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Salary comparison

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists vs Physicians, All Other

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 Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
SOC 19-1042Rank #15
Occupation B
Physicians, All Other
SOC 29-1229Rank #16

Key metrics

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

MetricMedical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsPhysicians, All Other
Median wage$59,592$185,000
P25 wage$48,216$66,238
P75 wage$77,800$247,450
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$29,584$181,212
Total filings100,50098,627
Wage samples100,07898,023
Rank#15#16

Median wage by year

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

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$47k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$48k
FY2014$49k
FY2015$51k
FY2016$52k
FY2017$53k
FY2018$56k
FY2019$58k
FY2020$62k
FY2021$63k
FY2022$66k
FY2023$68k
FY2024$71k
FY2025$74k
FY2026$74k
Physicians, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$62k
FY2011$110k
FY2012$129k
FY2013$150k
FY2014$165k
FY2015$176k
FY2016$185k
FY2017$190k
FY2018$194k
FY2019$210k
FY2020$218k
FY2021$220k
FY2022$225k
FY2023$230k
FY2024$240k
FY2025$240k
FY2026$250k

Top 5 hiring states — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

  • 1CA12,074$77,569
  • 2MA11,260$65,060
  • 3NY8,863$60,965
  • 4TX7,222$50,000
  • 5PA4,613$56,004

Top 5 hiring states — Physicians, All Other

  • 1NY13,341$72,336
  • 2PA7,216$119,904
  • 3MA5,095$148,000
  • 4OH4,379$180,000
  • 5IL4,270$183,970

Top 5 sponsors — Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

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