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Salary comparison

Rehabilitation Counselors 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
Rehabilitation Counselors
SOC 21-1015Rank #88
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #5

Key metrics

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

MetricRehabilitation CounselorsData Scientists
Median wage$39,127$102,700
P25 wage$33,800$80,000
P75 wage$54,000$135,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$20,200$55,000
Total filings7,099340,799
Wage samples6,961340,106
Rank#88#5

Median wage by year

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

Rehabilitation Counselors
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$38k
FY2011$42k
FY2012$38k
FY2013$44k
FY2014$45k
FY2015$48k
FY2016$44k
FY2017$44k
FY2018$50k
FY2019$40k
FY2020$45k
FY2021$41k
FY2022$31k
FY2023$36k
FY2024$37k
FY2025$40k
FY2026$44k
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 — Rehabilitation Counselors

  • 1NY2,225$38,002
  • 2MA1,703$37,315
  • 3CA458$62,212
  • 4WA365$185,000
  • 5PA320$33,800

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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