H1B Report
Salary comparison

Pediatricians, General 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
Pediatricians, General
SOC 29-1221Rank #79
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricPediatricians, GeneralData Scientists
Median wage$180,000$102,700
P25 wage$140,000$80,000
P75 wage$222,583$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$82,583$55,000
Total filings8,611340,799
Wage samples8,557340,106
Rank#79#5

Median wage by year

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

Pediatricians, General
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$132k
FY2011$140k
FY2012$141k
FY2013$142k
FY2014$150k
FY2015$161k
FY2016$165k
FY2017$180k
FY2018$185k
FY2019$200k
FY2020$205k
FY2021$208k
FY2022$208k
FY2023$210k
FY2024$230k
FY2025$227k
FY2026$220k
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 — Pediatricians, General

  • 1CA765$210,000
  • 2NY641$166,400
  • 3TX585$150,000
  • 4FL470$160,000
  • 5PA422$165,000

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
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