H1B Report
Salary comparison

Financial Risk Specialists 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 Risk Specialists
SOC 13-2054Rank #56
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial Risk SpecialistsData Scientists
Median wage$112,243$114,941
P25 wage$85,000$90,200
P75 wage$140,179$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$55,179$54,800
Total filings6,791213,508
Wage samples6,780213,202
Rank#56#3

Median wage by year

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

Financial Risk Specialists
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Financial Risk Specialists

  • 1NY1,905$127,400
  • 2CA799$110,000
  • 3NJ635$127,000
  • 4TX629$92,200
  • 5WA541$126,000

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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