H1B Report
Salary comparison

Actuaries vs Data Scientists

Side-by-side H-1B prevailing-wage comparison using the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report. Quartiles, hiring geography, top sponsors and yearly wage drift.

Occupation A
Actuaries
SOC 15-2011Rank #83
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

Wage figures are offered annual wage; volume is total LCA count.

MetricActuariesData Scientists
Median wage$115,000$114,941
P25 wage$90,425$90,200
P75 wage$141,818$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$51,393$54,800
Total filings2,794213,508
Wage samples2,791213,202
Rank#83#3

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Actuaries
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Actuaries

  • 1NY655$130,000
  • 2NJ308$120,250
  • 3CA252$114,424
  • 4IL219$115,300
  • 5MA181$107,390

Top 5 hiring states — Data Scientists

  • 1CA43,941$142,122
  • 2NY27,091$132,000
  • 3TX25,149$102,690
  • 4WA18,953$135,100
  • 5IL10,447$100,000
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