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Data Scientist in New York City, NY

Job title · New York City, New York

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
New York City, New York
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,392
Median offered wage
$140,163
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$140,163certified 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 New York City.

Applications by fiscal year

160319FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
160319FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022319
FY2023240
FY2024277
FY2025263
FY2026*293
Certified (decided applications)
98.9%
Employers filing
403

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Facebook, Inc.214
  2. Google LLC87
  3. Aetna Resources LLC67
  4. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.46
  5. Caremark LLC34
  6. Lyft, Inc.30
  7. CVS Shared Services Resources LLC28
  8. MPG Operations LLC27
  9. Point72, L.P.23
  10. Apple Inc.21
  11. DoorDash, Inc.19
  12. IBM Corporation19

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $140,163; middle half $115,000 to $175,000 · median prevailing wage $111,966 (marker) · 1,356 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I199
  2. Level II512
  3. Level III373
  4. Level IV289

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 New York City is 18.0% 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 New York City
9.2%
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

The New York City job market

New York City has 163,518 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 40,783 job titles and 16,582 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #7 by applications, with 0.9% of them.

Applications in New York City, all job titles
163,518
Job titles filed
40,783
Rank of Data Scientist in New York City
7
Median offered wage in New York City, all job titles
$141,523
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in New York City
  1. Software Engineer7,682
  2. Associate7,483
  3. Vice President3,993
  4. Analyst3,261
  5. Senior Software Engineer1,919
  6. Software Developer1,600
  7. Senior Associate1,297
  8. Manager1,055
  9. Software Development Engineer II967
  10. Quantitative Researcher962