H1B Report
Salary comparison

Civil 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
Civil Engineers
SOC 17-2051Rank #19
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricCivil EngineersData Scientists
Median wage$84,000$114,941
P25 wage$71,500$90,200
P75 wage$100,298$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$28,798$54,800
Total filings30,551213,508
Wage samples30,499213,202
Rank#19#3

Median wage by year

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

Civil Engineers
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Civil Engineers

  • 1CA4,699$95,000
  • 2TX4,215$84,261
  • 3NY2,521$86,300
  • 4FL1,731$75,005
  • 5MI1,627$85,000

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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