H1B Report
Salary comparison

Compliance Officers 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
Compliance Officers
SOC 13-1041Rank #60
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricCompliance OfficersData Scientists
Median wage$85,946$114,941
P25 wage$70,720$90,200
P75 wage$111,966$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$41,246$54,800
Total filings5,882213,508
Wage samples5,873213,202
Rank#60#3

Median wage by year

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

Compliance Officers
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Compliance Officers

  • 1CA1,177$101,000
  • 2NJ911$80,000
  • 3NY787$85,000
  • 4MA666$97,380
  • 5TX370$83,100

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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