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$102,700$110,053
P25 wage$80,000$77,142
P75 wage$135,000$151,923
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$74,781
Total filings340,79916,102
Wage samples340,10615,904
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$130k
Sales Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$82k
FY2012$90k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$93k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$104k
FY2017$101k
FY2018$115k
FY2019$120k
FY2020$124k
FY2021$127k
FY2022$138k
FY2023$146k
FY2024$142k
FY2025$141k
FY2026$157k

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 — Sales Managers

  • 1CA3,340$121,836
  • 2NY2,863$125,000
  • 3TX1,544$107,089
  • 4FL1,337$90,300
  • 5NJ870$115,998
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