H1B Report
Salary comparison

Actuaries vs Computer Systems Analysts

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 Systems Analysts
SOC 15-1211Rank #2

Key metrics

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

MetricActuariesComputer Systems Analysts
Median wage$94,600$70,000
P25 wage$75,000$60,500
P75 wage$121,000$88,046
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$46,000$27,546
Total filings7,526806,267
Wage samples7,509802,693
Rank#86#2

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$86k
FY2018$90k
FY2019$94k
FY2020$105k
FY2021$109k
FY2022$114k
FY2023$120k
FY2024$119k
FY2025$125k
FY2026$120k
Computer Systems Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$61k
FY2012$63k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$65k
FY2015$66k
FY2016$67k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$83k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$94k
FY2021$96k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$102k
FY2024$103k
FY2025$106k
FY2026$112k

Top 5 hiring states — Actuaries

  • 1NY1,313$114,000
  • 2NJ720$102,625
  • 3CA697$89,731
  • 4MA592$92,000
  • 5IL496$95,194

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Systems Analysts

  • 1CA107,195$76,000
  • 2TX97,255$68,827
  • 3NJ81,789$66,000
  • 4IL49,492$69,000
  • 5NY43,467$71,510

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Systems Analysts

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