H1B Report
Salary comparison

General and Operations Managers 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
General and Operations Managers
SOC 11-1021Rank #26
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricGeneral and Operations ManagersData Scientists
Median wage$138,087$114,941
P25 wage$104,950$90,200
P75 wage$170,000$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$65,050$54,800
Total filings19,571213,508
Wage samples19,533213,202
Rank#26#3

Median wage by year

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

General and Operations Managers
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — General and Operations Managers

  • 1CA3,830$145,000
  • 2NY2,799$145,000
  • 3TX2,460$140,000
  • 4IL1,195$149,328
  • 5PA1,075$112,154

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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