H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Financial Managers

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
Financial Managers
SOC 11-3031Rank #37

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsFinancial Managers
Median wage$103,480$125,715
P25 wage$80,142$93,200
P75 wage$135,000$173,555
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$80,355
Total filings357,93229,858
Wage samples357,23429,305
Rank#5#37

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$122k
Financial Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$92k
FY2011$90k
FY2012$100k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$104k
FY2015$107k
FY2016$115k
FY2017$120k
FY2018$130k
FY2019$135k
FY2020$137k
FY2021$150k
FY2022$150k
FY2023$158k
FY2024$159k
FY2025$165k
FY2026$173k

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 hiring states — Financial Managers

  • 1NY7,698$150,000
  • 2CA5,202$140,000
  • 3TX2,041$120,000
  • 4FL1,849$90,000
  • 5NJ1,234$130,000
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