H1B Report
Salary comparison

Art Directors vs Computer Occupations, All Other

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
Art Directors
SOC 27-1011Rank #95
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricArt DirectorsComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$96,000$89,352
P25 wage$70,000$74,672
P75 wage$140,000$115,901
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$70,000$41,229
Total filings6,269661,886
Wage samples6,158660,799
Rank#95#3

Median wage by year

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

Art Directors
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$75k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$80k
FY2013$84k
FY2014$85k
FY2015$86k
FY2016$92k
FY2017$95k
FY2018$100k
FY2019$105k
FY2020$105k
FY2021$135k
FY2022$120k
FY2023$135k
FY2024$125k
FY2025$126k
FY2026$126k
Computer Occupations, All Other
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$80k
FY2011$80k
FY2012$76k
FY2013$74k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$77k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$82k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$90k
FY2021$98k
FY2022$102k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$106k
FY2025$115k
FY2026$120k

Top 5 hiring states — Art Directors

  • 1NY2,582$103,646
  • 2CA1,668$110,000
  • 3FL300$62,400
  • 4IL248$87,000
  • 5TX181$74,880

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Occupations, All Other

  • 1CA106,836$109,554
  • 2TX80,431$90,000
  • 3NJ44,405$90,002
  • 4NY35,627$94,349
  • 5WA33,465$108,098

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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