H1B Report
Salary comparison

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers vs Computer Programmers

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 Programmers
SOC 15-1251Rank #6

Key metrics

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

MetricBioengineers and Biomedical EngineersComputer Programmers
Median wage$89,082$68,848
P25 wage$71,406$61,000
P75 wage$113,474$80,184
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$42,068$19,184
Total filings9,426313,856
Wage samples9,366312,556
Rank#77#6

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 Programmers
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$60k
FY2011$62k
FY2012$62k
FY2013$63k
FY2014$65k
FY2015$67k
FY2016$68k
FY2017$69k
FY2018$74k
FY2019$77k
FY2020$78k
FY2021$85k
FY2022$87k
FY2023$86k
FY2024$94k
FY2025$94k
FY2026$98k

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 Programmers

  • 1TX38,662$69,200
  • 2CA38,151$75,000
  • 3NJ29,022$70,251
  • 4IL21,834$66,100
  • 5NY16,102$70,735

Top 5 sponsors — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Top 5 sponsors — Computer Programmers

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