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Lead Data Scientist in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Lead Data Scientist
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
33
Median offered wage
$138,715
Most common occupation
Data Scientists
Median wage$138,715certified 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 Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202217
FY20235
FY20243
FY20255
FY2026*3
Certified (decided applications)
96.9%
Employers filing
14
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. Health Care Service Corporation7
  2. 84.51 LLC4
  3. Caremark LLC4
  4. CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc.3
  5. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.3
  6. Here North America, LLC2
  7. Caterpillar Inc.2
  8. Arthur J. Gallagher Service Company, LLC2
  9. Yodlee, Inc.1
  10. National Collegiate Scouting Association, LLC1
  11. Salesforce, 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 $138,715; middle half $123,400 to $153,347 · median prevailing wage $115,710 (marker) · 31 applications.

$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II5
  2. Level III8
  3. Level IV20
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 Chicago is 10.5% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
805
Employers nationwide
283
Cities with filings
246
National median offered wage
$155,000
Share of national filings in Chicago
4.1%
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 Chicago job market

Chicago has 49,084 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 14,589 job titles and 6,191 employers; "Lead Data Scientist" ranks #163 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Lead Data Scientist in Chicago
163
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Data Scientists (all job titles)
$120,994
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Associate441
  7. Consultant409
  8. Assistant Professor375
  9. Senior Associate363
  10. Analyst343
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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