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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 #78
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$88,150$68,640
P25 wage$71,000$61,000
P75 wage$111,019$80,000
Wage spread (P75 − P25)$40,019$19,000
Total filings9,087307,209
Wage samples9,027305,925
Rank#78#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$120k
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$99k

Top 5 hiring states — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

  • 1CA2,676$109,990
  • 2TX701$88,000
  • 3MA619$85,000
  • 4NY448$95,000
  • 5MI382$78,408

Top 5 hiring states — Computer Programmers

  • 1CA37,498$75,000
  • 2TX37,159$69,200
  • 3NJ28,375$70,000
  • 4IL21,419$66,082
  • 5NY15,839$70,500

Top 5 sponsors — Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

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