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

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[Public data](https://specstream.ai/blog.md) · Nov 10, 2026 · 4 min read

Data scientists drew 19,178 certified H-1B cases from 5,790 employers between October 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. Half of the cases with a wage offer $129,260 a year or more. A tenth offer $84,323 or less, and a tenth $197,400 or more. Amazon.com Services LLC leads with 620 cases, followed by Capital One, National Association with 498. 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.

[Companies hiring Data Scientists](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/occupation/15-2051-data-scientists?utm_source=blog&utm_campaign=h1b-2026) is the list for the whole occupation code 15-2051, so beside data scientists it carries employers that file business intelligence analysts and clinical data managers under the same code. It has 17,793 employers from H-1B and PERM filings, with 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, sent by email every week for $19 a month.

## The top 20 employers for data scientists

The order is certified cases in fiscal 2026 filed under the title Data Scientists.

| Rank | Employer | Certified cases | Median offered wage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Amazon.com Services LLC](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/amazon-com-services-llc-820544687) | 620 | $144,000 |
| 2 | [Capital One, National Association](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/capital-one-national-association-720210640) | 498 | $115,939 |
| 3 | [Microsoft Corporation](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/microsoft-corporation-911144442) | 436 | $180,000 |
| 4 | [Meta Platforms, Inc](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/meta-platforms-inc-201665019) | 374 | $189,404 |
| 5 | [Capital One Services, LLC](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/capital-one-services-llc-541780389) | 350 | $115,939 |
| 6 | [Wal-Mart Associates, Inc.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/wal-mart-associates-inc-710794409) | 291 | $172,170 |
| 7 | [Google LLC](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/google-llc-770493581) | 270 | $196,000 |
| 8 | [JPMorgan Chase & Co.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/jpmorgan-chase-co-132624428) | 222 | $147,150 |
| 9 | [LinkedIn Corporation](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/linkedin-corporation-470912023) | 197 | $185,112 |
| 10 | [Apple Inc.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/apple-inc-942404110) | 146 | $166,052 |
| 11 | [Adobe Inc.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/adobe-inc-770019522) | 138 | $178,537 |
| 12 | [PayPal, Inc.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/paypal-inc-770510487) | 132 | $176,611 |
| 13 | [TT Commerce & Global Services LLC](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/tt-commerce-global-services-llc-993304769) | 127 | $210,933 |
| 14 | [Tesla, Inc.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/tesla-inc-912197729) | 99 | $165,000 |
| 15 | [Uber Technologies, Inc.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/uber-technologies-inc-452647441) | 91 | $174,900 |
| 16 | [CVS Shared Services Resources LLC](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/cvs-shared-services-resources-llc-992848079) | 88 | $130,000 |
| 17 | [Deloitte Consulting LLP](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/deloitte-consulting-llp-061454513) | 85 | $123,780 |
| 18 | [ExlService.com, LLC](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/exlservice-com-llc-943326476) | 85 | $114,754 |
| 19 | [Pinterest, Inc.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/pinterest-inc-263607129) | 81 | $169,541 |
| 20 | [TikTok Inc.](https://specstream.ai/data/hiring/employer/tiktok-inc-473892853) | 81 | $237,800 |

Capital One files under two names in the top five: Capital One, National Association with 498 cases and Capital One Services, LLC with 350, both at a median of $115,939. TikTok Inc. has the highest median in the table, $237,800, on 81 cases, and TT Commerce & Global Services LLC is next at $210,933. ExlService.com, LLC has the lowest, $114,754, on 85 cases, the same count as Deloitte Consulting LLP at $123,780.

## Where data scientist cases are filed

California leads with 3,826 cases and the highest state median, $174,304. Texas has 2,774 at $105,000, the lowest median of the ten, and New York 2,049 at $145,000. Washington's median, $163,322, is second among the ten. Virginia ranks fifth with 917 cases, two more than New Jersey.

| Rank | Worksite state | Certified cases | Median offered wage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | California | 3,826 | $174,304 |
| 2 | Texas | 2,774 | $105,000 |
| 3 | New York | 2,049 | $145,000 |
| 4 | Washington | 1,582 | $163,322 |
| 5 | Virginia | 917 | $115,939 |
| 6 | New Jersey | 915 | $123,330 |
| 7 | Illinois | 905 | $119,558 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | 769 | $132,162 |
| 9 | Georgia | 595 | $114,754 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 560 | $113,998 |

## Against last year

The same months of fiscal 2025 had 11,863 certified data scientist cases from 4,322 employers, so both counts grew this year. Positions more than doubled, from 15,036 to 31,248, while cases rose to 19,178, which means a case this year asks for more workers on average.

The [full fiscal 2026 ranking of H-1B sponsors](https://specstream.ai/blog/h1b-sponsors-2026.md) covers every occupation.

## How to read these numbers

Occupation code 15-2051 holds three titles in the Department of Labor's files: Data Scientists, Business Intelligence Analysts and Clinical Data Managers. This article counts the 19,178 cases filed under the title Data Scientists. The same code also holds 8,365 Business Intelligence Analyst cases and 488 Clinical Data Manager cases, which are left out here. Within a title, every employer still names the job in its own words.

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 19,166 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](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance).

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