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$93,840$70,000
P25 wage$74,635$60,320
P75 wage$120,224$88,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$45,589$27,680
Total filings7,274792,250
Wage samples7,257788,702
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$85k
FY2018$90k
FY2019$94k
FY2020$105k
FY2021$109k
FY2022$114k
FY2023$120k
FY2024$119k
FY2025$125k
FY2026$131k
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$115k

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 Systems Analysts

  • 1CA105,344$75,941
  • 2TX95,459$68,827
  • 3NJ80,581$65,541
  • 4IL48,648$69,000
  • 5NY42,838$71,505

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Systems Analysts

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