H1B Report
Salary comparison

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 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
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
SOC 17-2031Rank #77
Occupation B
Computer Occupations, All Other
SOC 15-1299Rank #3

Key metrics

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

MetricBioengineers and Biomedical EngineersComputer Occupations, All Other
Median wage$89,082$89,352
P25 wage$71,406$74,672
P75 wage$113,474$115,901
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$42,068$41,229
Total filings9,426661,886
Wage samples9,366660,799
Rank#77#3

Median wage by year

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

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$70k
FY2011$75k
FY2012$78k
FY2013$75k
FY2014$75k
FY2015$80k
FY2016$79k
FY2017$83k
FY2018$86k
FY2019$87k
FY2020$95k
FY2021$100k
FY2022$100k
FY2023$105k
FY2024$110k
FY2025$110k
FY2026$125k
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 — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

  • 1CA2,805$110,000
  • 2TX719$88,000
  • 3MA644$85,240
  • 4NY463$95,430
  • 5MI389$78,643

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 — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Occupations, All Other

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