Data Scientists

LCA filing profile: Data Scientists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-2051.00, the extract lists 56,032 Labor Condition Application filings from 10,275 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97.8% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.

Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Data Scientists ranks #6 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 1% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.

Where LCA filings are recorded for Data Scientists. The highest-volume employer filer is Microsoft Corporation with 2,428 filings at an average listed offered wage of $169,167, followed by Amazon.com Services LLC, Wal-Mart Associates, INC., Meta Platforms, Inc.. Geographically, CA leads with 12,569 filings (average listed wage $167,143), followed by TX, WA, NY. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.