H1B Report
Salary comparison

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 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
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
SOC 17-2031Rank #77
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricBioengineers and Biomedical EngineersData Scientists
Median wage$89,082$103,480
P25 wage$71,406$80,142
P75 wage$113,474$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$42,068$54,858
Total filings9,426357,932
Wage samples9,366357,234
Rank#77#5

Median wage by year

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

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$78k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$80k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$83k
FY2018$86k
FY2019$87k
FY2020$95k
FY2021$100k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$110k
FY2026$125k
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 — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

  • 1CA2,805$110,000
  • 2TX719$88,000
  • 3MA644$85,240
  • 4NY463$95,430
  • 5MI389$78,643

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 — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

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