H1B Report
Salary comparison

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 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
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
SOC 17-1011Rank #35
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricArchitects, Except Landscape and NavalComputer Programmers
Median wage$65,000$68,640
P25 wage$54,080$61,000
P75 wage$78,000$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$23,920$19,000
Total filings30,947307,209
Wage samples30,613305,925
Rank#35#6

Median wage by year

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

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$53k
FY2011$53k
FY2012$58k
FY2013$62k
FY2014$61k
FY2015$63k
FY2016$62k
FY2017$62k
FY2018$64k
FY2019$65k
FY2020$65k
FY2021$68k
FY2022$70k
FY2023$74k
FY2024$74k
FY2025$77k
FY2026$90k
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 — Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

  • 1NY7,781$62,400
  • 2CA6,011$69,056
  • 3TX1,945$69,389
  • 4MA1,435$68,536
  • 5IL1,288$62,218

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 — Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

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