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Data Scientists salaries in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

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

Employers filed 468 certified H-1B applications for data scientists in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 245 employers.

The middle half of offers were $105,500 to $143,000 a year, with a median of $117,000: 9% below the national median for this job ($128,000).

The most common wage level was Level II (44% of filings).

The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $79,997 at Level I and $104,312 at Level II.

25th percentile$105,500
Median offer$117,000
75th percentile$143,000
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%$79,997
Level II (qualified)44%$104,312
Level III (experienced)24%$128,648
Level IV (fully competent)18%$152,963

Who sponsors data scientists here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
Lowe's Companies, Inc.29$130,00011
Charter Communications, Inc.22$115,50021
DataEconomy, Inc.12$105,500—
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.10$134,5007
Insight Global, LLC10—2
Randstad Digital, Llc10$146,0001
Truist Bank9$124,50028
Genesis Corp8$105,500—
Infosys Limited8$105,500—
Microsoft Corporation7$166,000320
Saransh Inc6$90,000—
Intuit Inc.6$138,50055
Credit Karma, LLC5$134,00014
Amazon Web Services, Inc.5$147,000—
CitiusTech Inc.5$124,00012

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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.