Salaries / Data Scientists / Los Angeles
Data Scientists salaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 818 certified H-1B applications for data scientists in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 477 employers.
The middle half of offers were $101,500 to $159,000 a year, with a median of $130,500: 2% above the national median for this job ($128,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (35% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $77,584 at Level I and $106,995 at Level II.
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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.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 24% | $77,584 |
| Level II (qualified) | 35% | $106,995 |
| Level III (experienced) | 21% | $136,406 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 20% | $165,818 |
Who sponsors data scientists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 33 | $130,500 | 1 |
| TWG Resources LLC | 14 | $199,500 | — |
| Snap Inc. | 13 | $159,000 | 18 |
| The University of Southern California | 11 | $70,000 | — |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 11 | $169,000 | — |
| TikTok Inc. | 10 | $125,000 | 50 |
| Capital Group Companies Global | 9 | $141,500 | 12 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | 8 | $95,000 | 4 |
| Apple Inc. | 8 | $151,500 | 33 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 7 | $155,000 | 2 |
| Ingram Micro Inc. | 7 | $159,000 | 2 |
| Adobe Inc. | 6 | $184,500 | 98 |
| First Capitol Consulting, Inc | 6 | $102,000 | 2 |
| Netflix, Inc. | 6 | $87,500 | 9 |
| Activision Publishing Inc | 6 | $154,000 | 2 |
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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.