H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Occupational Therapists

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
Occupational Therapists
SOC 29-1122Rank #75

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsOccupational Therapists
Median wage$103,480$71,968
P25 wage$80,142$62,504
P75 wage$135,000$81,776
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$19,272
Total filings357,93210,563
Wage samples357,2349,786
Rank#5#75

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
Occupational Therapists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$66k
FY2012$65k
FY2013$68k
FY2014$69k
FY2015$69k
FY2016$69k
FY2017$73k
FY2018$75k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$83k
FY2021$83k
FY2022$92k
FY2023$81k
FY2024$86k
FY2025$72k
FY2026$72k

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 — Occupational Therapists

  • 1CA1,846$86,320
  • 2IL1,317$71,906
  • 3NY1,125$68,016
  • 4NJ803$69,826
  • 5TX707$68,640
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