H1B Report
Salary comparison

Business Teachers, Postsecondary 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
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1011Rank #89
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricBusiness Teachers, PostsecondaryData Scientists
Median wage$104,000$103,480
P25 wage$77,005$80,142
P75 wage$132,390$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,385$54,858
Total filings6,948357,932
Wage samples6,923357,234
Rank#89#5

Median wage by year

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

Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$90k
FY2011$92k
FY2012$90k
FY2013$95k
FY2014$92k
FY2015$95k
FY2016$97k
FY2017$102k
FY2018$105k
FY2019$111k
FY2020$106k
FY2021$110k
FY2022$111k
FY2023$115k
FY2024$115k
FY2025$120k
FY2026$123k
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 — Business Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1NY612$102,556
  • 2CA513$102,345
  • 3PA447$96,776
  • 4TX372$109,999
  • 5MA280$129,500

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
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