Data Analyst Jobs for OPT Students in the US

Every entry-level data analyst role open in the US today. Postings that say they sponsor come first, then roles at companies with the most new H-1B workers approved from FY2023 to FY2026, then the rest. Postings that say they will not sponsor are last.

With a year or two of experience, for example on STEM OPT, look at mid-level roles too: 169 mid-level data analyst roles are open in the US today. The top H-1B sponsors hiring data analysts ranks the companies behind them.

• OPT is work authorization of its own, so an employer does not have to sponsor you to hire you on it. The role should relate to your degree field.
• The STEM OPT extension needs an employer enrolled in E-Verify that signs a training plan with you (Form I-983). We have no E-Verify data, so ask before you accept.
• An H-1B record shows the company has filed for new workers before. It is employer-wide history, not a promise for this role.
• Where a posting says it will not sponsor, believe the posting: the job would likely end with your OPT.
• Ask about sponsorship once you are talking to the team, and answer the application's work authorization question honestly.

Roles are read from the employers' own career pages and re-checked daily; a role that comes down at the source leaves this list at the next sync. Of the 294 US data analyst roles open on 11 October 2026, 26 are entry level. H-1B counts come from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (data as of 2026-06-30), matched by company name. What a posting says about sponsorship is read from its own text. Reposting sites are left out. Nothing is estimated.