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Data Scientist in Seattle, WA

Job title · Seattle, Washington

Job title as filed
Data Scientist
City
Seattle, Washington
Applications FY2022–FY2026
419
Median offered wage
$145,750
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$145,750certified 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 Seattle.

Applications by fiscal year

71142FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
71142FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022142
FY202366
FY202485
FY202574
FY2026*52
Certified (decided applications)
99.0%
Employers filing
107
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. Facebook, Inc.102
  2. Expedia, Inc.29
  3. Lyft, Inc.23
  4. Apple Inc.22
  5. Google LLC16
  6. Oracle America, Inc.15
  7. Zillow, Inc.13
  8. Stripe, Inc.13
  9. Dropbox, Inc.8
  10. Uber Technologies, Inc.8
  11. Nordstrom, Inc.7
  12. Pinterest, Inc.7
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 $145,750; middle half $118,414 to $173,888 · median prevailing wage $118,414 (marker) · 410 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I40
  2. Level II132
  3. Level III131
  4. Level IV87
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 Seattle is 22.7% 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 Seattle
2.8%
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 Seattle job market

Seattle has 70,656 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 9,153 job titles and 3,414 employers; "Data Scientist" ranks #17 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Seattle, all job titles
70,656
Job titles filed
9,153
Rank of Data Scientist in Seattle
17
Median offered wage in Seattle, all job titles
$150,000
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Seattle
  1. Software Engineer5,057
  2. Software Development Engineer II4,848
  3. Software Development Engineer I3,414
  4. Software Dev Engineer II2,366
  5. Software Dev Engineer I1,857
  6. Software Development Engineer III1,601
  7. Manager III, Software Development1,179
  8. Software Development Engineer1,174
  9. Senior Software Engineer910
  10. Applied Scientist II892
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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