H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs General and Operations 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
General and Operations Managers
SOC 11-1021Rank #26

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsGeneral and Operations Managers
Median wage$103,480$114,338
P25 wage$80,142$86,195
P75 wage$135,000$147,900
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$61,705
Total filings357,93254,025
Wage samples357,23453,525
Rank#5#26

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
General and Operations Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$85k
FY2011$88k
FY2012$93k
FY2013$100k
FY2014$100k
FY2015$106k
FY2016$106k
FY2017$100k
FY2018$107k
FY2019$110k
FY2020$128k
FY2021$130k
FY2022$144k
FY2023$143k
FY2024$143k
FY2025$143k
FY2026$157k

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 — General and Operations Managers

  • 1CA9,282$124,000
  • 2NY7,453$120,000
  • 3TX5,917$117,000
  • 4IL3,025$117,300
  • 5PA2,887$107,699

Top 5 sponsors — General and Operations Managers

Swap an entity
Replace either occupation above without losing the comparison. 2-way for now; 3+ comparison coming soon.