H1B Report
Salary comparison

Financial and Investment Analysts 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
Financial and Investment Analysts
SOC 13-2051Rank #11
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial and Investment AnalystsData Scientists
Median wage$100,000$114,941
P25 wage$80,000$90,200
P75 wage$135,000$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,000$54,800
Total filings54,243213,508
Wage samples54,160213,202
Rank#11#3

Median wage by year

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

Financial and Investment Analysts
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Financial and Investment Analysts

  • 1NY17,119$115,000
  • 2CA8,775$111,384
  • 3TX4,950$86,861
  • 4IL2,902$92,936
  • 5MA2,309$99,999

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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