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 #61
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$167,773$103,480
P25 wage$115,360$80,142
P75 wage$240,000$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$124,640$54,858
Total filings15,141357,932
Wage samples14,923357,234
Rank#61#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$145k
FY2011$140k
FY2012$150k
FY2013$153k
FY2014$150k
FY2015$150k
FY2016$150k
FY2017$160k
FY2018$175k
FY2019$179k
FY2020$185k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$190k
FY2023$180k
FY2024$198k
FY2025$172k
FY2026$206k
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 — Chief Executives

  • 1CA3,472$170,000
  • 2NY2,810$180,000
  • 3FL1,203$150,000
  • 4TX1,202$166,500
  • 5IL512$170,000

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
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