H1B Report
Salary comparison

Art Directors vs Computer Systems Analysts

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 Systems Analysts
SOC 15-1211Rank #2

Key metrics

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

MetricArt DirectorsComputer Systems Analysts
Median wage$96,000$70,000
P25 wage$70,000$60,500
P75 wage$140,000$88,046
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$70,000$27,546
Total filings6,269806,267
Wage samples6,158802,693
Rank#95#2

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 Systems Analysts
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$61k
FY2012$63k
FY2013$65k
FY2014$65k
FY2015$66k
FY2016$67k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$83k
FY2019$90k
FY2020$94k
FY2021$96k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$102k
FY2024$103k
FY2025$106k
FY2026$112k

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 Systems Analysts

  • 1CA107,195$76,000
  • 2TX97,255$68,827
  • 3NJ81,789$66,000
  • 4IL49,492$69,000
  • 5NY43,467$71,510

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Systems Analysts

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