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Data Scientists salaries in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 307 certified H-1B applications for data scientists in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 210 employers.
The middle half of offers were $94,000 to $144,500 a year, with a median of $110,000: 14% below 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 $72,363 at Level I and $97,677 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) | 22% | $72,363 |
| Level II (qualified) | 35% | $97,677 |
| Level III (experienced) | 22% | $122,990 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 21% | $148,304 |
Who sponsors data scientists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chewy, Inc. | 8 | $131,500 | 41 |
| Adt Llc | 6 | $96,000 | 9 |
| University Of Miami | 6 | $103,500 | — |
| Kforce Inc. | 6 | $101,500 | 20 |
| Triangulate Labs, Inc. | 6 | $150,000 | — |
| Carnival Corporation | 6 | $89,500 | 5 |
| Chen Tech, LLC | 5 | $119,000 | 4 |
| MPG Operations LLC | 5 | $94,000 | 8 |
| ChenMed, LLC | 4 | $122,000 | 1 |
| NCL (Bahamas) Ltd. | 4 | $125,000 | — |
| Modernizing Medicine, Inc. | 4 | $133,000 | — |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 4 | $95,000 | 2 |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | 3 | $94,500 | — |
| NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC | 3 | $97,000 | — |
| WorldQuant, LLC | 3 | $170,000 | 3 |
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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.