H-1B Salary Lookup

Principal Data Scientist H-1B Salary by Company

137 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Principal Data Scientist" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Data Scientists, Statisticians, Operations Research Analysts.

$175,781Median salary
$161,80325th percentile
$212,00075th percentile
137Filings

Top-paying companies for Principal Data Scientist

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Intuit4$230,424$230,424 – $232,315
Atlassian US3$230,000$225,000 – $235,000
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States5$225,600$223,400 – $256,300
AT&T Services4$218,052$206,896 – $224,018
Janssen Research & Development3$180,000$172,100 – $181,200
Amgen3$179,180$175,698 – $180,907
Wal-Mart Associates28$173,910$172,361 – $190,797
Navy Federal Credit Union3$171,012$171,012 – $172,356
Fidelity Technology Group3$161,803$161,803 – $161,803
Ascentt Systems6$123,054$111,527 – $130,000

Companies filing the most Principal Data Scientist H-1Bs

CompanyFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Wal-Mart Associates28$173,910$172,361 – $190,797
Ascentt Systems6$123,054$111,527 – $130,000
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States5$225,600$223,400 – $256,300
AT&T Services4$218,052$206,896 – $224,018
Intuit4$230,424$230,424 – $232,315
Amgen3$179,180$175,698 – $180,907
Atlassian US3$230,000$225,000 – $235,000
Fidelity Technology Group3$161,803$161,803 – $161,803
Janssen Research & Development3$180,000$172,100 – $181,200
Navy Federal Credit Union3$171,012$171,012 – $172,356
ADP Technology Services2$172,661$171,101 – $174,221
Amazon Web Services2$247,900$247,900 – $247,900
Blink Health Group2$255,000$245,000 – $265,000
Boston Consulting Group2$244,000$244,000 – $244,000
Citizens Financial Group2$137,920$137,920 – $137,920

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
Bentonville, AR19$176,882
Sunnyvale, CA8$172,170
New York, NY7$210,000
Mountain View, CA7$237,988
Plano, TX6$130,000
Santa Clara, CA5$185,000
Boston, MA5$174,800
Vienna, VA3$171,012
San Francisco, CA3$220,000
Cambridge, MA2$158,658
Redwood City, CA2$213,650
Grand Rapids, MI2$140,102
Chicago, IL2$197,000
Palo Alto, CA2$225,473
San Diego, CA2$180,000

Wage levels

Level I0% · 0
Level II6% · 8
Level III29% · 36
Level IV65% · 80

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).