H1B Report
Salary comparison

Financial Specialists, All Other 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 Specialists, All Other
SOC 13-2099Rank #29
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricFinancial Specialists, All OtherData Scientists
Median wage$126,000$114,941
P25 wage$97,037$90,200
P75 wage$165,000$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$67,963$54,800
Total filings16,573213,508
Wage samples16,546213,202
Rank#29#3

Median wage by year

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

Financial Specialists, All Other
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Financial Specialists, All Other

  • 1NY6,005$155,000
  • 2CA2,223$129,000
  • 3IL1,491$135,000
  • 4TX1,081$110,000
  • 5NJ967$127,431

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

Top 5 sponsors — Financial Specialists, All Other

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