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Data Scientist II in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Data Scientist II
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
56
Median offered wage
$130,650
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$130,650certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Data Scientist II" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
714FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202214
FY202312
FY202413
FY202510
FY2026*7
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
21
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Caterpillar Inc.10
  2. Mckinsey & Company, Inc.10
  3. Amazon.com Services LLC7
  4. Grubhub Holdings, Inc.4
  5. Amazon Web Services, Inc.3
  6. Socure, Inc.2
  7. Centene Management Company, LLC2
  8. Groupon, Inc.2
  9. Here North America, LLC2
  10. Early Warning Services, LLC2
  11. Teladoc Health, Inc.2
  12. Valassis Digital Corp.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $130,650; middle half $114,992 to $150,000 · median prevailing wage $91,832 (marker) · 56 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II32
  3. Level III11
  4. Level IV8
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Data Scientist II" appears on 2,238 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 356 employers for worksites in 276 cities; the median offered wage is $138,100, so the median in Chicago is 5.4% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,238
Employers nationwide
356
Cities with filings
276
National median offered wage
$138,100
Share of national filings in Chicago
2.5%
Cities with the most applications for Data Scientist II
  1. Seattle, WA384
  2. New York City, NY260
  3. Bellevue, WA166
  4. San Francisco, CA100
  5. Boston, MA68
  6. Sunnyvale, CA62
  7. Atlanta, GA60
  8. Chicago, IL56
  9. Austin, TX49
  10. Arlington, VA47
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Chicago job market

Chicago has 49,084 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 14,589 job titles and 6,191 employers; "Data Scientist II" ranks #96 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Data Scientist II in Chicago
96
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Associate441
  7. Consultant409
  8. Assistant Professor375
  9. Senior Associate363
  10. Analyst343
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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