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Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs General Internal Medicine Physicians

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 Internal Medicine Physicians
SOC 29-1216Rank #70

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsGeneral Internal Medicine Physicians
Median wage$102,700$175,000
P25 wage$80,000$67,358
P75 wage$135,000$220,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$152,642
Total filings340,79911,846
Wage samples340,10611,796
Rank#5#70

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
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$150k
FY2011$155k
FY2012$155k
FY2013$168k
FY2014$173k
FY2015$165k
FY2016$175k
FY2017$180k
FY2018$190k
FY2019$198k
FY2020$180k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$202k
FY2023$185k
FY2024$200k
FY2025$200k
FY2026$239k

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 — General Internal Medicine Physicians

  • 1PA1,618$62,534
  • 2CA794$216,200
  • 3NY634$170,000
  • 4OH613$67,564
  • 5MA599$158,970
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