H1B Report
Salary comparison

Judicial Law Clerks 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
Judicial Law Clerks
SOC 23-1012Rank #78
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricJudicial Law ClerksData Scientists
Median wage$81,591$114,941
P25 wage$60,000$90,200
P75 wage$202,500$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$142,500$54,800
Total filings3,448213,508
Wage samples3,442213,202
Rank#78#3

Median wage by year

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

Judicial Law Clerks
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Judicial Law Clerks

  • 1NY1,756$190,000
  • 2CA649$72,488
  • 3DC124$170,000
  • 4NJ111$62,234
  • 5FL106$61,034

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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