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SOC 15-2051, wage year 2025-26

Data Scientists prevailing wage by area

Short answer

Across 530 US areas, the median Level 1 prevailing wage for data scientists is $30.12 an hour ($62,650 a year) and the median Level 4 wage is $57.34 an hour ($119,278 a year). Pick an area below for all four levels.

Ten highest Level 2 wages

AreaLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$59.39$83.80$108.21$132.62
Merced, CA$56.30$81.06$105.83$130.59
Idaho Falls, ID$53.03$64.90$76.77$88.64
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$49.77$64.40$79.04$93.67
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$46.21$62.36$78.52$94.67
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$46.11$62.26$78.41$94.56
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$46.01$62.12$78.22$94.33
Yakima, WA$43.32$58.70$74.09$89.47
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$43.19$58.46$73.72$88.99
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$43.05$58.36$73.66$88.97

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval and not a job opening.

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