H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Industrial Production 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
Industrial Production Managers
SOC 11-3051Rank #74

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsIndustrial Production Managers
Median wage$103,480$97,510
P25 wage$80,142$72,000
P75 wage$135,000$130,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$58,000
Total filings357,93210,927
Wage samples357,23410,835
Rank#5#74

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
Industrial Production Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$67k
FY2012$73k
FY2013$72k
FY2014$78k
FY2015$80k
FY2016$85k
FY2017$90k
FY2018$95k
FY2019$95k
FY2020$101k
FY2021$115k
FY2022$113k
FY2023$121k
FY2024$125k
FY2025$128k
FY2026$137k

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 — Industrial Production Managers

  • 1CA2,239$118,000
  • 2TX1,060$100,000
  • 3NY896$85,000
  • 4NJ624$97,324
  • 5NC534$69,493

Top 5 sponsors — Industrial Production Managers

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