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Salary comparison

Art Directors 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
Art Directors
SOC 27-1011Rank #94
Occupation B
Computer Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricArt DirectorsComputer Programmers
Median wage$96,000$68,640
P25 wage$70,000$61,000
P75 wage$140,000$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$70,000$19,000
Total filings6,167307,209
Wage samples6,056305,925
Rank#94#6

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$85k
FY2014$85k
FY2015$86k
FY2016$92k
FY2017$96k
FY2018$100k
FY2019$105k
FY2020$105k
FY2021$135k
FY2022$120k
FY2023$135k
FY2024$125k
FY2025$126k
FY2026$135k
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 — Art Directors

  • 1NY2,544$103,209
  • 2CA1,632$110,000
  • 3FL297$62,400
  • 4IL242$87,000
  • 5TX180$74,818

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
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