H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Web and Digital Interface Designers

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
Web and Digital Interface Designers
SOC 15-1255Rank #69

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsWeb and Digital Interface Designers
Median wage$103,480$80,000
P25 wage$80,142$65,000
P75 wage$135,000$100,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$35,000
Total filings357,93212,292
Wage samples357,23412,235
Rank#5#69

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
Web and Digital Interface Designers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$63k
FY2012$66k
FY2013$70k
FY2014$70k
FY2015$70k
FY2016$68k
FY2017$71k
FY2018$86k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$95k
FY2022$96k
FY2023$75k
FY2024$82k
FY2025$81k
FY2026$94k

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 — Web and Digital Interface Designers

  • 1CA3,417$92,000
  • 2NY1,207$80,000
  • 3TX1,164$76,773
  • 4NJ629$90,000
  • 5IL565$68,328

Top 5 sponsors — Web and Digital Interface Designers

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