H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Medical and Health Services 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
Medical and Health Services Managers
SOC 11-9111Rank #70

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsMedical and Health Services Managers
Median wage$103,480$83,200
P25 wage$80,142$63,246
P75 wage$135,000$128,544
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$65,298
Total filings357,93212,225
Wage samples357,23411,716
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$122k
Medical and Health Services Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$64k
FY2012$65k
FY2013$70k
FY2014$74k
FY2015$74k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$82k
FY2018$93k
FY2019$92k
FY2020$118k
FY2021$128k
FY2022$110k
FY2023$110k
FY2024$98k
FY2025$102k
FY2026$120k

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 — Medical and Health Services Managers

  • 1NY1,684$77,813
  • 2CA1,676$96,346
  • 3TX950$70,000
  • 4MI877$63,398
  • 5MA746$134,000
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