H1B Report
Salary comparison

Information Security 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
Information Security Analysts
SOC 15-1212Rank #22
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricInformation Security AnalystsData Scientists
Median wage$120,000$114,941
P25 wage$95,784$90,200
P75 wage$152,000$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$56,216$54,800
Total filings25,873213,508
Wage samples25,837213,202
Rank#22#3

Median wage by year

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

Information Security Analysts
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Information Security Analysts

  • 1TX4,602$116,000
  • 2CA4,146$145,850
  • 3NY2,338$120,000
  • 4NJ1,888$127,000
  • 5IL1,600$113,000

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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