H1B Report
Salary comparison

Operations Research 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
Operations Research Analysts
SOC 15-2031Rank #17
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricOperations Research AnalystsData Scientists
Median wage$115,000$114,941
P25 wage$88,000$90,200
P75 wage$148,738$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$60,738$54,800
Total filings38,014213,508
Wage samples37,966213,202
Rank#17#3

Median wage by year

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

Operations Research Analysts
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Operations Research Analysts

  • 1CA7,972$132,385
  • 2WA4,925$125,000
  • 3NY4,521$124,000
  • 4TX4,286$106,620
  • 5NJ2,146$115,253

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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