H1B Report
Salary comparison

Computer and Information Systems Managers 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
Computer and Information Systems Managers
SOC 11-3021Rank #9
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer and Information Systems ManagersData Scientists
Median wage$150,744$103,480
P25 wage$120,000$80,142
P75 wage$187,350$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$67,350$54,858
Total filings160,669357,932
Wage samples160,282357,234
Rank#9#5

Median wage by year

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

Computer and Information Systems Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$110k
FY2011$112k
FY2012$115k
FY2013$118k
FY2014$120k
FY2015$121k
FY2016$125k
FY2017$129k
FY2018$134k
FY2019$140k
FY2020$150k
FY2021$155k
FY2022$164k
FY2023$170k
FY2024$177k
FY2025$181k
FY2026$188k
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 — Computer and Information Systems Managers

  • 1CA34,171$175,000
  • 2NY28,553$157,477
  • 3WA13,940$162,758
  • 4TX13,215$149,718
  • 5NJ8,836$144,000

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

Top 5 sponsors — Computer and Information Systems Managers

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