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Data Scientist in Boston, MA

Job title · Boston, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
Boston, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
190
Median offered wage
$110,000
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$110,000certified 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" and a worksite in Boston.

Applications by fiscal year

2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2957FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202257
FY202344
FY202431
FY202533
FY2026*25
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
99
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. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.18
  2. Brigham and Women's Hospital11
  3. John Hancock Life Insurance Company10
  4. Analysis Group, Inc.9
  5. Verily Life Sciences LLC9
  6. MPG Operations LLC6
  7. General Hospital Corporation5
  8. Wayfair LLC5
  9. Metropolitan Area Planning Council4
  10. Citizens Financial Group, Inc.4
  11. The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC3
  12. Salesforce, Inc.3
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 $110,000; middle half $95,817 to $125,910 · median prevailing wage $95,181 (marker) · 187 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I49
  2. Level II102
  3. Level III30
  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" appears on 15,134 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 4,321 employers for worksites in 1,204 cities; the median offered wage is $118,806, so the median in Boston is 7.4% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
15,134
Employers nationwide
4,321
Cities with filings
1,204
National median offered wage
$118,806
Share of national filings in Boston
1.3%
Cities with the most applications for Data Scientist
  1. New York City, NY1,392
  2. San Francisco, CA702
  3. Menlo Park, CA698
  4. Seattle, WA419
  5. Mountain View, CA415
  6. Sunnyvale, CA379
  7. San Jose, CA348
  8. Chicago, IL324
  9. Austin, TX320
  10. Houston, TX272
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Boston job market

Boston has 34,155 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,335 job titles and 3,585 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #19 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Boston, all job titles
34,155
Job titles filed
10,335
Rank of Data Scientist in Boston
19
Median offered wage in Boston, all job titles
$114,088
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Boston
  1. Research Fellow1,731
  2. Software Engineer580
  3. Senior Software Engineer579
  4. Assistant Professor558
  5. Clinical Fellow469
  6. Software Developer378
  7. Software Engineer II376
  8. Resident375
  9. Associate357
  10. Software Development Engineer II348
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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