H1B Report
Salary comparison

Accountants and Auditors vs Computer Programmers

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
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricAccountants and AuditorsComputer Programmers
Median wage$68,000$68,848
P25 wage$54,662$61,000
P75 wage$90,979$80,184
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$36,317$19,184
Total filings159,700313,856
Wage samples156,794312,556
Rank#10#6

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$97k
Computer Programmers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$62k
FY2012$62k
FY2013$63k
FY2014$65k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$68k
FY2017$69k
FY2018$74k
FY2019$77k
FY2020$78k
FY2021$85k
FY2022$87k
FY2023$86k
FY2024$94k
FY2025$94k
FY2026$98k

Top 5 hiring states — Accountants and Auditors

  • 1CA34,326$72,363
  • 2NY24,254$75,000
  • 3TX16,030$63,544
  • 4IL7,671$68,000
  • 5NJ7,268$75,140

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Programmers

  • 1TX38,662$69,200
  • 2CA38,151$75,000
  • 3NJ29,022$70,251
  • 4IL21,834$66,100
  • 5NY16,102$70,735

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Programmers

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