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Lead Data Scientist in Boston, MA

Job title · Boston, Massachusetts

Job title as filed
Lead Data Scientist
City
Boston, Massachusetts
Applications FY2022–FY2026
40
Median offered wage
$167,706
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$167,706certified 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 "Lead Data Scientist" and a worksite in Boston.

Applications by fiscal year

713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20225
FY20237
FY20246
FY202513
FY2026*9
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
16
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 Boston Consulting Group, Inc.10
  2. Northeastern University6
  3. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company5
  4. Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC3
  5. Deloitte Services LP3
  6. Homesite Group, Inc.3
  7. John Hancock Life Insurance Company1
  8. S&P Global Inc.1
  9. Digitas, Inc.1
  10. Ice Mortgage Technology, Inc.1
  11. Medidata Solutions, Inc.1
  12. NIKE, 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 $167,706; middle half $143,247 to $191,600 · median prevailing wage $133,858 (marker) · 40 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II5
  2. Level III10
  3. Level IV25
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 "Lead Data Scientist" appears on 805 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 283 employers for worksites in 246 cities; the median offered wage is $155,000, so the median in Boston is 8.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
805
Employers nationwide
283
Cities with filings
246
National median offered wage
$155,000
Share of national filings in Boston
5.0%
Cities with the most applications for Lead Data Scientist
  1. New York City, NY80
  2. San Francisco, CA44
  3. Boston, MA40
  4. Chicago, IL33
  5. Minneapolis, MN24
  6. Atlanta, GA21
  7. Charlotte, NC15
  8. Sunnyvale, CA13
  9. Cincinnati, OH12
  10. Seattle, WA12
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Boston job market

Boston has 34,155 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 10,335 job titles and 3,585 employers; "Lead Data Scientist" ranks #79 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Boston, all job titles
34,155
Job titles filed
10,335
Rank of Lead Data Scientist in Boston
79
Median offered wage in Boston, all job titles
$114,088
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Boston
  1. Research Fellow1,731
  2. Software Engineer580
  3. Senior Software Engineer579
  4. Assistant Professor558
  5. Clinical Fellow469
  6. Software Developer378
  7. Software Engineer II376
  8. Resident375
  9. Associate357
  10. Software Development Engineer II348
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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