LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026
LinkedIn H-1B filings for data scientists
Short answer
LinkedIn filed 124 H-1B labor condition applications for data scientists (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026), 19% of its 666 IT filings. The most common state is California (114) and the most common city is Sunnyvale, CA.
Job titles on the filings
| Job title | Filings |
|---|---|
| Sr. Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 46 |
| Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 42 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning | 7 |
| Sr Software Engineer, Data Science | 6 |
| Software Engineer, Data Science | 5 |
| State | Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 114 |
| New York | 7 |
| Washington | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| City | Filings |
|---|---|
| Sunnyvale, CA | 105 |
| San Francisco, CA | 8 |
| New York, NY | 7 |
| Seattle, WA | 1 |
Wage levels and offered wage
| Wage level | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level II | 44 | 57% |
| Level III | 31 | 40% |
| Level IV | 2 | 3% |
Median offered wage for data scientists: $174,304 a year, against a median prevailing wage of $174,304 on the same filings. See prevailing wages by occupation and area.
LinkedIn in other occupations
| Occupation | Filings |
|---|---|
| All IT occupations | 666 |
| Software Developers | 487 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 34 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | 16 |
Other employers filing for data scientists
| Employer | Filings |
|---|---|
| Meta | 126 |
| JPMorgan Chase | 131 |
| Capital One | 138 |
| Apple | 101 |
| Adobe | 99 |
| 92 |
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