H1B Report
Salary comparison

Computer User Support Specialists 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 User Support Specialists
SOC 15-1232Rank #63
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricComputer User Support SpecialistsData Scientists
Median wage$74,110$103,480
P25 wage$60,000$80,142
P75 wage$91,000$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$31,000$54,858
Total filings13,934357,932
Wage samples13,878357,234
Rank#63#5

Median wage by year

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

Computer User Support Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$46k
FY2011$59k
FY2012$59k
FY2013$64k
FY2014$64k
FY2015$66k
FY2016$69k
FY2017$72k
FY2018$78k
FY2019$84k
FY2020$93k
FY2021$93k
FY2022$97k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$86k
FY2025$79k
FY2026$71k
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 User Support Specialists

  • 1CA1,462$76,800
  • 2TX1,390$76,586
  • 3NJ1,338$74,381
  • 4IL792$74,173
  • 5GA752$72,218

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 User Support Specialists

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