H1B Report
Salary comparison

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 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 B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricSecondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical EducationData Scientists
Median wage$54,728$114,941
P25 wage$48,316$90,200
P75 wage$63,585$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$15,269$54,800
Total filings10,199213,508
Wage samples10,180213,202
Rank#44#3

Median wage by year

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

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

  • 1TX1,733$54,560
  • 2SC996$53,420
  • 3NC690$46,110
  • 4NY546$62,902
  • 5GA530$57,800

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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