Level II (qualified)$109,800
- Level III (experienced)$142,000
- Level IV (fully competent)$169,500
Where the jobs are
State
- California5,917
- Texas4,788
- New York3,318
- Washington2,965
- New Jersey1,794
- Illinois1,512
- Virginia1,252
- Massachusetts1,209
- Georgia1,008
- North Carolina1,002
Job titles filed under this occupation
Employers write their own job titles; DOL assigns the occupation code. These are the most common titles.
- Data Scientist2,993
- Data Engineer1,700
- Data Analyst1,383
- Business Intelligence Analyst831
- Senior Data Scientist786
- Business Analyst672
- Senior Data Analyst523
- Data Engineer II411
- Data Scientist II366
- Machine Learning Engineer345
- Senior Data Engineer321
- Business Intelligence Engineer II304
Frequently asked questions
- Which employers sponsor the most H-1B visas for data scientists?
- In this window: Amazon.com Services LLC, Microsoft Corporation, Wal-Mart Associates, Inc., Capital One, National Association and Meta Platforms, Inc. The full table above ranks the top employers by certified LCAs.
- What do H-1B data scientists get paid?
- The median offered wage on full-time filings was $128,100 a year, with the middle half between $99,300 – $162,700. Offered wages are what employers stated on the filing; actual pay can differ.
- What is SOC code 15-2051?
- It is the Standard Occupational Classification code for Data Scientists. Employers file under their own job titles; the Department of Labor assigns each filing an occupation code, which this page groups by.
Other occupations
Source and method
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification: LCA Programs (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) disclosure data, FY2026 Q3 release, decisions from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. DOL performance data page
- Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) with case status Certified and visa class H-1B, decided in the 12-month window above. Cases certified and later withdrawn, denied cases and withdrawn cases are listed separately.
- Employers are grouped by their filed legal name after removing punctuation and legal forms such as Inc. or LLC, so related companies that file under different legal names (for example a parent and a subsidiary) appear separately.
- Wages are the lower end of the wage range the employer stated on full-time LCAs, converted to a yearly amount. They are offered wages on a filing, not salary data, and actual pay can differ.
- DOL may revise individual records in later releases. Ruubu republishes the figures after each quarterly release.
This is U.S. government public-domain data credited to the U.S. Department of Labor. Ruubu aggregates it and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Labor.
Data imported October 24, 2026. Source page checked October 24, 2026.
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