H1B Report
Salary comparison

Accountants and Auditors vs Biochemists and Biophysicists

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
Accountants and Auditors
SOC 13-2011Rank #10
Occupation B
Biochemists and Biophysicists
SOC 19-1021Rank #25

Key metrics

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

MetricAccountants and AuditorsBiochemists and Biophysicists
Median wage$67,500$57,100
P25 wage$54,600$48,192
P75 wage$90,000$70,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$35,400$21,808
Total filings154,95056,526
Wage samples152,05356,335
Rank#10#25

Median wage by year

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

Accountants and Auditors
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$53k
FY2011$53k
FY2012$55k
FY2013$55k
FY2014$56k
FY2015$57k
FY2016$58k
FY2017$60k
FY2018$66k
FY2019$69k
FY2020$75k
FY2021$79k
FY2022$85k
FY2023$89k
FY2024$89k
FY2025$94k
FY2026$105k
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$46k
FY2012$46k
FY2013$47k
FY2014$48k
FY2015$49k
FY2016$50k
FY2017$52k
FY2018$54k
FY2019$56k
FY2020$58k
FY2021$60k
FY2022$62k
FY2023$64k
FY2024$69k
FY2025$72k
FY2026$72k

Top 5 hiring states — Accountants and Auditors

  • 1CA33,427$72,000
  • 2NY23,625$75,000
  • 3TX15,422$62,462
  • 4IL7,381$67,200
  • 5NJ7,028$74,880

Top 5 hiring states — Biochemists and Biophysicists

  • 1CA14,208$63,000
  • 2NY4,187$60,000
  • 3TX3,704$52,000
  • 4MI3,278$53,045
  • 5PA2,995$53,498
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