H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Sales 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
Sales Managers
SOC 11-2022Rank #58

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsSales Managers
Median wage$103,480$111,259
P25 wage$80,142$78,000
P75 wage$135,000$153,084
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$75,084
Total filings357,93216,555
Wage samples357,23416,355
Rank#5#58

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
Sales Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$82k
FY2012$90k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$92k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$104k
FY2017$100k
FY2018$115k
FY2019$119k
FY2020$124k
FY2021$127k
FY2022$138k
FY2023$146k
FY2024$142k
FY2025$141k
FY2026$150k

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 — Sales Managers

  • 1CA3,431$123,885
  • 2NY2,949$125,500
  • 3TX1,585$107,531
  • 4FL1,375$91,000
  • 5NJ887$117,166
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