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Salary comparison

Biochemists and Biophysicists vs Industrial 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
Industrial Engineers
SOC 17-2112Rank #12

Key metrics

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

MetricBiochemists and BiophysicistsIndustrial Engineers
Median wage$57,100$89,217
P25 wage$48,192$72,800
P75 wage$70,000$111,103
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$21,808$38,303
Total filings56,526112,895
Wage samples56,335112,544
Rank#25#12

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
Industrial Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$71k
FY2012$72k
FY2013$73k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$75k
FY2016$75k
FY2017$77k
FY2018$82k
FY2019$83k
FY2020$87k
FY2021$94k
FY2022$98k
FY2023$101k
FY2024$103k
FY2025$107k
FY2026$115k

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 — Industrial Engineers

  • 1CA24,547$111,509
  • 2TX10,110$90,359
  • 3MA6,555$95,800
  • 4MI6,377$81,765
  • 5NY5,143$87,589

Top 5 sponsors — Industrial Engineers

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