H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Speech-Language Pathologists

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
Speech-Language Pathologists
SOC 29-1127Rank #87

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsSpeech-Language Pathologists
Median wage$103,480$71,989
P25 wage$80,142$62,400
P75 wage$135,000$88,379
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$25,979
Total filings357,9327,486
Wage samples357,2347,297
Rank#5#87

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
Speech-Language Pathologists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$65k
FY2012$62k
FY2013$64k
FY2014$64k
FY2015$65k
FY2016$65k
FY2017$66k
FY2018$72k
FY2019$75k
FY2020$80k
FY2021$85k
FY2022$82k
FY2023$85k
FY2024$85k
FY2025$91k
FY2026$96k

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 — Speech-Language Pathologists

  • 1CA4,022$76,981
  • 2NY552$65,250
  • 3TX360$68,000
  • 4MI238$68,640
  • 5WA191$68,978
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