H1B Report
Salary comparison

Industrial Engineers 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
Industrial Engineers
SOC 17-2112Rank #7
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricIndustrial EngineersData Scientists
Median wage$97,887$114,941
P25 wage$81,827$90,200
P75 wage$122,500$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,673$54,800
Total filings59,667213,508
Wage samples59,583213,202
Rank#7#3

Median wage by year

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

Industrial Engineers
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Industrial Engineers

  • 1CA14,100$125,000
  • 2TX5,389$100,000
  • 3MA4,067$100,027
  • 4MI3,632$88,234
  • 5NY2,841$96,732

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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