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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 #82
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricRegistered NursesData Scientists
Median wage$69,826$102,700
P25 wage$59,987$80,000
P75 wage$82,576$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$22,589$55,000
Total filings7,495340,799
Wage samples6,784340,106
Rank#82#5

Median wage by year

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

Registered Nurses
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$56k
FY2011$60k
FY2012$59k
FY2013$61k
FY2014$63k
FY2015$64k
FY2016$65k
FY2017$64k
FY2018$69k
FY2019$69k
FY2020$73k
FY2021$74k
FY2022$75k
FY2023$74k
FY2024$74k
FY2025$79k
FY2026$79k
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 — Registered Nurses

  • 1FL824$58,677
  • 2NY694$81,120
  • 3CA532$80,246
  • 4IL397$75,000
  • 5TX382$61,430

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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