H1B Report
Salary comparison

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 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 Science Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1021Rank #96
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer Science Teachers, PostsecondaryData Scientists
Median wage$82,000$103,480
P25 wage$66,000$80,142
P75 wage$100,000$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$34,000$54,858
Total filings6,250357,932
Wage samples6,221357,234
Rank#96#5

Median wage by year

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

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$59k
FY2011$63k
FY2012$70k
FY2013$70k
FY2014$64k
FY2015$72k
FY2016$74k
FY2017$79k
FY2018$76k
FY2019$80k
FY2020$82k
FY2021$88k
FY2022$85k
FY2023$87k
FY2024$90k
FY2025$91k
FY2026$91k
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 Science Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1NY496$86,275
  • 2TX388$70,000
  • 3PA364$82,296
  • 4GA323$77,000
  • 5CA323$95,040

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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