LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026
Meta H-1B filings for data scientists
Short answer
Meta filed 126 H-1B labor condition applications for data scientists (LCA decisions in 2025 and through March 31, 2026), 6% of its 2,082 IT filings. The most common state is California (69) and the most common city is Menlo Park, CA.
Job titles on the filings
| Job title | Filings |
|---|---|
| Data Scientist | 70 |
| Data Engineer | 28 |
| Data Scientist, Analytics | 11 |
| Data Scientist, Product Analytics | 5 |
| Software Engineer | 3 |
| State | Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 69 |
| New York | 30 |
| Washington | 19 |
| New Jersey | 3 |
| Texas | 3 |
| City | Filings |
|---|---|
| Menlo Park, CA | 44 |
| New York, NY | 27 |
| Bellevue, WA | 13 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 12 |
Wage levels and offered wage
| Wage level | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | 9 | 9% |
| Level II | 24 | 23% |
| Level III | 35 | 34% |
| Level IV | 36 | 35% |
Median offered wage for data scientists: $203,546 a year, against a median prevailing wage of $164,403 on the same filings. See prevailing wages by occupation and area.
Meta in other occupations
Other employers filing for data scientists
| Employer | Filings |
|---|---|
| 124 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | 131 |
| Capital One | 138 |
| Apple | 101 |
| Adobe | 99 |
| 92 |
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