H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Physical 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
Physical Therapists
SOC 29-1123Rank #27

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsPhysical Therapists
Median wage$102,700$70,803
P25 wage$80,000$63,086
P75 wage$135,000$82,757
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$19,671
Total filings340,79946,243
Wage samples340,10643,396
Rank#5#27

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
Physical Therapists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$62k
FY2012$64k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$66k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$69k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$76k
FY2019$80k
FY2020$81k
FY2021$84k
FY2022$80k
FY2023$85k
FY2024$84k
FY2025$81k
FY2026$90k

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 — Physical Therapists

  • 1NY7,604$68,000
  • 2MI4,665$70,000
  • 3TX3,953$72,800
  • 4IL3,559$65,957
  • 5CA2,683$90,355
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