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Salaries / Data Scientists / Austin

Data Scientists salaries in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27

Employers filed 896 certified H-1B applications for data scientists in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 415 employers.

The middle half of offers were $100,500 to $149,500 a year, with a median of $125,000: 2% below the national median for this job ($128,000).

The most common wage level was Level II (46% of filings).

The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $77,334 at Level I and $101,962 at Level II.

25th percentile$100,500
Median offer$125,000
75th percentile$149,500
National median$128,000

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Wage levels

DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.

LevelShare of filingsPrevailing wage (minimum)
Level I (entry)14%$77,334
Level II (qualified)46%$101,962
Level III (experienced)21%$126,589
Level IV (fully competent)19%$151,216

Who sponsors data scientists here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
Amazon.com Services LLC146$130,5001
Apple Inc.46$138,00033
Dell USA L.P.19$174,5004
Meta Platforms, Inc18$159,50014
Tesla, Inc.16$155,00023
Amazon Web Services, Inc.15$154,500—
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.12$110,5006
Expedia, Inc.10$121,50037
Google LLC10$150,000—
PayPal, Inc.9$155,00054
Dell Marketing L.P.9$140,5003
Visa U.S.A. Inc.8$137,50024
Deloitte Consulting LLP8$107,00017
Applied Materials, Inc8$127,00013
Amarthy IT Solutions LLC8$77,000—

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Common titles filed under this occupation: Data Scientist, Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Senior Data Scientist, Business Analyst, Senior Data Analyst, Data Engineer Ii.

About this data

Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.