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Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Marketing 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
Marketing Managers
SOC 11-2021Rank #34

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsMarketing Managers
Median wage$102,700$122,832
P25 wage$80,000$90,000
P75 wage$135,000$160,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$70,000
Total filings340,79932,945
Wage samples340,10632,558
Rank#5#34

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
Marketing Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$93k
FY2011$91k
FY2012$95k
FY2013$104k
FY2014$104k
FY2015$110k
FY2016$111k
FY2017$115k
FY2018$125k
FY2019$130k
FY2020$130k
FY2021$140k
FY2022$147k
FY2023$152k
FY2024$150k
FY2025$157k
FY2026$170k

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 — Marketing Managers

  • 1CA9,726$140,000
  • 2NY5,742$126,000
  • 3TX2,029$115,579
  • 4FL2,004$84,000
  • 5WA1,942$130,000

Top 5 sponsors — Marketing Managers

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