H-1B sponsors for data scientists 2026: the top 20 employers

Data scientists drew 28,053 certified H-1B cases from 7,766 employers between October 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. Half of the cases with a wage offer $125,000 a year or more. A tenth offer $82,930 or less, and a tenth $193,796 or more. Amazon.com Services LLC leads with 1,573 cases, well ahead of Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. with 584. A case is a labor condition application certified by the Department of Labor: the employer's filing that has to be in place before it petitions for an H-1B worker.

The data scientists list has 17,793 employers hiring data scientists on H-1B and PERM filings, from certified cases decided October 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. The opening 200 rows are yours free. Its price line reads 17,793 rows for $257.93. About 218 rows join each month, and they arrive by email each week for $19 a month.

The top 20 employers for data scientists

The order is certified cases in fiscal 2026 under occupation code 15-2051.

Rank	Employer	Certified cases	Median offered wage
1	Amazon.com Services LLC	1,573	$141,400
2	Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.	584	$146,307
3	Microsoft Corporation	555	$175,829
4	Capital One, National Association	499	$115,939
5	Google LLC	423	$196,000
6	Meta Platforms, Inc	419	$191,110
7	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	387	$142,600
8	Capital One Services, LLC	351	$115,939
9	Adobe Inc.	218	$175,000
10	LinkedIn Corporation	217	$177,214
11	Apple Inc.	209	$157,400
12	TT Commerce & Global Services LLC	178	$196,000
13	Amazon Web Services, Inc.	152	$152,750
14	PayPal, Inc.	148	$172,340
15	Citibank, N.A.	123	$156,281
16	Tesla, Inc.	114	$163,202
17	Palantir Technologies Inc.	110	$145,000
18	CVS Shared Services Resources LLC	106	$130,000
19	Uber Technologies, Inc.	104	$170,900
20	Federal Express Corporation	103	$124,306

Two Capital One filers appear: Capital One, National Association with 499 cases and Capital One Services, LLC with 351, both at a median of $115,939, the lowest in the table. Google LLC and TT Commerce & Global Services LLC share the highest median, $196,000. Federal Express Corporation and CVS Shared Services Resources LLC also make the 20, with 103 and 106 cases, and Palantir Technologies Inc. files 110 at a median of $145,000.

Where data scientist cases are filed

California leads with 5,182 cases and the highest state median, $169,466. Texas has 4,094 at $106,742, and New York 2,955 at $141,440. Washington's median, $155,000, is second among the ten.

Rank	Worksite state	Certified cases	Median offered wage
1	California	5,182	$169,466
2	Texas	4,094	$106,742
3	New York	2,955	$141,440
4	Washington	2,500	$155,000
5	New Jersey	1,534	$125,000
6	Illinois	1,343	$114,000
7	Virginia	1,107	$115,939
8	Massachusetts	1,094	$129,010
9	Georgia	861	$111,418
10	North Carolina	838	$112,466

Against last year

The same months of fiscal 2025 had 20,418 certified data scientist cases from 6,752 employers. This year has more of both. Positions rose from 27,130 to 48,789, faster than cases did, so a case this year asks for more workers on average.

The full fiscal 2026 ranking of H-1B sponsors covers every occupation.

How to read these numbers

Occupation means the SOC code on the application, here 15-2051, printed by the Department of Labor as Data Scientists. Inside that code, each employer writes its own job title, so the same work can carry many titles.

The state column uses the first worksite on each case. Names are the filers' own, with spellings kept apart. Wages are the bottom of each application's wage range, set to a yearly amount, and 28,035 cases carry one; the median and percentiles use those.

Every count comes from the Department of Labor's fiscal 2026 labor condition application disclosure file, quarter three, in its OFLC performance data.