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Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

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
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5
Occupation B
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
SOC 17-2072Rank #18

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsElectronics Engineers, Except Computer
Median wage$102,700$109,470
P25 wage$80,000$87,422
P75 wage$135,000$137,500
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$50,078
Total filings340,79994,342
Wage samples340,10693,994
Rank#5#18

Median wage by year

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

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$130k
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$81k
FY2012$85k
FY2013$88k
FY2014$90k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$95k
FY2017$96k
FY2018$103k
FY2019$105k
FY2020$115k
FY2021$120k
FY2022$124k
FY2023$130k
FY2024$130k
FY2025$148k
FY2026$157k

Top 5 hiring states — Data Scientists

  • 1CA68,055$127,000
  • 2NY36,985$120,000
  • 3TX34,597$97,739
  • 4WA24,843$129,709
  • 5NJ17,688$95,000

Top 5 hiring states — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

  • 1CA46,688$124,176
  • 2TX12,210$109,650
  • 3OR4,535$90,043
  • 4MA3,611$104,957
  • 5MI3,157$81,037

Top 5 sponsors — Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

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