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Salaries / Data Scientists / Detroit

Data Scientists salaries in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

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

Employers filed 399 certified H-1B applications for data scientists in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 200 employers.

The middle half of offers were $87,000 to $125,500 a year, with a median of $100,000: 22% 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 $69,472 at Level I and $90,147 at Level II.

25th percentile$87,000
Median offer$100,000
75th percentile$125,500
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%$69,472
Level II (qualified)44%$90,147
Level III (experienced)22%$110,843
Level IV (fully competent)19%$131,518

Who sponsors data scientists here

EmployerH-1B filingsMedian offerGreen card filings (PERM, this job, US)
Ford Motor Company50$113,5001
NeuroNet Solutions Inc18$87,000—
American It Solutions Inc.14$87,000—
Henry Ford Health System12$88,5007
Marketing Associates, LLC dba OneMagnify9$108,0001
Epitec, Inc.8$125,5001
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC7$108,0001
Rocket Limited Partnership7$110,000—
Profile DM Inc5$108,000—
Symplore Inc5$87,000—
General Motors4$152,000—
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan4$112,0002
Akkodis, Inc.4$118,5001
Insight Global, LLC4—2
DTE Energy Corporate Services, LLC4$125,0003

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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.