H1B Report
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$135,470$68,848
P25 wage$100,000$61,000
P75 wage$183,914$80,184
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$83,914$19,184
Total filings22,697313,856
Wage samples22,615312,556
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$92k
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$160k
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$98k

Top 5 hiring states — Architectural and Engineering Managers

  • 1CA7,509$178,818
  • 2TX2,038$125,705
  • 3NY1,605$127,400
  • 4MI1,017$107,598
  • 5WA995$180,000

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Programmers

  • 1TX38,662$69,200
  • 2CA38,151$75,000
  • 3NJ29,022$70,251
  • 4IL21,834$66,100
  • 5NY16,102$70,735

Top 5 sponsors — Architectural and Engineering Managers

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Programmers

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