H1B Report
Salary comparison

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 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
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
SOC 17-1011Rank #46
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricArchitects, Except Landscape and NavalData Scientists
Median wage$72,000$114,941
P25 wage$63,000$90,200
P75 wage$85,000$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$22,000$54,800
Total filings8,707213,508
Wage samples8,684213,202
Rank#46#3

Median wage by year

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

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

  • 1NY2,763$72,000
  • 2CA1,901$74,999
  • 3TX485$71,032
  • 4MA459$72,100
  • 5IL368$67,049

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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