H1B Report
Salary comparison

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 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 B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricElementary School Teachers, Except Special EducationData Scientists
Median wage$55,000$114,941
P25 wage$47,273$90,200
P75 wage$63,242$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$15,969$54,800
Total filings14,592213,508
Wage samples14,567213,202
Rank#33#3

Median wage by year

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

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

  • 1TX2,709$60,500
  • 2NC1,372$44,140
  • 3GA1,301$56,200
  • 4AZ1,207$49,590
  • 5CA1,074$64,026

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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