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Salary comparison

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 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
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1041Rank #98
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricAgricultural Sciences Teachers, PostsecondaryComputer Programmers
Median wage$105,000$68,640
P25 wage$80,000$61,000
P75 wage$146,374$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$66,374$19,000
Total filings5,934307,209
Wage samples5,863305,925
Rank#98#6

Median wage by year

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

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$88k
FY2011$89k
FY2012$85k
FY2013$90k
FY2014$89k
FY2015$89k
FY2016$98k
FY2017$98k
FY2018$105k
FY2019$101k
FY2020$108k
FY2021$110k
FY2022$121k
FY2023$121k
FY2024$120k
FY2025$130k
FY2026$124k
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 — Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

  • 1NY480$114,344
  • 2TX443$110,000
  • 3CA412$105,000
  • 4MA252$117,900
  • 5FL247$96,666

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

Top 5 sponsors — Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

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