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Salary comparison

Architectural and Engineering Managers 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers
SOC 11-9041Rank #46
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricArchitectural and Engineering ManagersComputer Programmers
Median wage$135,054$68,640
P25 wage$99,134$61,000
P75 wage$183,500$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$84,366$19,000
Total filings21,921307,209
Wage samples21,839305,925
Rank#46#6

Median wage by year

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

Architectural and Engineering Managers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$89k
FY2011$90k
FY2012$91k
FY2013$95k
FY2014$100k
FY2015$102k
FY2016$106k
FY2017$112k
FY2018$118k
FY2019$133k
FY2020$156k
FY2021$167k
FY2022$175k
FY2023$171k
FY2024$167k
FY2025$170k
FY2026$172k
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 — Architectural and Engineering Managers

  • 1CA7,301$178,500
  • 2TX1,949$125,000
  • 3NY1,557$125,000
  • 4WA969$180,000
  • 5MI968$107,000

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 — Architectural and Engineering Managers

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