H1B Report
Salary comparison

Cost Estimators 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
Cost Estimators
SOC 13-1051Rank #64
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricCost EstimatorsData Scientists
Median wage$88,000$114,941
P25 wage$70,000$90,200
P75 wage$112,403$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$42,403$54,800
Total filings5,300213,508
Wage samples5,291213,202
Rank#64#3

Median wage by year

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

Cost Estimators
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Cost Estimators

  • 1CA1,003$104,957
  • 2NY859$88,587
  • 3TX751$90,058
  • 4NJ341$80,000
  • 5FL273$75,000

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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