Data Scientists salary in Professional services, California
Legal, accounting, management consulting, advertising, and corporate administrative services.
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.
| Level | Filings | Median offer |
|---|---|---|
| Level I — entry | 2 | $93,263 |
| Level II — qualified | 6 | $154,476 |
| Level III — experienced | 3 | $164,403 |
| Level IV — fully competent | 3 | $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.
| Employer | Most-filed title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amgen Inc. | Data Management Mgr | 7 | $136,990 |
| Anthropic, PBC | Data Science | 5 | $165,000 |
| OpenAI OpCo, LLC | Member of Technical Staff (Data Science) | 4 | $305,000 |
| AIRBNB, INC. | Senior Machine Learning Engineer | 4 | $152,500 |
| Genentech USA, Inc. | Therapeutics Area Analytics & Insights Specialist | 4 | $179,619 |
| LatentView Analytics Corporation | Data Scientist | 3 | $174,304 |
| CGL Partners, Inc. | Consultant (Market Intelligence Consultant) | 2 | $80,080 |
| Aledade, Inc. | Staff AI Researcher | 2 | $228,547 |
| Lindt & Sprungli (North America) Inc. | Systems Analyst (SAP BW/BI) | 2 | $112,000 |
| Citizen Health, Inc. | Senior AI Engineer | 2 | $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.$168,454Thousand OaksDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-502594
- Sr Business Systems Analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory$182,940BerkeleyDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25353-499593
- BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST at DENKEN SOLUTIONS, INC.$113,880VENTURADecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25353-499438
- Computational Biologist, AI/ML at Adagene, Inc.$109,500San DiegoDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25354-499818
- Member of Technical Staff (Data Science) at OpenAI OpCo, LLC$405,000San FranciscoDecided Dec 26, 2025I-203-25352-493802
- Associate Director, Clinical Data Management at Nurix Therapeutics, Inc$225,000BrisbaneDecided Dec 26, 2025I-200-25352-493952
- Senior ERP Business Systems Analyst at Magnit Corporation$183,367FolsomDecided Dec 26, 2025I-200-25352-495826
- Applied Machine Learning Scientist at UNLEARN.AI, INC.$155,000SAN 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.