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Data Scientist in Durham, NC

Job title · Durham, North Carolina

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
Durham, North Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
39
Median offered wage
$121,800
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$121,800certified 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 Durham.

Applications by fiscal year

510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY20238
FY20247
FY202510
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
19
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. IBM Corporation19
  2. Oakton Technologies LLC2
  3. Infinia ML, Inc.2
  4. Laboratory Corporation1
  5. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC1
  6. Proofpoint, Inc.1
  7. Dropbox, Inc.1
  8. Google LLC1
  9. Siemens Industry Software Inc.1
  10. Technology Square, Inc.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 $121,800; middle half $93,763 to $145,750 · median prevailing wage $99,653 (marker) · 38 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II20
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV9
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 Durham is 2.5% above 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 Durham
0.3%
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 Durham job market

Durham has 15,101 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 3,066 job titles and 1,447 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #45 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Durham, all job titles
15,101
Job titles filed
3,066
Rank of Data Scientist in Durham
45
Median offered wage in Durham, all job titles
$113,285
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Durham
  1. Software Developer1,140
  2. Senior Software Engineer/developer844
  3. Principal Software Engineer/developer756
  4. Software Engineer676
  5. Senior Full Stack Engineer301
  6. Postdoctoral Associate291
  7. Principal Full Stack Engineer288
  8. Director, Software Engineering186
  9. Assistant Professor167
  10. Principal Data Engineer145
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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