H1B Report
Salary comparison

Actuaries vs Computer Occupations, All Other

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
Actuaries
SOC 15-2011Rank #86
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricActuariesComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$93,840$88,489
P25 wage$74,635$74,464
P75 wage$120,224$115,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$45,589$40,536
Total filings7,274644,075
Wage samples7,257643,004
Rank#86#3

Median wage by year

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

Actuaries
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$77k
FY2011$78k
FY2012$77k
FY2013$83k
FY2014$82k
FY2015$78k
FY2016$78k
FY2017$85k
FY2018$90k
FY2019$94k
FY2020$105k
FY2021$109k
FY2022$114k
FY2023$120k
FY2024$119k
FY2025$125k
FY2026$131k
Computer Occupations, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$76k
FY2013$74k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$77k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$82k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$98k
FY2022$102k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$106k
FY2025$115k
FY2026$122k

Top 5 hiring states — Actuaries

  • 1NY1,277$112,900
  • 2NJ696$102,500
  • 3CA684$89,482
  • 4MA581$91,529
  • 5IL472$94,553

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA104,012$108,524
  • 2TX77,429$88,400
  • 3NJ43,265$90,002
  • 4NY34,620$93,569
  • 5WA32,527$106,434

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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