H1B Report
Salary comparison

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 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
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
SOC 29-2011Rank #41
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricMedical and Clinical Laboratory TechnologistsData Scientists
Median wage$56,576$102,700
P25 wage$50,045$80,000
P75 wage$66,695$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$16,650$55,000
Total filings26,708340,799
Wage samples25,979340,106
Rank#41#5

Median wage by year

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

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$46k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$48k
FY2013$49k
FY2014$50k
FY2015$50k
FY2016$53k
FY2017$56k
FY2018$60k
FY2019$53k
FY2020$57k
FY2021$57k
FY2022$57k
FY2023$61k
FY2024$63k
FY2025$67k
FY2026$72k
Data Scientists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$71k
FY2013$74k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$76k
FY2016$78k
FY2017$85k
FY2018$91k
FY2019$95k
FY2020$102k
FY2021$111k
FY2022$115k
FY2023$119k
FY2024$118k
FY2025$121k
FY2026$130k

Top 5 hiring states — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

  • 1CA3,010$60,320
  • 2FL2,701$56,576
  • 3TX2,201$49,566
  • 4NY1,906$64,247
  • 5IL1,028$58,240

Top 5 hiring states — Data Scientists

  • 1CA68,055$127,000
  • 2NY36,985$120,000
  • 3TX34,597$97,739
  • 4WA24,843$129,709
  • 5NJ17,688$95,000

Top 5 sponsors — Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

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