H1B Report
Salary comparison

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 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
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
SOC 25-9044Rank #72
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricTeaching Assistants, PostsecondaryData Scientists
Median wage$70,000$114,941
P25 wage$58,926$90,200
P75 wage$85,000$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$26,074$54,800
Total filings3,866213,508
Wage samples3,861213,202
Rank#72#3

Median wage by year

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

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

  • 1TX706$67,000
  • 2NY520$81,340
  • 3CA279$85,000
  • 4MA251$70,000
  • 5FL240$51,116

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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