H1B Report
Salary comparison

Actuaries 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
Actuaries
SOC 15-2011Rank #86
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricActuariesComputer Programmers
Median wage$93,840$68,640
P25 wage$74,635$61,000
P75 wage$120,224$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$45,589$19,000
Total filings7,274307,209
Wage samples7,257305,925
Rank#86#6

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 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$99k

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 Programmers

  • 1CA37,498$75,000
  • 2TX37,159$69,200
  • 3NJ28,375$70,000
  • 4IL21,419$66,082
  • 5NY15,839$70,500
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