H1B Report
Salary comparison

Sales Managers 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
Sales Managers
SOC 11-2022Rank #62
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricSales ManagersData Scientists
Median wage$136,600$114,941
P25 wage$103,023$90,200
P75 wage$176,100$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$73,077$54,800
Total filings5,623213,508
Wage samples5,604213,202
Rank#62#3

Median wage by year

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

Sales Managers
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Sales Managers

  • 1CA1,406$150,000
  • 2NY988$154,866
  • 3TX559$130,000
  • 4FL475$110,000
  • 5NJ280$156,062

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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