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Data Scientist in Houston, TX

Job title · Houston, Texas

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
Houston, Texas
Applications FY2022–FY2026
272
Median offered wage
$103,000
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$103,000certified 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 Houston.

Applications by fiscal year

3977FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3977FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202245
FY202329
FY202474
FY202577
FY2026*47
Certified (decided applications)
98.9%
Employers filing
132
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 University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center45
  2. Schlumberger Technology Corporation18
  3. Zeus Solutions Inc8
  4. The Methodist Hospital Research Institute8
  5. BKO Services Inc.7
  6. Millionitsquare LLC6
  7. Neoage Services, LLC5
  8. RevoChem LLC5
  9. IBM Corporation4
  10. Infodat International Inc4
  11. BP America Inc.4
  12. Imetris Corporation3
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 $103,000; middle half $85,000 to $119,994 · median prevailing wage $81,245 (marker) · 259 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I97
  2. Level II108
  3. Level III33
  4. Level IV28
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 Houston is 13.3% 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 Houston
1.8%
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 Houston job market

Houston has 42,380 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 11,789 job titles and 6,486 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #9 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Houston, all job titles
42,380
Job titles filed
11,789
Rank of Data Scientist in Houston
9
Median offered wage in Houston, all job titles
$98,500
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Houston
  1. Software Developer3,067
  2. Software Engineer1,679
  3. Assistant Professor763
  4. Postdoctoral Associate/fellow423
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow395
  6. Data Engineer341
  7. Research Scientist301
  8. Manager301
  9. Architect268
  10. Instructor261
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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