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Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

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

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsMarket Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Median wage$102,700$60,320
P25 wage$80,000$46,675
P75 wage$135,000$85,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$38,325
Total filings340,799106,242
Wage samples340,106104,013
Rank#5#14

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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$49k
FY2011$48k
FY2012$49k
FY2013$52k
FY2014$52k
FY2015$53k
FY2016$55k
FY2017$57k
FY2018$64k
FY2019$65k
FY2020$69k
FY2021$75k
FY2022$75k
FY2023$76k
FY2024$78k
FY2025$80k
FY2026$100k

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 — Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

  • 1CA21,454$65,000
  • 2NY18,367$60,174
  • 3MA9,770$55,000
  • 4TX6,838$65,000
  • 5FL5,794$49,057

Top 5 sponsors — Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

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