H1B Report
Salary comparison

Architectural and Engineering Managers 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers
SOC 11-9041Rank #46
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricArchitectural and Engineering ManagersData Scientists
Median wage$135,470$103,480
P25 wage$100,000$80,142
P75 wage$183,914$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$83,914$54,858
Total filings22,697357,932
Wage samples22,615357,234
Rank#46#5

Median wage by year

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

Architectural and Engineering Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$89k
FY2011$90k
FY2012$92k
FY2013$95k
FY2014$100k
FY2015$102k
FY2016$106k
FY2017$112k
FY2018$118k
FY2019$133k
FY2020$156k
FY2021$167k
FY2022$175k
FY2023$171k
FY2024$167k
FY2025$170k
FY2026$160k
Data Scientists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$71k
FY2013$74k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$76k
FY2016$78k
FY2017$85k
FY2018$91k
FY2019$95k
FY2020$102k
FY2021$111k
FY2022$115k
FY2023$119k
FY2024$118k
FY2025$121k
FY2026$122k

Top 5 hiring states — Architectural and Engineering Managers

  • 1CA7,509$178,818
  • 2TX2,038$125,705
  • 3NY1,605$127,400
  • 4MI1,017$107,598
  • 5WA995$180,000

Top 5 hiring states — Data Scientists

  • 1CA70,879$128,000
  • 2NY38,475$120,000
  • 3TX37,207$97,800
  • 4WA26,143$130,000
  • 5NJ18,597$95,680

Top 5 sponsors — Architectural and Engineering Managers

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