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Data Scientist in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
324
Median offered wage
$105,000
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$105,000certified 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 Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

3773FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3773FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202269
FY202356
FY202467
FY202559
FY2026*73
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
156
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. Paypal, Inc.15
  2. Caterpillar Inc.14
  3. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.14
  4. Anthem, Inc.11
  5. Caremark LLC10
  6. Health Care Service Corporation10
  7. The Northern Trust Company7
  8. Facebook, Inc.7
  9. Nielsen Consumer LLC6
  10. iManage LLC6
  11. Enova Financial Holdings LLC5
  12. MPG Operations LLC5
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 $105,000; middle half $89,690 to $125,443 · median prevailing wage $93,974 (marker) · 320 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I65
  2. Level II153
  3. Level III63
  4. Level IV38
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 Chicago is 11.6% 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 Chicago
2.1%
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 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" ranks #13 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Data Scientist in Chicago
13
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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