H1B Report
Salary comparison

Speech-Language Pathologists 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
Speech-Language Pathologists
SOC 29-1127Rank #88
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricSpeech-Language PathologistsData Scientists
Median wage$85,176$114,941
P25 wage$71,614$90,200
P75 wage$96,782$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$25,168$54,800
Total filings2,581213,508
Wage samples2,577213,202
Rank#88#3

Median wage by year

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

Speech-Language Pathologists
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Speech-Language Pathologists

  • 1CA1,630$93,600
  • 2NY192$68,141
  • 3TX91$72,800
  • 4WA74$79,269
  • 5MI66$73,414

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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