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Data Scientists salary in Professional services, California

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Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Data Scientists (Pro services) in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 95 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $164,403. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry2$93,263
Level II — qualified6$154,476
Level III — experienced3$164,403
Level IV — fully competent3$215,000

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Data Scientists (Pro services) in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Amgen Inc.Data Management Mgr7$136,990
Anthropic, PBCData Science5$165,000
OpenAI OpCo, LLCMember of Technical Staff (Data Science)4$305,000
AIRBNB, INC.Senior Machine Learning Engineer4$152,500
Genentech USA, Inc.Therapeutics Area Analytics & Insights Specialist4$179,619
LatentView Analytics CorporationData Scientist3$174,304
CGL Partners, Inc.Consultant (Market Intelligence Consultant)2$80,080
Aledade, Inc.Staff AI Researcher2$228,547
Lindt & Sprungli (North America) Inc.Systems Analyst (SAP BW/BI)2$112,000
Citizen Health, Inc.Senior AI Engineer2$194,834

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Commercial Insights Senior Manager at Amgen Inc.
    $168,454
    Thousand OaksDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-502594
  • Sr Business Systems Analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    $182,940
    BerkeleyDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25353-499593
  • BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST at DENKEN SOLUTIONS, INC.
    $113,880
    VENTURADecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25353-499438
  • Computational Biologist, AI/ML at Adagene, Inc.
    $109,500
    San DiegoDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25354-499818
  • Member of Technical Staff (Data Science) at OpenAI OpCo, LLC
    $405,000
    San FranciscoDecided Dec 26, 2025I-203-25352-493802
  • Associate Director, Clinical Data Management at Nurix Therapeutics, Inc
    $225,000
    BrisbaneDecided Dec 26, 2025I-200-25352-493952
  • Senior ERP Business Systems Analyst at Magnit Corporation
    $183,367
    FolsomDecided Dec 26, 2025I-200-25352-495826
  • Applied Machine Learning Scientist at UNLEARN.AI, INC.
    $155,000
    SAN FRANCISCODecided Dec 26, 2025I-202-25352-494667

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.