H1B Report
Salary comparison

Chief Executives 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
Chief Executives
SOC 11-1011Rank #60
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricChief ExecutivesData Scientists
Median wage$166,400$102,700
P25 wage$115,000$80,000
P75 wage$240,000$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$125,000$55,000
Total filings14,642340,799
Wage samples14,429340,106
Rank#60#5

Median wage by year

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

Chief Executives
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$144k
FY2011$140k
FY2012$150k
FY2013$154k
FY2014$150k
FY2015$150k
FY2016$150k
FY2017$160k
FY2018$175k
FY2019$180k
FY2020$185k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$190k
FY2023$180k
FY2024$198k
FY2025$172k
FY2026$200k
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$130k

Top 5 hiring states — Chief Executives

  • 1CA3,359$168,000
  • 2NY2,716$180,000
  • 3TX1,150$166,352
  • 4FL1,146$150,000
  • 5IL497$170,000

Top 5 hiring states — Data Scientists

  • 1CA68,055$127,000
  • 2NY36,985$120,000
  • 3TX34,597$97,739
  • 4WA24,843$129,709
  • 5NJ17,688$95,000
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