H1B Report
Salary comparison

Project Management Specialists 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
Project Management Specialists
SOC 13-1082Rank #45
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricProject Management SpecialistsData Scientists
Median wage$142,126$114,941
P25 wage$105,100$90,200
P75 wage$172,536$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$67,436$54,800
Total filings9,292213,508
Wage samples9,281213,202
Rank#45#3

Median wage by year

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

Project Management Specialists
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Project Management Specialists

  • 1CA3,293$166,000
  • 2NY892$142,050
  • 3TX855$115,000
  • 4WA697$171,226
  • 5MA438$135,464

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

Top 5 sponsors — Project Management Specialists

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