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Salary comparison

Biochemists and Biophysicists vs Electrical Engineers

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
Biochemists and Biophysicists
SOC 19-1021Rank #25
Occupation B
Electrical Engineers
SOC 17-2071Rank #22

Key metrics

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

MetricBiochemists and BiophysicistsElectrical Engineers
Median wage$57,100$89,378
P25 wage$48,192$73,029
P75 wage$70,000$113,485
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$21,808$40,456
Total filings56,52670,778
Wage samples56,33570,393
Rank#25#22

Median wage by year

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

Biochemists and Biophysicists
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$45k
FY2011$46k
FY2012$46k
FY2013$47k
FY2014$48k
FY2015$49k
FY2016$50k
FY2017$52k
FY2018$54k
FY2019$56k
FY2020$58k
FY2021$60k
FY2022$62k
FY2023$64k
FY2024$69k
FY2025$72k
FY2026$72k
Electrical Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$73k
FY2011$73k
FY2012$74k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$76k
FY2015$77k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$79k
FY2018$85k
FY2019$88k
FY2020$93k
FY2021$99k
FY2022$102k
FY2023$106k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$118k
FY2026$128k

Top 5 hiring states — Biochemists and Biophysicists

  • 1CA14,208$63,000
  • 2NY4,187$60,000
  • 3TX3,704$52,000
  • 4MI3,278$53,045
  • 5PA2,995$53,498

Top 5 hiring states — Electrical Engineers

  • 1CA16,063$111,675
  • 2TX8,770$87,027
  • 3MI4,619$86,000
  • 4WA2,796$113,924
  • 5IL2,680$81,420

Top 5 sponsors — Electrical Engineers

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