Lead Data Scientist H-1B Salary

612 certified H-1B filings list the job title Lead Data Scientist (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $159,000; the middle half of filings fall between $135,000 and $185,064. The largest sponsor for this title is Aetna Resources LLC (40 filings).

612
certified filings
$159,000
Median base salary
$135,000
25th pct
$185,064
75th pct
$204,900
90th pct
$115,383
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$115,383$159,000 median$204,900

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026153$159,252
FY2025183$165,000
FY2024146$160,000
FY2023130$148,902

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY50$182,626
San Francisco, CA29$193,372
Boston, MA24$166,650
Chicago, IL15$142,210
Jersey City, NJ15$150,000
Atlanta, GA12$153,652
Redwood City, CA11$185,000
Charlotte, NC10$138,010
Minneapolis, MN10$128,574
Alpharetta, GA9$112,736
Seattle, WA9$142,700
Florham Park, NJ7$119,552
Columbus, OH6$135,060
Santa Clara, CA6$204,607
Sunnyvale, CA6$188,430
Hartford, CT5$180,970
Irving, TX5$107,869
Jacksonville, FL5$148,015
Los Angeles, CA5$188,885
Roseland, NJ5$135,782

Lead Data Scientist salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Aetna Resources LLC40$183,845
Target Enterprise, Inc.25$154,000
ADP Technology Services, Inc.17$128,003
84.51 LLC15$156,000
Caremark LLC15$185,000
Boston Consulting Group, Inc.13$204,900
Humana Inc.13$155,000
THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC.13$191,600
CVS Pharmacy Inc.12$171,834
INCEDO, INC.12$116,376
AT&T SERVICES, INC.10$179,536
Home Depot Management Company LLC10$186,689
C3.ai, Inc.9$184,200
Insurance Services Office, Inc9$139,500
Mastercard International Incorporated9$138,000
BLEND360, LLC8$118,000
IBM Corporation8$197,500
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC6$180,000
Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.6$145,450
Lowe's Companies, Inc.6$129,938
Salesforce, Inc.6$205,542
BREAD FINANCIAL PAYMENTS, INC.5$135,060
MACY'S SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY, INC.5$172,355
NIKE, Inc.5$204,506
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC5$206,037
Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co.4$130,147
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.4$147,836
Caterpillar Inc.4$115,950
CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc4$144,154
Chime Financial, Inc.4$268,550
Cox Automotive Corporate Services, LLC4$171,834
Elixir Lab USA Inc DBA Cardinality.ai4$131,698
Finco Services Inc4$214,000
Marsh & McLennan Shared Services LLC4$138,800
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company4$147,732
Mastercard Technologies, LLC4$149,500
Northeastern University4$131,325
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.4$147,627
ADP, Inc.3$139,506
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.3$200,100
Brighterion, Inc.3$118,789
CCI Corporate Services LLC3$147,006
Digitas, Inc.3$150,000
HARMAN CONNECTED SERVICES INC3$112,000
HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION3$131,498
HERE North America, LLC3$138,715
HiLabs, Inc3$190,000
Homesite Group Incorporated3$190,500
Honeywell International Inc.3$195,050
Lumen Technologies Service Group, LLC3$130,000

Related job titles

Data Scientist Lead $135,578Data Scientist $119,000Vice President, Data Scientist Lead $163,100Senior Data Scientist $151,094Data Scientist II $138,300Lead Data Engineer $144,403Data Scientist III $144,402Data Scientist I $109,491Staff Data Scientist $173,121Principal Data Scientist $175,000

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer