H1B Report
Salary comparison

Database Administrators vs Data Scientists

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
Database Administrators
SOC 15-1242Rank #15
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricDatabase AdministratorsData Scientists
Median wage$96,720$114,941
P25 wage$80,000$90,200
P75 wage$123,600$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$43,600$54,800
Total filings41,827213,508
Wage samples41,779213,202
Rank#15#3

Median wage by year

Year-over-year drift of the typical offered wage.

Database Administrators
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Database Administrators

  • 1IL6,598$79,768
  • 2TX6,580$99,000
  • 3CA4,370$120,245
  • 4NJ2,431$108,000
  • 5NY2,229$110,000

Top 5 hiring states — Data Scientists

  • 1CA43,941$142,122
  • 2NY27,091$132,000
  • 3TX25,149$102,690
  • 4WA18,953$135,100
  • 5IL10,447$100,000
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