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Senior Data Scientist in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Senior Data Scientist
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
145
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 "Senior Data Scientist" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

1937FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1937FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202237
FY202328
FY202414
FY202533
FY2026*33
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
71
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. 84.51 LLC11
  2. Paypal, Inc.11
  3. Health Care Service Corporation8
  4. CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc.8
  5. Walgreen Co.7
  6. Aetna Resources LLC5
  7. The University of Chicago4
  8. Autodesk, Inc.4
  9. Caremark LLC4
  10. Market Track, LLC3
  11. The Nielsen Company (US), LLC3
  12. Federal Express 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 $138,715; middle half $115,000 to $155,627 · median prevailing wage $110,594 (marker) · 142 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II46
  3. Level III43
  4. Level IV48
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 "Senior Data Scientist" appears on 4,456 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,254 employers for worksites in 562 cities; the median offered wage is $150,841, so the median in Chicago is 8.0% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,456
Employers nationwide
1,254
Cities with filings
562
National median offered wage
$150,841
Share of national filings in Chicago
3.3%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Data Scientist
  1. New York City, NY375
  2. San Francisco, CA341
  3. Sunnyvale, CA255
  4. Chicago, IL145
  5. Boston, MA119
  6. Bentonville, AR117
  7. Dallas, TX115
  8. Mountain View, CA113
  9. San Jose, CA112
  10. Seattle, WA103
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; "Senior Data Scientist" ranks #28 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Senior Data Scientist in Chicago
28
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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