H1B Report
Salary comparison

Web Developers 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
Web Developers
SOC 15-1254Rank #77
Occupation B
Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricWeb DevelopersData Scientists
Median wage$85,000$114,941
P25 wage$70,720$90,200
P75 wage$107,266$145,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$36,546$54,800
Total filings3,471213,508
Wage samples3,463213,202
Rank#77#3

Median wage by year

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

Web Developers
Data Scientists

Top 5 hiring states — Web Developers

  • 1CA547$110,400
  • 2TX481$83,658
  • 3NJ361$72,696
  • 4NY205$85,197
  • 5MA199$84,344

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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