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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$102,700$80,000
P25 wage$80,000$65,000
P75 wage$135,000$100,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$35,000
Total filings340,79911,853
Wage samples340,10611,796
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$130k
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$70k
FY2018$86k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$95k
FY2022$96k
FY2023$75k
FY2024$82k
FY2025$81k
FY2026$95k

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 — Web and Digital Interface Designers

  • 1CA3,309$91,000
  • 2NY1,177$80,000
  • 3TX1,106$75,000
  • 4NJ610$90,000
  • 5IL551$67,933

Top 5 sponsors — Web and Digital Interface Designers

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