H1B Report
Salary comparison

Biological Scientists, All Other 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
Biological Scientists, All Other
SOC 19-1029Rank #34
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricBiological Scientists, All OtherData Scientists
Median wage$85,000$114,941
P25 wage$65,292$90,200
P75 wage$113,000$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$47,708$54,800
Total filings13,622213,508
Wage samples13,598213,202
Rank#34#3

Median wage by year

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

Biological Scientists, All Other
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Biological Scientists, All Other

  • 1CA2,446$112,684
  • 2MA1,840$91,374
  • 3NY1,172$87,901
  • 4MD847$89,794
  • 5TX725$75,053

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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