H1B Report
Salary comparison

Data Scientists vs Web Developers

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 Developers
SOC 15-1254Rank #52

Key metrics

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

MetricData ScientistsWeb Developers
Median wage$103,480$70,000
P25 wage$80,142$63,000
P75 wage$135,000$85,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$54,858$22,000
Total filings357,93218,841
Wage samples357,23418,707
Rank#5#52

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 Developers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$64k
FY2011$65k
FY2012$65k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$66k
FY2015$68k
FY2016$70k
FY2017$72k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$85k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$90k
FY2022$80k
FY2023$79k
FY2024$79k
FY2025$89k
FY2026$90k

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 Developers

  • 1CA2,688$84,000
  • 2TX1,920$70,000
  • 3NJ1,414$69,996
  • 4NY1,271$70,000
  • 5WA982$73,320
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