H1B Report
Salary comparison

Registered Nurses 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
Registered Nurses
SOC 29-1141Rank #81
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricRegistered NursesData Scientists
Median wage$75,192$114,941
P25 wage$68,000$90,200
P75 wage$85,322$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$17,322$54,800
Total filings3,097213,508
Wage samples3,095213,202
Rank#81#3

Median wage by year

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

Registered Nurses
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Registered Nurses

  • 1NY315$86,050
  • 2IL235$79,040
  • 3PA169$69,264
  • 4GA163$78,043
  • 5TN130$69,826

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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