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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$102,700$69,950
P25 wage$80,000$63,000
P75 wage$135,000$85,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$22,000
Total filings340,79918,375
Wage samples340,10618,241
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$130k
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$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 Developers

  • 1CA2,635$83,491
  • 2TX1,839$70,000
  • 3NJ1,370$69,950
  • 4NY1,237$70,000
  • 5WA970$73,320
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