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Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Transportation, Storage, and Distribution 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

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsTransportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Median wage$102,700$108,819
P25 wage$80,000$82,500
P75 wage$135,000$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$52,500
Total filings340,79914,581
Wage samples340,10614,525
Rank#5#61

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
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$76k
FY2011$72k
FY2012$75k
FY2013$84k
FY2014$82k
FY2015$93k
FY2016$100k
FY2017$103k
FY2018$105k
FY2019$109k
FY2020$117k
FY2021$114k
FY2022$113k
FY2023$126k
FY2024$134k
FY2025$128k
FY2026$135k

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 — Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

  • 1CA3,432$120,091
  • 2TX1,484$100,000
  • 3WA1,360$124,000
  • 4NY852$105,000
  • 5FL694$86,858

Top 5 sponsors — Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

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