H1B Report
Salary comparison

Atmospheric and Space Scientists 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
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
SOC 19-2021Rank #47
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricAtmospheric and Space ScientistsComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$50,316$89,352
P25 wage$44,500$74,672
P75 wage$59,280$115,901
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$14,780$41,229
Total filings20,953661,886
Wage samples20,887660,799
Rank#47#3

Median wage by year

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

Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$42k
FY2011$43k
FY2012$43k
FY2013$45k
FY2014$45k
FY2015$46k
FY2016$47k
FY2017$48k
FY2018$49k
FY2019$51k
FY2020$54k
FY2021$56k
FY2022$58k
FY2023$60k
FY2024$62k
FY2025$65k
FY2026$68k
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 — Atmospheric and Space Scientists

  • 1TX3,269$48,909
  • 2NY1,973$56,182
  • 3MD1,898$51,160
  • 4GA1,536$52,904
  • 5MA1,524$53,785

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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