Seniority Profile · Missouri

Lead / Director Data Scientists salary in Missouri

Roles that direct strategy, lead teams, or hold full functional ownership. Typically ten or more years of experience or a Director-class title with budget responsibility.

By Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026

BLS percentile range

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P75 to P90 of the Missouri OES distribution for Data Scientists.

DOL OFLC offered median

$118,789

Across 41 certified filings at this wage level.

Real disclosed salaries

Lead / Director Data Scientists in Missouri: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 41 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $118,789. 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 IV — fully competent	41	$118,789

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Lead / Director Data Scientists in Missouri. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

Employer	Most-filed title	Filings	Median
Charter Communications Inc.	BI ETL Developer III	11	$111,509
Charter Communications, Inc.	Mgr, Business Intelligence	3	$111,509
Mastercard Technologies, LLC	Principal Data Engineer	3	$148,000
Schnuck Markets, Inc.	Senior Data Scientist	2	$120,000
Bayer Research and Development Services LLC	Sr. Machine Learning Researcher	2	$149,155
Mastercard International Incorporated	Director, Product Development	2	$143,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri	Supervisor, Business Intelligence	2	$111,712
Kansas City Southern Railway Company	Team Lead-BI Reporting and Data Analytics	1	$125,475
Intuit Inc.	Staff AI Scientist	1	$214,647
Mission Lane, LLC	Staff Data Scientist	1	$187,000

Recent sample filings

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

Mgr, Business Intelligence at Charter Communications, Inc.
$118,789
Maryland HeightsWage Level IVDecided Sep 19, 2025I-200-25255-305463
Team Lead-BI Reporting and Data Analytics at Kansas City Southern Railway Company
$125,475
Kansas CityWage Level IVDecided Sep 19, 2025I-200-25255-306324
Staff AI Scientist at Intuit Inc.
$214,647
St CharlesWage Level IVDecided Aug 8, 2025I-200-25213-215844
Staff Data Scientist at Mission Lane, LLC
$187,000
WildwoodWage Level IVDecided Aug 6, 2025I-200-25211-210211
Data Engineer at Arine Inc.
$120,000
O'FallonWage Level IVDecided Jul 23, 2025I-200-25198-180607
Business Analytics Advisor at Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc.
$118,789
O'FallonWage Level IVDecided Jul 23, 2025I-200-25197-179237
Expert IT Business Systems at Nestle Regional Globe Office North America, Inc.
$150,000
St. LouisWage Level IVDecided Jul 8, 2025I-200-25181-139969
Senior Data Scientist at Fulcrum Digital ,Inc.
$111,509
OFallonWage Level IVDecided Jul 2, 2025I-200-25177-129711

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.